The Courtyard, Regents Green, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

• 21 elegant two and three-bedroom houses
  and apartments
• A combination of new build and
  converted properties
• A beautiful landscaped and maintained setting
• Conveniently located on the former Delancey
  Hospital site just off Charlton Lane

• Estate management service
• High quality specification
• Energy-efficient and easy to maintain
• Show home and sales office now open

Regents Green, Cheltenham: an exclusive collection of 21 elegant two and three-bedroom houses and apartments including both new and converted properties; each designed with retirement in mind. Beechcroft has restored and converted the Victorian buildings on the site of Cheltenham's historic Delancey Hospital to provide 9 homes with a wealth of period features and 12 new homes designed to complement the original buildings.

I wasn't actively looking to move - in fact I was very resistant to the idea. I really didn't want to go into an old people's place so when I visited a Beechcroft site it was the first retirement development I'd ever been to. I was really surprised. I just didn't know places like this existed. It's the perfect stepping stone if you're moving from a large house to something easier to maintain but still offers plenty of space. The house I chose is of a good size - moving from my large house to something small would have been far too much. This is a beautiful home with high ceilings and a good heating system but it's also energy efficient - everything you'd want in a house.

Ernie Rawlins, Beechcroft buyer.