Himbleton House, Himbleton Road, St John's, Worcester, WR2 6HS - Retirement Living Village – For people aged 60+ or 55+ if in receipt of PIP/DLA - RM

• St Johns, Worcester • We hold an in-house waiting list for Himbleton House Apartments. • Register your interest today! • To apply you must be aged 60+ or 55+ if in receipt of PIP / DLA • No deposit/fees required

Platform Housing are delighted to offer one-bedroom unfurnished apartments in the sought after location of St John's, Worcester.  The properties are suitable for a couple or single person aged 60+ or 55+ if in receipt of PIP/DLA. 

Himbleton House is a retirement Village with communal facilities Lounge, Dining room, Laundry, Guest facilities, garden and having the reassuring benefit of Non-resident management staff (24 hours a day) and Careline alarm service.

There is a bus stop 500 yards; shop 500 yards; post office 500 yards; town centre 2 miles away.

Please note, applicants for upper-floor apartments must be able to safely use stairs in the event of an emergency.

Images are of a similar property for illustration purposes.

The self-contained apartments comprises of;

• Communal entrance door intercom and key fob security
• Kitchen
• Lounge
• Bathroom with level access shower
• One double bedroom
• Gas fired community scheme central heating (personal heating included in rent & service charge figures listed)
• Double glazing
• EPC rating - C
• Council Tax - band A
• No deposit/fees required

Himbleton House also offers -

• Communal lounge area
• Communal dining area
• Communal well maintained gardens with a fish pool
• Communal quiet rooms
• Guest over night room
• On site scheme staff

You will be required to pay one month’s rent in advance on the tenancy start day depending on the apartment ranging from £796.47-865.98. Please note that if you are claiming Housing Benefit or Housing Element of Universal Credit there are some service charges that would not be covered. These include a £9.63pcm admin charge, £3.60pcm personal alarm charge, £47.59pcm personal heating charge, £12.07pcm personal water, and £0.91pcm site licences charge. A Lettings Officer can give you a full break breakdown of the charges of what is eligible for Housing Benefits payments. Please note our preferred ongoing method of payment is via Direct Debit

Please be aware Housing Benefit / Universal Credit will only pay for the property you are living in, and you will need to give notice on your current tenancy. If you are a current private tenant, council tenant or a housing association tenant you will be required to give notice on your current home. This is usually 4 weeks or 1 months’ notice. If you are a current tenant of Platform Housing Group, you will be required to give 4 weeks or 1 months’ notice.  You will only need to give notice if you have been informed that you are being considered/offered a property. If you have any further questions, please contact your landlord. 

If you are successful in being offered this property you will be contacted by the Lettings Officer and you will need to complete an application form. At this stage the Lettings Officer will confirm the rent and service charges.

Please note all properties are unfurnished and Platform Housing Group does not cover your contents as part of the tenancy agreement. Contents insurance is the tenant’s responsibility. 

We wish to advise you that we cannot contact customers that are not successful for the property.

Pets are considered in accordance with the Tenancy Management Policy.

Please visit our website for FAQ’s  https://www.platformhg.com