Accessibility

Your questions?

Here are some of the questions we get asked about the features of the house, hopefully you will find this useful.

If we need help or information where do we go?

We live in our own separate house about 75m away, which means we are on call for help or information, there are no shared facilities between the two houses so you have complete privacy with your own garden while knowing help is on hand if you need it.

Can we park near the house?

You have parking space for two cars, one is right next to the house and is 5m wide and 5m from the front door, the other just a little further to the side of the house.

How is the access from the car to inside the house?

From the car, you cross the pergola area to the front door, this is all step free and level access , with an extra wide door (.95m) into the house.

How accessible is the kitchen?

The kitchen is fitted with an electric rise and fall unit with the hob and kitchen sink, with open access underneath. Also has a safety pressure switch to stop accidental lowering. The kitchen also has, raised fridge and eye-level side opening oven. There are no wall units, all storage is on pull-out draws for easy access with between 1.2m to 1.5m circulation area between the kitchen table and the units.

How accessible is the main bedroom and bathroom?

The main bedroom with en-suite bathroom have extra-wide doors (.88m) and the bathroom has a wall hung disabled height toilet with a hand bidet and grab rail. The shower is a large step free roll in/roll out shower area (1.2m x 1.7m) with both overhead and handheld showers. Both the upstairs and downstairs toilets seats lock into the bowl for safe side transfer so there is no possibility of the seat becoming dislodged and have a free area of 1m to the side. Both bathrooms have unobstructed sinks allowing a wheelchair easy access.

Where are the other bedrooms?

La Rupina has an unusual layout in that the main living areas and entrance are on the upper floor. The main bedroom is upstairs and downstairs there are two more bedrooms and another bathroom.

Are there any other features we should know about?

Please Note : The current pool is not accessible in a wheelchair.

All the windows in the house have been made with reduced height handles, the windows in the bedrooms have mosquito nets and internal catches to hold the windows open at night and are fitted with blackout curtains that can be drawn over the windows, open or closed, allowing a cool nights sleep without the need for air conditioning. The upper and lower gardens are joined by an external wheelchair-accessible footpath with a gradient of 1:20. All of the electrical sockets are located in a raised location throughout and the hot water outlets in the bathrooms are set by a thermostat to stop accidental burning.