Date set for sale of Beeston care home that suddenly closed

A care home in a Nottinghamshire town that was closed after a damning inspection is expected to be sold off in the next few weeks. Rylands Residential Home on Meadow Road, Beeston, closed without notice on Wednesday, June 19, forcing its elderly and vulnerable residents to be rehomed.

The nursing home was put into administration, with Leicester-based liquidators CBA Business Solutions appointed on August 7 to wind up the business. The three-storey property, which was housing 17 residents before they were removed by Nottinghamshire County Council, has been put up for sale as a result.

It will go under the hammer at the National Property Auction on December 10 with a guide price of £595,000. SDL Property Auctions, which has listed the property said planning application has already been granted for a conversion to six flats with 24 lettable rooms.

"This large and versatile building could be used for a variety of residential or commercial purposes, subject to the necessary consents," it says. "Extensive accommodation spanning over 3 floors with communal areas such as reception, kitchen, lounge, dining room, garden room and treatment room, bedrooms and then staff facilities and storage.

"The property benefits from extensive parking and a garden to the side and rear of the property." Before its closure, Rylands Residential had been rated 'inadequate' by the Care Quality Commission in January, which is the lowest rating the regulator can give to providers.

The CQC reported pensioners living in the care home were injured after falling over multiple times, as trip hazards were not fixed by managers. Its inspection in October 2023 found other risks were caused by poor medicine management, staffing levels, a lack of security around hazardous items and a generally poor standard of care.

A former employee at the care home claimed the service was badly run, did not improve after the inspector's heavily critical report, and suggested it should have been shut down by the CQC instead of being allowed to continue until its shock closure.