Janet comments, \u201cMy friend Margaret invited David to join us for a coffee in the lounge at Silverwood Court. At that time, I wasn\u2019t looking for love, but David was special and he\u2019s been my boyfriend ever since.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been a couple for about seven months now, and after spending all my time with him, I realised how much I have missed having close company. I would say at that time, the only issue we faced, was that we were living separately. At Silverwood Court, both David and I had studio apartments and unfortunately, there weren\u2019t any larger apartments available for us to rent which could accommodate two people.<\/p>\n \u201cWe knew we had to find a new place to live, because all we wanted was to continue enjoying each other\u2019s company, and living together would make this a whole lot easier. We wanted to have the flexibility to be a normal couple.<\/p>\n \u201cDavid dived right into researching; he is quite savvy on the laptop and worked really hard to find our new home, Oakwood Court.<\/p>\n \u201cI was extremely excited to move to Oakwood Court with David and start our new life together, and just when I thought things couldn\u2019t get any better, David surprised me with what the greatest gift I could have asked for. At Christmas, David asked me to marry him, and of course I said yes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have now been living at Oakwood Court since the start of the year, in a one bedroom, first floor apartment and it is so beautiful here, a real home from home. There\u2019s so much for us to do and experience here, and I really treasure the opportunity to make new memories with David. We can play bowls, bingo, keep fit on a Tuesday and take local busses into town for shopping. But most importantly \u2013 I can cook David dinner.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I retired eight years ago, I never thought I\u2019d find love again. I mean, where do you even begin at our age? But my life and opinion has completely changed since then.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll be getting married in August, with a small ceremony in Middlesbrough where we will invite our nearest and dearest. But for now \u2013 I\u2019m just looking forward to spending all my time in a lovely place with my biggest role model, David.\u201d<\/p>\n Shirley Richards, Manager at Oakwood Court comments, \u201cIt has been a real pleasure welcoming Janet and David to Oakwood Court. Their love and connection is inspiring, and epitomises the idea that the need for closeness and companionship does not expire. It is often said that getting older can make for lonelier hearts but retirement housing schemes are the best way to combat this. Residents may not always be looking for love, but they\u2019re often comforted by knowing there\u2019s always a friendly face and warm conversation waiting for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Oakwood Court is a retirement housing scheme in Middlesbrough, offering one bedroom and studio purpose-built properties for rent for people over 55. Oakwood Court offers residents social activities including coffee mornings, carpet bowls, armchair exercise sessions, bingo and other monthly evening entertainment.<\/p>\n Properties are available to rent at Oakwood Court from \u00a3523.50 which includes rent, service charge, heating, hot water and water rates.<\/p>\n For more information on any Anchor Hanover properties, please visit www.anchorhanover.org.uk<\/a> or call 0808 102 6548. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_map address=”Middlesbrough, UK” zoom_level=”11″ address_lat=”54.544763428494″ address_lng=”-1.1456920839844″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][et_pb_map_pin pin_address=”Oakwood Ct, Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough TS7 8TA, UK” zoom_level=”11″ pin_address_lat=”54.5305267″ pin_address_lng=”-1.1891193″ _builder_version=”4.3.2″][\/et_pb_map_pin][\/et_pb_map][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cLove is quite a funny thing, it creeps up on you when you least expect it, but I\u2019m not complaining.\u201d \u2013 Janet Potter Janet Potter, 67, lives at Anchor Hanover\u2019s Oakwood Court in Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough with her now fianc\u00e9 David. After meeting in the lounge at Anchor Hanover\u2019s Silverwood Court, Janet and David fell in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\u201cLove is quite a funny thing, it creeps up on you when you least expect it, but I\u2019m not complaining.\u201d \u2013 Janet Potter<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nJanet Potter, 67, lives at Anchor Hanover\u2019s Oakwood Court in Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough with her now fianc\u00e9 David. After meeting in the lounge at Anchor Hanover\u2019s Silverwood Court, Janet and David fell in love.\r\n\r\nJanet comments<\/strong>, \u201cMy friend Margaret invited David to join us for a coffee in the lounge at Silverwood Court. At that time, I wasn\u2019t looking for love, but David was special and he\u2019s been my boyfriend ever since.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe have been a couple for about seven months now, and after spending all my time with him, I realised how much I have missed having close company. I would say at that time, the only issue we faced, was that we were living separately. At Silverwood Court, both David and I had studio apartments and unfortunately, there weren\u2019t any larger apartments available for us to rent which could accommodate two people.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe knew we had to find a new place to live, because all we wanted was to continue enjoying each other\u2019s company, and living together would make this a whole lot easier. We wanted to have the flexibility to be a normal couple.\r\n\r\n\u201cDavid dived right into researching; he is quite savvy on the laptop and worked really hard to find our new home, Oakwood Court.\r\n\r\n\u201cI was extremely excited to move to Oakwood Court with David and start our new life together, and just when I thought things couldn\u2019t get any better, David surprised me with what the greatest gift I could have asked for. At Christmas, David asked me to marry him, and of course I said yes.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe have now been living at Oakwood Court since the start of the year, in a one bedroom, first floor apartment and it is so beautiful here, a real home from home. There\u2019s so much for us to do and experience here, and I really treasure the opportunity to make new memories with David. We can play bowls, bingo, keep fit on a Tuesday and take local busses into town for shopping. But most importantly \u2013 I can cook David dinner.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen I retired eight years ago, I never thought I\u2019d find love again. I mean, where do you even begin at our age? But my life and opinion has completely changed since then.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ll be getting married in August, with a small ceremony in Middlesbrough where we will invite our nearest and dearest. But for now \u2013 I\u2019m just looking forward to spending all my time in a lovely place with my biggest role model, David.\u201d\r\n\r\nShirley Richards, Manager at Oakwood Court<\/strong> comments, \u201cIt has been a real pleasure welcoming Janet and David to Oakwood Court. Their love and connection is inspiring, and epitomises the idea that the need for closeness and companionship does not expire. It is often said that getting older can make for lonelier hearts but retirement housing schemes are the best way to combat this. Residents may not always be looking for love, but they\u2019re often comforted by knowing there\u2019s always a friendly face and warm conversation waiting for them.\u201d\r\n\r\nOakwood Court is a retirement housing scheme in Middlesbrough, offering one bedroom and studio purpose-built properties for rent for people over 55. 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<\/a>Janet Potter, 67, lives at Anchor Hanover\u2019s Oakwood Court in Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough with her now fianc\u00e9 David. After meeting in the lounge at Anchor Hanover\u2019s Silverwood Court, Janet and David fell in love.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Janet-Potter-David-4.jpeg\")
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