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	Redecoration	Normally the 'outside' is the responsibility of the management organisation and paid for in the service charge and 'inside' that of the owner/resident. Redecoration of the common parts is the responsibility of the management organisation..
	Refuse Removal	Arranged by the management company and sometimes collected by the handyman to be delivered to a central point within the scheme and normally close to the public highway. It is then collected by the Local Authority..
	Rented Assisted Living	Several companies offer properties to rent often within or adjacent to a residential home such as ANSplc, Clare Park, Clapham Lodge Residential, Oakenholt Care, elat.
	Rented Retirement Housing	Rented retirement housing used to be associated with local authority schemes but now several private companies have acquired property in private retirement housing schemes which they then rent out. These are usually one bedroom units. Some companies such as Care Village offer properties for rent within their developments. Elsewhere other companies such as Amesbury Abbey Group, Danny House, Heritage Living, Historic House Retirement Homes, The Malt House offer rental agreements or lifetime licences in or within the grounds of grand country houses..
	Resales	Properties being sold on the open market and previously occupied..
	Reservation Fee	Usually asked for by builders of new retirement housing and reserves a property for a period of weeks or until exchange of contracts. The fee is not always returnable in the event you decide not to ahead with a property and can vary from £500 to £2500..
	Reserve Fund	For large sums of money within the service charge similar to sinking fund. usually to pay for major items of expenditure such as replacing roof tiles and lifts..
	Resident Manager	Scheme manager resident at a particular development..
	Resident Secretary	Same as resident manager..
	Residential Home	Where residential care is required and this normally means having someone to look after you and provide meals and some personal assistance. There are more than 10,000 such 'homes' in the United Kingdom and all must be registered with the Social Services Department. They usually have a number of bedrooms with communal dining facilities and rest rooms. Some allow you to bring furniture and personal affects with you..
	Residential Property Tribunal Service	Covers disputes in the private rented housing market. This may include the appointment of managers as well as service charges and insurance. Sets rents for regulated and assured tenancies as well as leasehold properties and adjudicates in lease extension or enfranchisement cases..
	Residents Associations	To be properly constituted need a majority of residents to be members. Usually concerned with domestic issues such as a rotary for use of the communal laundry and arrangements for use of the communal lounge..
	Restaurants	Found in the larger schemes particularly assisted living developments and care villages..
	Retirement Age	Should be 55 but increasingly being thought of as 65 as people have to work longer to pay for their retirement. .
	Retirement Care Group	One of the first private retirement management companies to be set up..
	Retirement Housing	Usually purpose-built accommodation in self contained schemes, either flats or cottages, offering security and comfort to the retired. Normally close to shops with estate management services and with particular facilities to assist advancing years. .
	Retirement Housing Developers	In the late 1980s there were more than 500 developers of retirement housing and today the figure is about 10% of this number. It is a highly specialised building market requiring particular skills not least in the land buying department. The best schemes are often close to shops in fashionable residential areas. McCarthy & Stone is perhaps the best well known company followed by English Courtyard and Beechcroft. Archstone Lifestyle Homes, Banner Homes, Bryant, Churchill, Care Village Group: See Developer Search. .
	Retirement Lease Housing Association	RLHA is a leading not-for-profit provider of housing and care services to elderly people and others..
	Running Costs	Those elements in the service charge plus domestic bills such as water, oil and electricity. Also council tax, internal repairs and contents insurance..