Services
Aging-in-place remodeling and smart home safety.
You should be able to enjoy your home as your needs change. We can make bathrooms easier to enter, improve movement between rooms, and incorporate helpful lighting and controls during a renovation, without sacrificing the character of your home.
We design comfortable, attractive homes that can adapt as needs change. Options include curbless showers, easier circulation, accessible fixtures, thoughtful lighting, and smart-home features selected for how you live.
Request a Free Site VisitImprovements that fit your home.
Depending on your needs, improvements may include curbless or roll-in showers, wider doorways, accessible vanities, reinforced walls for grab bars, better nighttime lighting, and easier-to-use door hardware. We discuss which changes make sense for your home.
Tell us what is difficult about your home today. We will visit, review the space, and discuss practical renovation options.
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The shower
A floor you walk onto.
The stone continues in. The bench is part of that stone. The drain sits where the water leaves, away from the entry, and the floor is honed so it is not slick when it is wet.
On a slab, the curb comes out by cutting the floor, sloping it to a linear drain, and waterproofing it again before the stone. The handheld and the valve sit where a person on the bench can reach them. A roll-in uses that same floor, with an opening wide enough for a wheelchair and room beside you for the person helping.
The bar
Supports that belong in the room.
Accessible bathroom renovations begin with the way you use the space. We look at the entry, the floor slope, the waterproofing, the fixtures, and where a support should land before we recommend the work.
Well-positioned grab bars can be part of an attractive bathroom, with backing in the wall and placement based on how you move. The bar can go in with the bath, or later, once that backing is there.
While the walls are open
Smart-home features, planned while the walls are open.
If you want them, we can plan the wiring and the device locations during the renovation. Options may include automated lighting, accessible locks, water-leak alerts, and voice-operated controls. The equipment is chosen for that house.
Reunion and Lake Butler are the finished bathrooms: a roll-in shower, and a curbless wet room with shades on the lake glass. Other devices are planned when you want them on a future project.
The rest of the house has to work too.
A wider door, a level step out to the lanai, and a bedroom and a bath on the first floor when the stair is the reason you want to stay. If someone has to be lifted from the bed, we look at the whole house with you. That whole-house renovation.
Aging in place bathroom · Curbless shower · Smart home aging in place · Accessible bathrooms
The kitchen
One run you can sit at.
The counters you stand at stay at standing height. One length drops, in the same stone, and the cabinet under it comes out so a chair goes all the way under. That is where the sink or the prep space goes if you cook sitting down. Drawers on the standing run pull the pots out to you.
The vanity
A sink you pull up to.
The vanity is lower than a standing bath, and the cabinet under the sink is open. A chair, or a wheelchair, comes to the stone. The faucet is one lever. The mirror is hung for the person sitting. The toilet in that same bath goes to a comfort height, with the flush and the paper in reach from the seat. If you do not need to sit, the vanity can stay at the height you like, with doors. We set that at the house.
Come see the house
Planning ahead, a parent staying, or coming back from an injury. We look at the floor with you. The visit is free. What we measure
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FAQ
Questions on this work.
- Where do you do this work?
- Orlando, Winter Park, Windermere, Kissimmee, Lake Mary, and Lakeland. The studio is in Reunion. Florida license CGC1531832. The first visit is free and at the house.
- Do you widen doorways for a wheelchair?
- Yes. We widen the doorways a wheelchair has to pass, including the bathroom and the bedroom, and we set which way the door swings. That is part of the same renovation as the roll-in shower and the permit.
- Do you lower the kitchen counters?
- Yes, when you need to use the kitchen from a chair. We can lower one run, or the sink, and leave the rest at standing height. Drawers replace doors you have to reach into. We measure the height at the house.
- Do you lower the bathroom vanity?
- Yes. If you sit at the sink, the vanity is open underneath and the height is set for you. The faucet is a lever. We set the height at the house.
- Can you change the toilet?
- Yes. A comfort-height toilet goes in with the bath. The flush and the paper are placed where you can reach them from the seat.
- What floor do you use in the shower?
- Honed stone. The floor slopes to the drain. That is the floor at Lake Butler and in the Orlando wet room.
- Can the grab bar go in later?
- Yes. Wood goes behind the tile so the bar can go in later. That is how Lake Butler and the Reunion bath were built.
- What else goes in with the bath?
- A light from the bed to the bath, a lock and a video doorbell, a sensor under the shower, and shades if the afternoon sun is strong. Lake Butler has the shades.
- Can a wheelchair use the bathroom I already have?
- Yes. We look at the floor and the doorway with you. In Reunion, a garden tub became a roll-in.
- What does this cost?
- It depends on the floor. Taking the curb out means cutting the slab and sloping it to a drain. A bar, a light, and a lock are smaller. We set the number when we see the house. The visit is free.
- What is an aging in place bathroom remodel?
- The shower loses its step. The floor is one surface you can walk onto, or roll onto if a wheelchair has to use it. Wood goes behind the tile for a grab bar. A light goes on the walk from the bed. The bathroom still looks like the house.
- What smart home work goes in with aging in place?
- While the walls and the floor are open: a light on the path at night, a lock and a video doorbell on the door you use, a leak sensor under the shower, and shades if the afternoon sun hits the glass. Lake Butler has the shades.
- Can the bathroom still look like my house?
- Yes. Stone, glass, and a bench if you want one. The hardware can match the rest of the room. Lake Butler faces the lake. Reunion is a roll-in. Orlando is one wet room.