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Prepare an accessible home adaptation

Prepare an accessible home adaptation

To prepare an accessible home adaptation, describe the tasks to make easier, obstacles encountered and spaces involved. You do not need to describe an illness or attach medical records to your request. Practical needs and the conditions of the home provide a starting point for discussion with professionals and assessment of suitable solutions.

Describe everyday use and routes through the home

  1. Review the spaces with the person concerned, according to their wishes: arrival, entrance, circulation, kitchen and bathroom. Identify what they want to improve without deciding for them.
  2. State a concrete outcome, such as “reach storage from a seated position” or “cross the threshold more easily”. Avoid choosing equipment before considering how it will be used.
  3. Record safely accessible measurements, doors, steps and existing equipment. Label measurements as indicative and request a check on site.
  4. Set out priorities, rooms that must remain usable and desired changes in future use. Ask who coordinates design, work and the final review with the person concerned.

Check the response to the stated needs

For each proposal, connect the work to the expressed need and ask how the result will be checked. Clarify the constraints considered, related work, maintenance and unresolved points. Dimensions, equipment, applicable rules and possible assistance must be checked for the project; do not infer them from an example in a guide.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Submitting a diagnosis, prescriptions or medical records to describe building work.
  • Assuming the same solution suits every person.
  • Forgetting the route to the adapted space or needs during the work.

Documents to prepare

  • A sketch of routes and rooms with indicative measurements.
  • Photographs of obstacles without people or visible health information.
  • A list of tasks to make easier, priorities and items to retain.

Prepare your project

Focus the request on intended use: access, movement, operating height or storage. If the project needs an overall design, also explain the need for coordination.