over 50's resort

Retirees, Barbara and Marty Bos were original residents at Seachange Village Arundel five years ago and for three and a half years enjoyed living in the over 50’s lifestyle resort. However, they decided to briefly move back to their previous town, Windaroo, on Brisbane’s southside, to have a home and garden large enough to develop Barbara’s interest in dog fostering.

“I had been a volunteer at the Beenleigh Animal Welfare League for a number of years and not only missed the work but had a passion to foster dogs,” she said. They sold their home at Seachange and purchased a new river front home at Winderoo.

While enjoying re-connecting with old friends, they discovered maintaining their large new home and garden was so time consuming they ended up unable to foster dogs, with Barbara even giving up volunteering.

“After living at Seachange where all the activities and facilities are within walking distance, we had forgotten that at Winderoo we had to drive everywhere,” Barbara said.

In the middle of last year, in a serendipitous moment, Marty visited the Seachange Welcome Centre to get an information pack for friends from NSW who were looking to move to an over 50’s village. While there, he discovered a home was available in a position they had previously admired.

Within a short time they had purchased their new Seachange home and sold their old home. Marty, Barbara and their Shih Tzu-Maltese dog, Bessie, moved back to Seachange!

“We have come back home and it feels like we’ve never left,” said Barbara After moving to Seachange for the second time! In addition to getting back into a number of Seachange activities, Barbara was able to return to running line dancing classes and Marty started a new Chess club.

“We had not realised how much we missed all the activities, events and friends at Seachange,” Barbara said.

“This has the best location and facilities of any over 50’s village, everything here is amazing and brilliant. We may have retired but we have never been busier.”

Do you want to stay connected with your neighbours and learn all the latest news about Seachange.

Well, dream no longer! Seachange is proud to announce it has launched a new Facebook page.

We encourage everyone to ‘Like’ our new page and check out the wealth of information that we have in store for you.

The Facebook page contains all the latest news on theatre shows, community activities and events, local clubs and construction. The sites will be regularly updated with social photographs of our residents. 

We look forward to welcoming you to our new online community.

A message from Sales Manager – Alex McMahon:

Seachange now has the Gold Coast’s biggest and best range of single story bungalow and house designs to suit our clients’ needs and budgets.

With lowered interest rates and a more buoyant economy people are feeling more positive about investing in a new home. The ageing population also means Australia’s most popular retirement destination – the Gold Coast – is becoming even more popular.

With the completion of the Village Green at Seachange Village Arundel, referrals from our residents and friends are now our biggest source of business.

This year will see the launch of our new Banksia Grove stage, making the Village even more desirable to existing and new residents.

Why not visit our Welcome Centre and check out our new Currumbin Display Home.

A message from Development Manager – Phil Goodman:

The rising demand for quality living options for over 50’s is set to become one of the most pressing issues in Australia in the future.

Over the next 25 years the number of Australians aged between 55 and 75 will nearly double to over 5 million people.

A significant proportion of our population will be looking for new homes as they retire or downsize from the traditional family home.

What options are available? Traditionally, retirement villages would be the obvious choice but they are being increasingly rejected by baby boomers that are healthy, often employed, and living active lives. For many, retirement villages are seen as a place where you involuntarily move if you are ill or unable to care for yourself.

At Seachange, we believe that over 50’s lifestyle resorts are the way of the future. Unlike prototypical retirement villages, over 50s communities are built to be vibrant and vital. They are places where people of retirement age can find plenty of enjoyable ways to be active and to socialise with like-minded people.

Over 50’s resorts allow baby boomers to retain active lifestyles without the stress of looking after a large home and yard. Our communities offer high-quality, secure homes that are low-maintenance and easy to lock-up when residents want to go away on holiday. There’s no need to mow the lawns as it’s all taken care of.

They also have extensive entertainment and recreational facilities to invigorate the mind and body.

At Seachange Village Arundel, a sauna, wine cellar, sports bar, Teppanyaki BBQ and veggie garden are just some of the facilities available at the 5-star Country Club.

Everyone in the community is from the same generation or one close to yours, so you can enjoy a wonderful lifestyle surrounded by kindred spirits.

Over 50’s communities are about living the lifestyle that you deserve and we believe that they’re here to help you love the way you live.

Located on the doorstep of Seachange Village Arundel is Arundel Plaza.

Convenience and great customer service is what sets Arundel Plaza apart from other shopping centres. With a new look Coles supermarket and over 30 specialty retailers it’s not hard to see why locals love shopping at Arundel Plaza. You’ll find everything you need in one convenient location with ample carparking including undercover facilities.

Arundel Plaza also boasts an extensive range of health and beauty retailers including the Health First Medical Centre, Amcal Chempro Pharmacy, Be Dental, Specsavers , QML Pathology and REN Natural Therapy. Shoppers can also enjoy the services of United Hair Artists, Adora Nails, Red Mo Barber and Alpha-H Nails.

A message from Managing Director – David Pradella:

At Seachange, we strongly believe an ‘active adult community’ is a place where residents are both happy and healthy.

Over the years, we have searched for innovative ways to better fulfill our customers’ needs. Besides many awards and trophies we have built a team dedicated to the pursuit of excellence through innovation.

It is this endless pursuit that enabled us to be a campus of the University of the Third Age (U3A) at Seachange Village Arundel and more recently Australia’s first gated country club estate for over 50’s at Emerald Lakes.

We have also built a new Village Green and community pavilions, intimately designed to facilitate and respect the unique ways in which residents experience the use of the park with their friends and family.

At Seachange Village Arundel you can enjoy a wonderful lifestyle surrounded by likeminded people in the belief that you too can love the way you live.