The public meeting on Saturday attracted a large number of seniors who came to inquire about the future residence at Lagarrigue. Visits to a model apartment from June 12.
Summer 2018, return from vacation and a lot of concern for the Bernadou family.
In her apartment in Lameilhé, Valérie’s mother-in-law falls down the stairs. “She had a very bad fall and was hospitalized. A stay at the SSR (Follow-up care and rehabilitation) in Mazamet, then with my husband we went on the hunt for a solution. We looked for single storey accommodation for seniors, we looked in Castres and the surrounding area but we found nothing, it didn’t exist. This is the starting point of the Clos du Ségala residence, “explained Valérie Bernadou in the preamble to the public meeting, organized on Saturday morning, in the village hall of Lagarrigue, which welcomed so many people that chairs were added to the assembly.
Since then, beautiful mom is better and should be the first tenant of the future residence of 70 apartments for independent seniors, carried by the 50-year-old Castraise. “All we put into this project was saying to ourselves: if tomorrow my father, my mother has to come to this residence, what can we do to make them feel good. »
70 apartments from T1 to T3
In the audience, the vast majority of whom were of an advanced age, many recognized themselves in Valérie’s demonstration. Starting with Florence, who came to take information for her grandmother: “With my parents, we are looking for something for my grandmother that would combine the collective aspect with that of independence. I came to fill out a visit form for a two-bedroom apartment and get information on the rents and the services offered”. Start of visits to the show apartment on June 12 for the residence which offers 70 rental units (18 T1, 44 T2 and 8T3 with private gardens). Jacques, 73, is already preparing for the future: “I am getting to a bit advanced age, I live in a house with stairs and a large plot. I came to find out about this project because it might interest me: I’m single, we can live independently and safely. It would be a mental comfort. »
Same desire for Jean-Pierre and Régine, retired couple in Cambounet-sur-le-Sor, who filled out a visit form: “We have a big house, a big lot. For later, if we’re fed up, it might be a retreat while staying here. Assets ? “You feel at home in a beautiful environment, the residence looks nice. The ground floor is very important: it’s less tiring. »
“We already live on one level but we live alone. In the residence, we would no longer be,” confides a retiree, who came with her husband, who made renting an option for the future. “In purchase we find very little, so why not renting”, slips sir.
Nestled between the commercial area of Siala and the nursing home, the Clos du Ségala must be delivered by the middle of January 2024.