We are also building a custom house but we don't have to worry about extra tall cabinets because we are both regular sizes, although Pat's suits started fitting better once he started buying 40 short. BUT, this usonian is going to grow old with me, and hopefully, the best is yet to be...
We are making it suitable for aging geezers on wheels. The original house's corridors were all the width of a Pullman Car's. Of course, this is no longer possible due to those pesky building codes but also, we want to make them wheelchair accessible. This adaptation is one of the major reasons our house will be larger than the other.
Another big difference is in the bathtub. The orginal's tub is a lovely low, difficult to enter shallow thing. It is very serene looking, but if one is arthritic or worse, serenity is easier to attain if it is easier to bathe. We are searching the internet for a walk in bathtub. When we started thinking about things a couple of years ago, there were very few available, but thanks to the masses of aging boomers, there are tons, all of them very expensive.
Our builder needs a decision because since we're using a poured concrete floor throughout the house, these fixture decisions cannot be written in sand, they must be set in stone, RIGHT NOW!
When TP was with us we were looking at the walk-in bathtub options because we were going to redo the upstairs bathroom for him. At that time, there were only one or two places--and I don't remember now what they were-that were even selling the things.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right. They ain't cheap--but probably worth the money in the long run.
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