Mum was very happy there;
we’ve told the staff how much we appreciated them
Our fees cover everything involved in living in the house: rent, food, heat, light, staff salaries, maintenance on the house, Council tax etc.
Apart from 9 Downfield Road, each house has a Resident Housekeeper/Manager. At 9 Downfield Road, residents are linked via a Tunstall Alarm system to a call centre in Bristol and to Bristol City Council’s mobile warden team.
Fees are within what anyone in receipt of benefit can receive, topped up with pension but leaving sufficient cash available for day-to-day personal expenses.
In our supported sheltered houses residents have:
We also have a registered residential care home for 24 residents close to the Downs in Redland.
Please contact us for more detailed information about any of our houses and current vacancies either by filling in your e-mail details on the Contact us page or by ringing us on (0117) 973 6997.
5 Clyde Road, Redland
5 Clyde Road, Redland has five resident places, each with ensuite bathroom and toilet. It has a pleasant walled back garden and is about ten minutes walk from shops on Whiteladies Road and Lower Redland Road. There is a bus stop outside the house.
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.
5 Elgin Park, Redland
5 Elgin Park, Redland is one of the Society’s smaller houses with four resident places, each with ensuite toilet and shower. Two resident places (on the ground and first floors) have apartments consisting of a large room and small adjoining room (which could be used as a bedroom), together with ensuite toilet and shower. The house is ten minutes walk from shops in Whiteladies Road and Lower Redland Road and is close to bus routes.
7 Northumberland Road, Redland
7 Northumberland Road, Redland is our other smaller 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.
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 communal baths 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.
Our Registered Care Home, 222/224 Redland Road, Redland
222/224 Redland Road, Redland is registered under the Care Standards Act with the Commission for Social Care Inspection to provide residential (but not nursing) care for twenty-four residents; 4 room have ensuite toilets. Staff are on duty twenty-four hours per day to provide personal care and help with getting up, washed and dressed in the morning, going to bed at night and bathing (we have a variety of specialist baths and showers). There is a lift to all floors and an external lift to aid entry to the house which is a short walk from Durdham Downs (open parkland) and main bus routes.
Please contact us for more detailed information about any of our houses and current vacancies.