Tall Trees Care Communities demonstrate the sales success

Sep 06 2012 Updated July 4, 2023

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QLD operator Tall Trees inform us that they just achieved an average of three sales per month each across their five villages and moving to four per month after a revamp of their marketing proposition. Given an average price exceeding $400K and a significant DMF to fund services, they are demonstrating the attraction of providing care in place. Their model is full care but delivered under the Retirement Village Act. See http://www.villages.com.au/info-centre/post/retirement-villages/tall-trees-care-communities-introduction

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