Co-owner Mandy Hudson is chasing the tradespeople out of the just-completed administration and hospital care buildings, and bringing the furniture in.
A Ministry of Health certification inspection was scheduled for next Friday and Ms Hudson hoped to have the first patients in residence by the end of next month.
Nurses, housekeepers, a chef and kitchen hands were being hired.
"We are really excited and proud about what we’ve done here, and we want the community to share that with us.
"We want the village to feel it belongs to Mosgiel and for the local people to be part of its growth.
"We’re family-owned and we want to be part of the community."
She also emphasised the difference she and her fellow owners felt they had when compared with others in the retirement village and aged-care sector.
"Most others in the industry built their residents’ villas before adding other services.
"We are so committed to offering high-quality aged care, we’re concentrating almost exclusively on getting those facilities built first."
Next in line for completion in the first quarter of next year is a large community centre, featuring a cafe, dance floor, cinema, gym, indoor bowls green, sauna, hairdresser and library.
Ms Hudson and her husband Terry Pratley, along with Geoff and Leanne McPhail, are the owners and developers of the $150 million Grange project.
They are also midway through completion of the Te Awa Lifecare Village in Cambridge, which is of similar size.
"At Te Awa, the community has embraced the village as their own. I’m sure the same will happen here," Ms Hudson said.
Nine villas have been built and are occupied at the Grange.
There are pre-orders for several more, but almost all energy was being directed towards having the care facilities up and running.
When completed in the early 2030s, the village will have 160 villas and house 400 residents.
More than 200 staff will be employed.
