Vital to the sector

Providing age restricted homes for those who wish to live independently and if needed, a variety of tailored support and care options, through to care homes and integrated retirement communities, the later living sector is an integral part of the housing sector.

Our services

We have been helping our clients in the Later Living / Retirement Living sector realise their potential by:

Our dedicated Developer Sector team acts for housebuilders, commercial developers, registered providers and land promoters and have an enviable track record in large scale development, redevelopment and regeneration projects.

We have experience of dealing with disposals of care homes on wider developments, and portfolios of care home disposals.

Completing Site Set Up for residential development sites in readiness for plot sales. Working closely with the acquisition team, our plot sales team will undertake a full assembly of all the legal paperwork required for a conveyancing sale. Be that the precedent legal documents such as contract and transfer/lease, title documents, planning and infrastructure agreements, registering plans at the Land Registry to achieve estate plan approval, advising on management company set up, and all other relevant documents depending on the nature of the development.

Acting for clients on disposals of the plot sale units with repeat property instructions, and work effectively to reach crucial deadlines for exchanges and completions with an understanding of the position of those buying within Later Living developments.

Working on transformational change projects to ensure that employees/workers have the correct working arrangements in place to meet the needs of the service in most effective manner.

Delivering Management Development training to People Leaders to motivate, engage and retain key workers as well as reduce risk.

Drafting and negotiating contracts for construction, renovation, repair and maintenance works, including framework agreements, consultant appointments, sub-contracts, collateral warranties and letters of reliance, as well as deeds of variation/novation.

We have a specialist new homes team who provide private individuals with a first class, value for money service in their new build plot purchase. We are referred by major developers and registered providers across many sites, demonstrating strength in our offering. We also have expertise in acting for buyers at later living developments, shared ownership transactions, Help to Buy schemes and alternative saving arrangements such as Lifetime ISA’s.

Advice and representation at all stages of the Coroner’s Inquest, to include:

  • Responding as an ‘Interested Person’
  • Preparing witness statements / exhibits
  • Representation at Pre-Inquest Review Hearing and the final Hearing.
  • Advising about regulatory framework for registered providers.
  • Responding to actual or threatened intervention by the CQC, for example in relation to:
    • Issuing statutory notices
    • Prosecution.

Disputes are an inevitable part of any business, introducing unwanted risk and high stress. They also create a distraction that takes you away from what you do best and where you need to be. Let us help your business get the results it needs.

Why choose Foot Anstey?

Our later living solicitors are part of a team who are passionate about the delivery of Later Living developments as a benefit to the community, residents and also as a way to unlock much needed housing stock back into the market.

We ensure we work with clients to understand the nuances of their business to provide them with advice for their own operations be that tax, corporate, regulatory or employment advice, but also to work with clients together with our real estate, planning, EPIC, real estate disputes, and plot sales team experts offering exceptional service to deliver successful schemes.

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