Abbeyfield Bristol - Our houses page
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Supported Sheltered Houses
An Abbeyfield House allows our residents to maintain as independent a lifestyle as possible whilst having the reassurance of a supportive network of people close at hand. This includes paid staff, volunteers on the House Committee and friends.
- All single rooms have en-suite facilities with either bath or shower
- Residents recreate a home from home by bringing their own furniture.
- Communal dining and livings rooms are provided where residents can meet as and when they wish
- Three meals a day are included, with lunch and a tea or supper served in the dining room and food provided for breakfast which residents take in their own rooms at a time to suit themselves
The cost of living at an Abbeyfield House is another welcome surprise. Costs, often supported by housing benefits or similar entitlements due to residents, are considerably lower than you might imagine, and cover all expenses including food and utility bills. Our fees also cover staff salaries, house maintenance and council tax.
Fees can be met by self funding or from within what anyone in receipt of benefits can receive, topped up with pension, but leaving sufficient cash available for day to day expenses.
Each house has a Resident Housekeeper/Manager apart from Downfield Road, where residents are linked via a Tunstall Alarm system to a local call centre and to Bristol City Council's mobile warden team.
It has recently been announced that our Registered Residential Care Home in Redland is due for closure by the end of 2009. Although the house was highly regarded for the standards of care it provided, it simply cannot meet the modern expectations of quality accommodation without major renovations. It will remain an Abbeyfield Bristol Society house and will be redeveloped to provide appropriate Supported Sheltered Housing in the near future.
Please contact us for detailed information about any of our houses and future vacancies, either by completing the Contact Us section on the final page of this website or by calling 0117 973 6997.
9 Downfield Road, Clifton
9 Downfield Road, Clifton has seven resident places, each with ensuite shower and toilet. There is a non-resident Housekeeper/Manager and residents are linked via a Tunstall alarm system to a call centre in Bristol and to Bristol City council’s mobile warden team when the housekeeper is off-duty. There is a stairlift from ground to first floor and a residents’ lounge on the lower ground floor. The house is five to ten minutes walk from the Downs (open parkland) and shops on Whiteladies Road. It is close to two major bus routes in Pembroke Road and Whiteladies Road. The house has a very pleasant large walled back garden.
Home Farm Way, Easter Compton
The Home Farm Way, Easter Compton house is just outside the city boundary in South Gloucestershire and has twelve resident places each with ensuite shower and toilet. There are shared bathrooms available for those who prefer them. There is a day room/conservatory and a passenger lift. It is the Bristol Society’s only purpose-built house and is approximately one mile from the Mall Shopping Centre at Cribbs Causeway. It looks out across fields yet is close to the village shops and the rural bus route is nearby. We currently have vacancies in this countryside setting. For information about activities in the village surrounding Home Farm Way, Easter Compton, click onto the Village Hall website www.eastercompton.org
7 Northumberland Road, Redland
7 Northumberland Road, Redland is our smallest house and has four resident places each with ensuite bath or shower. One has two rooms plus ensuite shower and toilet. There is level access from the house to shops in Zetland Road and Gloucester Road and the house is close to bus routes. There is a pleasant walled back garden.
43 – 49 Westbury Road, Westbury-on-trym
43 – 49 Westbury Road, Westbury-on-trym is our largest house consisting of two pairs of semi-detached houses linked with a lift to all floors. There are staff available through the day and available at night for emergencies. It has twenty-six resident places all but one of which have ensuite baths and toilets (one has a shower). There is a walk-in disabled shower on the ground floor and a lift to all floors. There are four attractive, linked, walled gardens at the rear of the house and level access to the Downs (open parkland) and shops in Henleaze Road. There is a bus stop nearby. Because of its size, weekly games or activities are arranged for residents including a water-colour painting and drawing afternoon.
Please contact us for more detailed information about any of our houses and current vacancies.
