When Phil and Jennifer Riley retired, they started to think that they wanted to downsize from their three-bed detached home – but they knew they only wanted to move once, so they set their hearts on finding a bungalow .

But when the couple in their 60s, from Nottingham, started searching, they were shocked to find there was a huge scarcity of bungalows available in the area.

Any that they did find were as expensive as larger houses and were often still in need of significant renovation, which they didn’t have the energy or money to undertake.

“Once we retired, we decided we wanted a bungalow to future-proof the need to move later in life if we became less able, or if one us was left on our own,” Jennifer said.

“We were ideally looking for a new-build or something modern, as we didn’t

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