We are in the process of planning a quad quad to build here in Reno Nevada. The reason for the quad quad it is that it will have one three bedroom, two duplexes with two bedrooms each, and one house that will have four studio apartments, and they will be built around a quadrangle there will be totally wheelchair accessible. Reno does not have any family friendly housing that is designed for the physically handicapped.
It has been a dream of mine to create a family friendly housing enclave that is near to stores- especially grocery stores-where there would be accessible gardening, accessible playground area, and a large Jacuzzi with a hoyer lift. We have lots of ideas to make it especially accessible. The buildings would be constructed with insulated concrete form blocks-ICF-, acid etched concrete floors with radiant heating in the floors, all outside corners would be 45°, bathrooms would have roll in showers or shower bathtubs where the front of the bathtub opens out for access, sinks would be on a rail system so they can be adjusted at the correct height, all cabinets would have roll out shelves, upright pantry that rolls out for accessibility, all master bedrooms and studios will have an overhead lift, no hallways, all the doors are 36 inches, stoves and ovens would have controls on the front, built in X10 system throughout, automatic doors to the outside, large windows for the solar gain, and my mind has just gone blank J Because I am a total C4 and cannot utilize a lot of these features I would like to have input on what else would be cool. Please e-mail me with any ideas, even if they are far out. Things we thought were far out a few years ago are commonplace now, so we want to keep an open mind. Give me ideas for closets, bathrooms, kitchens, storage, outside areas, anything you can think of. We would be so grateful because we want this to be a start and hopefully we can build more in the future. I designed and my son in law and friends built the house that I am in. If you want to see part of a newspaper article on the house does go to this website HYPERLINK "http://www.rgj.com/news/printstory.php?id=36683"http://www.rgj.com/news/pri ntstory.php?id=36683 Thanking you in advance for any help you can give us. This group has so many good ideas that I am sure that you will have some great ideas. Joan No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1037 - Release Date: 9/29/2007 1:32 PM
