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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question
Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 23 9:13pm | Replies (473)Comment receiving replies
@sueinmn When we bought this house last year, a previous owner used a wheelchair. There is a permanent concrete ramp from driveway to front door. the back door has three steps down to back porch. The floors are all laminate wood, except for kitchen and bathrooms, which are tile. The original bathroom had a heavy duty grab bar for accessing the original tub and another grab bar in the toilet alcove. For me, it's perfect. This is our retirement home.
Ginger
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Funny Ginger - Last night in the bathroom, I realized that I forgot to mention that, 5 years ago when we remodeled the bath, we had numerous grab bars placed strategically throughout the room. Fortunately there are now many which can be matched to the other hardware. Even our towel bars are actually grab bars, and nobody realizes it except us.
Our floors are also all hardwood, ceramic or laminate except in 2 bedrooms - we did it years ago due to allergies, but it was a marvelous decision - with my stick vac I can clean the whole place in 20 minutes, and with the steam mop a full floor cleaning takes 30 minutes.
I am working up to suggesting replacing our 3-season porch with a main floor family room - which would be a complete teardown & replace, but I think very worthwhile - and would allow us to replace 3 random sheds with a proper storage underneath.
Sue
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Was your new home built for a wheelchair, or was it a retrofit? My house has 17 stairs in it. If I became physically disabled, it would be tough to maneuver the 17 stairs in it. I often think I should cut my losses on this home, and trade it in on a 1 level, ranch style. Or perhaps, find an apartment, I'm frustrated with all of the old home repairs!