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RETIREMENT HOUSING EXPLANATIONS to help you find your perfect retirement property.
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	National House Building Council	The NHBC is the independent regulator and standards setter for the new homes industry. Operates the Sheltered Housing Code and provides a ten year warranty on new schemes against any major damage due to structural defects. http://www.nhbc.co.uk .
	National Housing Federation	Represents Social Landlords throughout the UK. http://www.housing.org.uk .
	Neighbourhood Watch Scheme	Thirty cottages or so in a courtyard setting make up a natural neighbourhood watch service. This is a free service assisted by the police to reduce crime..
	New Horizons Trust	A Charity which is able to give grants for special projects which help the community of up to £5000. There needs to be at least ten people in the group half of whom must be over sixty..
	Noise	Sometimes in blocks of flats sound insulation is not as good as it should be particularly when people turn their television sets up. Also lifts can be loud..
	Non-Assignable Leases	Where you have to surrender your lease to the landlord when you wish to move or already have moved and who then normally grants a new 99 year lease to the incoming lessee..
	Norwich Union	Helpful company providing insurance and equity release schemes to retirement housing properties. Telephone 0845 300 1622.
	Nuffield Hospitals	Nuffield Hospitals is the largest network of charitable and independent hospitals in the UK offering a wide range of services. Sometimes able to offer interest free loans for operations in one of their hospitals. http://www.nuffieldhospitals.org.uk .
	Nuisance	As with most residential leases there will be a clause giving you 'quiet enjoyment' of the property. Many things can be a nuisance, some physical but most induced by ourselves. Fortunately still very rare in most retirement schemes..
	Nursing Home	A nursing home offers twenty-four hour medical attention and supervision with trained nurses on duty. They also provide personal care and some have dementia facilities. All nursing homes must be registered with the Local Health Authority. Fees can vary quite considerably from a few hundred pounds a week to thousands of pounds a week..