This site has been set up and is owned by Evolv 2 Web, an internet marketing company based in Manchester. The site provides a nationwide market place for properties which offer facilities over and above those usually found in owner-occupied retirement housing developments.

The term ‘close care’ usually covers the type of care associated with that provided in a residential nursing home, whilst the descriptions ‘sheltered housing’ and ‘assisted living’ cover something less than that, but still an ‘extra’. In some cases the ‘extra’ will be quite sufficient to enable many elderly persons, who would otherwise need to be in a residential nursing home, to remain in the own home.

All of the developments mentioned on this site are in some way special. They all provide something ‘extra’ which is not generally available in a run of the mill block of retirement apartments. Many of them do in fact have their own web-sites but they will be difficult to find unless you already know the web-site name. Many of the developments will also be listed on the many sites which list all owner occupied retirement properties. Unfortunately the very few that do provide an ‘extra’ will be indistinguishable from the huge majority that do not. Hopefully this site will go some way to remedying this situation. Every development we mention have classified themselves as providing something extra.

For those seeking to purchase retirement accommodation either for themselves or perhaps for a parent or other close relative we believe this site will be helpful. It will certainly be of particular benefit to those looking for something in another part of the country. For those who do need to move quickly, who are less concerned with location, or perhaps price, then the search should be a great deal easier.

We have been pleasantly surprised by the number of telephone enquiries to the web-site from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa as well as many contacts from Europe from emigrants who are becoming increasingly concerned about their now elderly parents they left behind and their possible inability to continue living in their existing homes.

We hope that in due course those with a property to sell - occasionally the resident themselves - but usually an executor or their solicitor will make much more use of the site. We would particularly draw the attention of Estate Agents to the facility we provide. Almost invariably an Estate Agent is restricted to his own local area and any use of their own network often loses the specific identity of a very specialist property and that of course restricts the price.

Finally we should not forget developers. There are easier profits to be earned today from general house building than there are from specialist retirement properties. Developments providing extra care have in the past required considerable additional expenditure to cover the substantial effort that has to go in nationwide marketing. We hope this site will come to make it a little easier to market extra care properties.