What does an accessibility consultant do that my contractor doesn't?
The contractor builds it, the architect draws it, the OT assesses your body. Nobody on that list is tracking how the house works on a bad day and which decisions get expensive next week. That gap is the job, and here's what it looks like.
What you can change in a rental without asking
You can't put wood behind a landlord's walls. You can change the handles, the shower head, the bed height, the light, where everything lives and the route through the room this week without asking. What's worth asking for, and the one thing not to buy.
The five things your house is charging you
Before you spend anything, your house is charging you in five ways: steps, reaches, transfers, minutes and hands. Name them room by room, pick the five that cost most, and that list is what you renovate from.
How to prepare your house before surgery
Somebody told you to prepare the house before surgery and nobody said what that meant. Here's what the house will ask of you on the first day home, room by room, which fixes are a week's rental, and which are telling you something permanent.