{"id":970,"date":"2020-09-17T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T09:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southdownsretirementvillage.co.uk\/?page_id=970"},"modified":"2020-12-18T10:01:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T10:01:44","slug":"the-service-charge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.southdownsretirementvillage.co.uk\/the-service-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Service Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;100&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;50&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; 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