Hasells Courtyard, Westgate Street, Long Melford, Sudbury, CO10

A three bedroom cottage with patio garden and garage. The third bedroom is currently being used as a study. The property is located on a purpose-built retirement development for the over 55s. Management services are provided by Cognatum Estates, a not-for-profit organisation and one of the UK's leading companies in retirement housing. Hasells Courtyard comprises a small cluster of cottages around a central lawn with pretty flowerbeds. The buildings are in a traditional Suffolk style, with finely-detailed brick, rendered elevations and pantile roofs. Long Melford, with its long high street and thatched houses, is well known for its antique shops and also has plenty of good restaurants, hotels and a good-sized supermarket. Its famous village green is only a short walk from the estate, as is one of the country's finest parish churches, the Church of the Holy Trinity, with its Lady Chapel and almshouses. The village’s historic wealth, generated by the wool trade, is emphasised by its having two stately homes: Kentwell Hall, a moated Tudor mansion, and Melford Hall, a fine Elizabethan house, both open to the public and host to many interesting events during the year. Nice walks are plentiful, with footpaths criss-crossing the surrounding fields, and there are two local golf clubs. The large towns of Bury St Edmund's, Ipswich and Colchester are also only a short drive away. Cognatum Estates maintains, repairs and insures all the buildings, arranges the window cleaning and refuse collection and tends to the gardens and grounds thereby freeing owners and residents from these responsibilities. There is a laundry facility on site and a personal alarm system in each property. Visiting estate managers oversee the administration of the site are on hand to provide support and help if needed. The cost of providing these services is shared equally between all properties. There are no restrictions on owning a property except that one resident must be over 55 years of age. 150 year lease (from 1983). No ground rent. For viewings please contact the Estate Manager 01787 313828