Maitland House, Faircroft Road, Castle Bromwich, B36 9UJ - Retirement Living - For people aged 60+ or 55+ with PIP or DLA

• Coming soon! • Retirement living scheme for people aged 60+ or 55+ if in receipt of PIP/DLA • One-bed ground floor and one-bed first floor apartment • Register your interest today

Platform Housing are delighted to offer two one-bedroom apartments (one ground floor and one first floor), coming soon for rent in our Retirement Living Scheme in the heart of Castle Bromwich in the borough of Solihull in the West Midlands.

Suitable for a single person or couple. To be eligible you must be aged 60+ or 55+ if you are in receipt of Personal Independence Payments or Disability Living Allowance. 

Maitland House has 26 self-contained apartments.  Surrounding by communal grounds and facilities include lift, residents lounge, laundry room and guest facilities. There is non-resident management staff and Careline alarm service.

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

These self-contained unfurnished apartments briefly comprise of :-

• Kitchen
• Lounge
• Bathroom with walk in shower
• Double bedroom
• Main heating is by a community scheme
• Energy performance certificate rating is C
• Double Glazing
• Solihull Council Tax band A
• No deposit/fees required

You will be required to pay one month’s rent of £671.42 in advance prior to signing for the property. 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 £52.33pcm for personal heating, £6.62pcm for personal water, and £7.79pcm charge towards the cost of support. 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 method of payment is via Direct Debit and we accept Housing Benefit and Universal Credit.

If you are accepted and do become a Platform Housing Group tenant, you will be offered a starter tenancy. If there have been no breaches or issues within the first year of your tenancy you will be considered for an assured lifetime tenancy.   

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.  

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 and may be considered with restrictions and on a case by case basis.