Hartford Care has acquired two, newly built, 66-bed sustainable care homes in in Aldershot, Hampshire and Swindon, Wiltshire.

Each home has been developed by LNT Care Developments, a specialist in delivering future-proofed, operationally carbon zero care homes, and include solar panels, heat pumps and battery storage systems.

Kevin Shaw, chief executive of Hartford Care, said: “We’re extremely pleased to acquire these two care homes and it now brings us to 18 homes with over 850 bedrooms. We are well on our way to achieving our goal to double in size within three years. Aldershot will be our sixth care home in Hampshire and Swindon our second in Wiltshire.”

The Aldershot home is scheduled to open its doors to residents in March 2023 with the Swindon home to follow in August 2023. Both homes will offer residential, dementia and respite care.

Hartford Care’s head office is based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Established in 1908, its 16 care homes are in Bristol, Berkshire (Burnham and Maidenhead), Devon (Sidmouth), Dorset (Poole), Hampshire (Barton-on-Sea, Four Marks, Hythe, Portsmouth, Winchester and Woodlands), Isle of Wight (Bembridge, Ryde and Shanklin), Oxfordshire (Witney) and Wiltshire (Downton).