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A growing collection of guides on retirement village contracts, ingoing and exit fees, residence rights and the issues residents and families should understand before signing.
What a retirement village is, how it differs from aged care, the contracts involved, ongoing fees, deferred management fees, residents' rights and when to obtain legal advice in Victoria.
A practical checklist of the disclosure documents, residence and service contracts, recurrent charges, refurbishment clauses, cooling-off rights and exit fees to review before signing a retirement village agreement in Victoria.
How departures from a retirement village work in Victoria — deferred management fees, refurbishment costs, resale waiting periods, common disputes, and the rights of residents and their families.
A plain-English explanation of common retirement village contract clauses — occupancy rights, maintenance obligations, recurrent charges, capital gains provisions, exit fees and why independent legal advice matters.
