Puriri Park Retirement Village

A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Village life centres on connection and activity.

Community & Activities

The Community Centre is the heart of Puriri Park, featuring a social dining room, comfortable lounge, and library. A dedicated social committee organises a monthly activities calendar with events both within the village and throughout the local area. Residents enjoy meal delivery services and are ideally positioned for Takapuna beach, the local golf club, and shopping centre.

✓ Community Centre with dining room and lounge

✓ Library facilities

✓ Monthly activities calendar

✓ Meal delivery services available

✓ Walking distance to Takapuna beach

✓ Close to local golf club and shopping

Now the practical part

The money — what comes back to your family

You've seen why you'd love it. This is the part most families only discover at the exit statement — so we put it in plain sight. Every figure is from the village's own filed Disclosure Statement.

Capital Back score

Below average · #355 of 520

Better than 32% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.

Deferred fee

12.5%

charged on your entry price

Your share of capital gain

operator keeps 100% of any uplift

Time to get capital back

~411 days

median of 5 recent resales

Fees after you leave

Continue

charged until the unit resells

Before you sign, get independent eyes on the contract.An ORA-review lawyer or independent financial adviser — never paid by any operator — checks what it really means for your family.

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How the 39 is built

Nothing hidden — every component

The Capital Back score is a transparent weighting of five filed terms — you can see exactly where this village wins and loses. Full methodology →

Move-in fee you don't get back Deferred Management Fee — weighted 30%

12.5% deferred fee — lower is better.

Share of capital growth Capital gain to resident — weighted 15%

0% — the operator keeps any resale uplift.

Speed your capital returns Filed resale times — weighted 30%

411 days (median of 5 recent resales).

Fees stop when you leave Weekly fees on exit — weighted 15%

Fees continue until the unit resells.

The filed terms, in plain English

What the Disclosure Statement actually says

Every operator uses different words for the same thing — we normalise them so you can compare like with like.

Deferred Management Fee

12.5%

Accrues over your first 4 years, charged on the entry price.

Market: median 30%; only 16% of villages charge under 25%.

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Capital gain

0% to the resident

Any increase in the licence value at resale is kept entirely by the operator.

Market: just 8% of NZ villages share any capital gain.

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How fast your capital comes back

~411 days median of 5 recent resales

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 429 days.)

Market: median 128 days; some villages still average over a year.

Fees & interest on exit

Watch this

Weekly fees continue until the unit resells.

Market: 220 of 520 villages keep charging weekly fees after you've gone.

Before you sign the ORA

The reckoning usually arrives too late

You're buying a licence to occupy, not the home — you can't sell, rent or borrow against it.
A large deferred fee is gone within a few years, whatever the unit later sells for.
Your family carries the risk of how long resale takes — and the operator's ability to pay.
None of this is hidden — it's all in the Disclosure Statement most people sign without reading.

Have someone independent read it first

We'll connect you with a retirement-village review lawyer or independent financial adviser — no operator pays to be here.

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