Accessibility

Doing a property renovation is the ideal time to create a kitchen that everyone can access regardless of disability.

Stairlifts, platform lifts and conventional lifts are the main choices for access to upper floors without using stairs but which one will be the right one to install when you’re renovating your property?

It’s more common these days for families to embark on renovation projects to enable disabled or elderly members of a family to live in their own home for longer than before.

Bathrooms and toilets will get a lot of attention if one of the reasons for your home renovation is to improve access for a disabled or elderly member of the family.

Renovating a house to provide disabled access and facilities can be an expensive job but if you are prepared to wade through the administrative mud you may be able to turn up some sources of funds to help out.

Technology can be used to give wider access for disabled people and to enable them to live more independent lives at home, although it’s not perfect and it’s not cheap.

Renovation projects to make wheelchair users’ access to the home easier are on the increase as attitudes shift towards including disabled people in all areas.