I'm happy you liked this, and the details you give of some of the things that appealed are nice to read. (Actually, I think St Cross would be a long sight more comfortable than your average retirement home.)
I don't know whether I'll be writing a follow-up to this fic (I'm really bad at that, and so far have no plot notions for it at all), but if I do, it'll have to be called, obviously, Fly Away Home.