Established Devon care home sold after 21-year ownership

  • 24th June 2025

Somerville House care home in Cullompton, Devon, has been sold after being in the same ownership for 21 years.

Somerville House is an established care home for the elderly that is registered for up to 30 residents.

It occupies a detached period property that has been modified and extended over the years to provide quality care provision across 29 bedrooms.

The home sits in a convenient and accessible position within the Devon village of Willand near Cullompton.

Somerville House has been under the same ownership for 21 years and was recently brought to market to allow them to retire.

Following a confidential sales process with Simon Harvey at Christie & Co, with funding sourced through Ashley Clements at Christie Finance, it has been purchased by Karamvir Singh of Smile Care Home.

With two homes in the Midlands already, this is his first venture in the South West.

Singh said: “We are already in the care home business in the West Midlands and wanted to expand our footprint in this specific area, which led us to search and find this beautiful property.

“This is a well-managed property with a manager on site and the CQC rating is also very good.

“But we believe that there is always room to improve, so we are striving to improve our services for residents and make a special bond with residents.”

Harvey adds: “Having sold the home to the vendor over 20 years ago, I was delighted to have been entrusted with the sale and to assist in his retirement plans.

“During his ownership, many improvements have been made, including the most-recent ground-floor extension, which was completed in early 2022, making it a most-appealing proposition.

“Somerville House attracted strong interest from a wide variety of purchasers, and we wish Karamvir well with his first venture in the region.

“We continue to see very strong interest being shown in numerous care homes that we are marketing, and these are across a wide variety of businesses and locations underlying not just the strength of the market, but also the reach Christie & Co is able to achieve within it.

“As we move through springtime, activity shows no sign of letting up and hopefully this will remain the case throughout the rest of this year and beyond.”

Somerville House was sold for an undisclosed price.

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