Older Brits are ditching expensive retirement flats at home for cut-price Spanish ones abroad – where the pound goes further and the facilities are top-notch.
Expats say they’d rather live on the Costa Blanca than pour their money into so-called assisted living complexes in the UK, which have been exposed as money pits that many people struggle to sell.
Rather than buying a flat that threatens to swallow their cash, British retirees are investing in cheap retirement-ready property that comes with a swimming pool, libraries, transport and 24-hour on-call medical aid.
One such community is Ciudad Patricia, a 24-acre retirement community of landscaped parkland
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