Brighton · BN1 8QE
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Jump to the free analysis ↓Place Farm House is listed as a residential care home. The published inspection rating is Good (Jul 2023). Family feedback highlights staff kindness and attentiveness. The inspection Safe domain was rated below Good in 2023.
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Five general checklists and four follow-up emails over two weeks to help you research Place Farm House. Keep this profile open as you use the checklists.
Five checklists · Four follow-up emails over two weeks
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The published overall inspection rating is Good. Review the dates and any findings below; a data review is not a new inspection.
Listed support includes palliative or end-of-life support, wheelchair access. Confirm the support and environment needed for the individual person.
What type of care is provided
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Available information about staffing arrangements. Family descriptions of staff appear in the family experiences section; they are not verified staffing levels.
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Indicative weekly fees
From £2,150/week
From ≈ £9,349 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
Self-Funded Residential Care: £1350 – £1900, Respite Self-Funded Residential Care: £1400 – £1950
Reference period is unavailable. This is not a current private fee quote or a measure of care quality. Self-funded fees and included services may differ.
Council-rate context (Brighton and Hove, residential): £1,124/wk
You pay the full fee directly if assessable capital exceeds £23,250. Between £14,250 and £23,250, tariff income applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
The NHS pays the full cost if your primary need is health-related. Requires a formal assessment.
The council pays a set rate and your family pays the difference to cover a higher-cost home.
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Background context
Provider and registration context for Place Farm House, useful once you have already reviewed the main decision sections above.
Place Farm House is a residential care home in Brighton, South East, operated by Place Farm House Residential Home Ltd since 2016. The home has 23 beds and is an inspection rating of Good.
Contact & location
Travel time, nearby GP services, and neighbourhood safety — so the whole family can visit comfortably.
Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, BN1 8QE
Open mapDistances and local context help you plan visits. They do not establish how suitable the setting is for an individual resident. Deprivation deciles describe the area: 1 is most deprived and 10 least deprived; they do not assess the home or its care.
Nearest green space
257m away
Daily Life
Review activities, food quality, and facilities that most affect your relative's everyday wellbeing.
4 dining services listed
Key nutrition points first
Social life, outings, and engagement programmes based on available information.
6 activities listed
Individual and group options available3 feature groups available
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Next Steps
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Take this care home visit checklist with you when you call or visit.
Ask for a clear explanation of fees if a resident passes away unexpectedly.
Ask for a written breakdown of regular fees and optional extras.
What have you changed recently around safety, staffing or leadership, and how are you checking those changes are working?
Check room size and layout to ensure comfort.
Test shower controls for ease and safety.
What actions followed the inspection report, and can you show examples?
What are staffing levels on day and night shifts?
Ask whether these numbers include agency staff.
How are families updated when needs change?
How often is the care plan reviewed, and who is involved?
May we speak with a current resident family member?
The published overall inspection rating is Good. The inspection report was published on 15 July 2023.
The published overall inspection rating is Good. The inspection report was published on 15 July 2023. Family feedback raises points to discuss with the home. The combined public feedback rating is 3.9 out of 5. No current enforcement actions are recorded. The safest next step is to compare these signals with your visit questions and care needs.
Indicative weekly fees at Place Farm House: From £2,150/week. Confirm your assessed quote, including care and extras, with the home.
Place Farm House accepts self-funding, local authority funded, and NHS Continuing Healthcare residents. For NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility, refer to NHS guidelines.
Place Farm House is registered as a residential care home. Personal care is the listed service. Ask how visiting clinicians and overnight clinical needs are supported.
Place Farm House has 23 registered beds. Personal care is the listed service.
Family feedback raises points to discuss with the home. The combined public feedback rating is 3.9 out of 5.
Place Farm House's public feedback assessment is useful, but it should not be the only reason to choose the home. Treat it as one evidence layer, then compare it with the inspection rating, safety and well-led domains, weekly fees, funding fit, and provider-record questions. Reviews are strongest when they confirm the same strengths or concerns that appear in inspection evidence and your visit questions.
The published inspection Safety rating for Place Farm House is "Requires improvement". No enforcement actions are currently recorded.
Place Farm House is operated by PLACE FARM HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME LTD (Company registration number: 10015647). Ownership type: independent.
There are no current enforcement actions recorded against Place Farm House in the inspection history.
Place Farm House's provider public-record check is: Records reviewed. No material provider-record points to clarify were found in the public records reviewed. The company accounts record is dated 30 November 2024. This is not a credit rating, solvency assessment or prediction about the home.
Ask Place Farm House how care is kept consistent when staffing or residents' needs change, how families are informed about management changes, and what the contract says about notice periods and deposits. Discuss these points with the manager during your visit and ask for key commitments in writing.
Before choosing Place Farm House, compare published inspection overall, Safe, and Well-Led ratings with their inspection history, family review volume and repeated themes, published weekly fees and what is included, funding routes accepted by the home, and the operator’s public company records. Compare these points with other care homes in Brighton to find the best fit for your relative’s care needs, budget and visiting arrangements.
The inspection history for Place Farm House looks stable rather than clearly improving or declining. The inspection report was published on 15 July 2023.
Place Farm House currently has a food hygiene hygiene rating of 5 out of 5. The food hygiene record is dated 24 June 2022.
When visiting Place Farm House, start by asking the team to ask to see the latest inspection report and what has changed since it, ask how staffing levels work on day and night shifts, and ask how families are updated when needs change. These questions help you test whether the public picture on this page still matches day-to-day reality inside the home.
Our visit checklist for Place Farm House starts with the basics families often miss: the latest inspection report, staffing levels across day and night shifts, how the team updates relatives when needs change, and how care plans are reviewed in practice. On RightCareHome, the page-level checklist is then extended with personalised follow-up questions based on the home’s inspection, review, provider-record and practical signals.
Care Home Check
Care Home Check brings the findings on Place Farm House into a single decision summary, explains how they relate to your choice and gives you a practical plan for your visit.
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Indicative weekly fees
From £2,150/week
From ≈ £9,349 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
Self-Funded Residential Care: £1350 – £1900, Respite Self-Funded Residential Care: £1400 – £1950
Reference period is unavailable. This is not a current private fee quote or a measure of care quality. Self-funded fees and included services may differ.
Council-rate context (Brighton and Hove, residential): £1,124/wk
You pay the full fee directly if assessable capital exceeds £23,250. Between £14,250 and £23,250, tariff income applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
The NHS pays the full cost if your primary need is health-related. Requires a formal assessment.
The council pays a set rate and your family pays the difference to cover a higher-cost home.
Funding options depend on individual eligibility and the arrangements the home accepts. Our Care Home Funding Report gives a screening indication for NHS-funded care, council support and Deferred Payment Agreements.
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Read the recurring strengths and concerns below alongside inspection findings and individual care needs.
Family feedback rating (out of 5)
Family feedback highlights caring and attentive staff
What matters to families:
Feedback raises these points. Ask the home how it handles them in day-to-day care:
These are patterns in family experiences, not an assessment of personal suitability. Confirm individual needs with the home.
Family feedback on care, surroundings and daily life
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Positive experiences described in family feedback:
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Staff perspective
Family reviews tell you how care feels from the outside. But the people delivering that care have their own story — about workload, management, and whether they feel supported to do their job well.
The Care Home Check report considers available staffing information alongside family experiences. Coverage varies, and any gaps remain questions to confirm with the home.
The rating and family experiences can highlight different aspects of a home. Read both in context:
We found no significant points to clarify in the provider records reviewed. Some information may still be unavailable.
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Turnover, profit and EBITDA were not available in the accounts format reviewed.
We have not drawn conclusions about profitability from substitute balance-sheet fields.
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For context
The linked company is recorded as active.
This is a company-register fact, not a guarantee of future performance or continuity.
We matched this home to PLACE FARM HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME LTD · Company no. 10015647. Accounts dated: Nov 2024.
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PLACE FARM HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME LTD
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10015647
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