An Accessible Home
Our home is one of the biggest investments any of us are likely to make. Whether we own or rent our home we all want a space that suits and can adapt to our needs. We were contacted recently by Vision Developments a company that specialises in timber frame house kits.
The company says ‘Vision Development have just launched the latest in a range of timber frame house kits. The new kit is suitable to accommodate a disabled person. The kit costs £32,940 + VAT and is for a two bedroom, one floor house with 112 square metres of accommodation.
The features that support disabled accommodation include…
- Ramp access to all external doors
- Wide external and internal doors
- Living space designed for wheelchair manoeuvrability
- Double front opening doors
In addition the height of kitchen units, bathroom units, light switches and power points can be selected to maximise accessibility. Sliding doors can be fitted if required.’
They are especially keen to hear from our members to gain your insight into what makes a home more accessible?
For more information see the Vision Developments website
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Permalink Reply by Donna Louise Watch on
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Hi, just some personal thoughts.
The make or break design feature for me in any housing is the bathroom and being able to install a ceiling hoist (the simpler the design the cheaper it is to purchase - and how much weight the ceiling can take for installation).
I have to hoist over the bed, along into the bathroom, over the toilet area in one go. Some people need a lot bigger bathroom with an adult changing bench facility and true level entry shower room - so that would be needed if I was to live here. Also in the bathroom, the type of none slip floor is essential and we don't have any bathroom units - sink is totally open to allow wheelchair access with the shower hose reaching the sink for washing hair.
Most accessible bathroom have the toilet by the open plan shower area to allow for side transfers (this plan would not enable this so I couldn't visit anyone in this house (and the door opening that way would hit me!). I wouldn't have the space to transfer.
I would say the floor space above in the bathroom might not accommodate these features on the above plan.
I like the use of double doors and wide doors in the property. True level thresholds on doors is a feature we have in our home and low windows to see out of. I like the open plan style.
Just my thoughts (wheelchair user who needs assistance).
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Permalink Reply by Catherine Rideout on
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I've gone over this in my mind and there's lots of potential there, but a few things I'm not really keen on. I'll explain two of them here.
Minor things but....
Where's the space for a bath?
It looks like there is a shower stall but no bath, and I use the bath to try to keep up some kind of mobility and do leg movement in the warm water to help reduce my pain somewhat. To me that looks more like a faux en suite than a full bathroom.
Big one, a danger in my opinion.
You have a front door that opens to the entry beside the kitchen, which looks open plan, then a door off of the utility room. The problem is that a lot of house fires start in the kitchen, and both ways out are in effect blocked in this design. This design needs to be fire tested for safety in evacuating the building by a wheelchair user.
Cj
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