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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:29 PM Subject: For sale an apartment that is fully wheelchair accessible in west palm beach Florida- -Please POST ON YOUR WEBSITE OR NEWSLETER To: West Palm Beach apartment fully accessible condo for sale. Please email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> to inquire. ________________________________ From: desktops [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:18 AM Cc: [email protected] Subject: for sale an apartment that is fully wheelchair accessible in west palm beach Florida- -Please POST ON YOUR WEBSITE OR NEWSLETER Dear Sir, I have for sale an apartment that is fully wheelchair accessible in west palm beach Florida. I also have a handicapped. Wheelchair van with a ramp and a quantum wheelchair. The apartment is in century village in west palm beach . It is a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment it is about 1100 square feet I think it was built around 1983. The community is well kept and has 2 entrance gates with full time guards and security. It is on the first floor ( although the building has an elevator). We wanted 1 sty floor so She will not have a problem if the power goes out. We are also on the electric grid with the local fire department, so even when there was a storm knocked out the power we were the first to be restored. Everyone in Florida wants to be on an electric grid with a local hospital or fire station. One bathroom is off of the foyer the other bathroom is off the master bedroom. This is probably the largest of all of the 2 bedroom apartments in century village and it is nicely laid out for a handicapped apartment. This was her 3 rd apartment in this section of century village. We kept moving as she needed increased care. Apartments in century village go from 12k to 90k depending on the size , the layout the section etc. this apartment was the best layout for her and one of the largest square footage with the straightest layout design and a large walk in ( or wheelchair drive in) closet and a large glass in patio. . It has straight line access into the apartment. We have a permanent ramp installed to go over a 2 inch step. , if you go straight it goes directly into the master bedroom. We redid her master bathroom. Pulled out the tub, broke up the floor to make a totally flat roll in shower with a rubber gasket. We had custom made cabinets and sink narrow to give extra room in the bathroom. The walls have special reinforced fiberboard to prevent tiles from breaking if she would run into a wall with the wheelchair or Hoyer lift or shower chair ( the old tiles were always broken when they would get hit and the wall behind would give way. The shower now had special reinforcements placed behind the walls to support multiple wall and fold down bars that could support excessive weight. The kitchen table is a pedestal than pulls out to get bigger or let a wheelchair sit under it without the table feet in the way. Originally she was walking with a cane, then a 4 prong cane a three wheel walker, a 4 wheel walker then a secession of wheel chairs. Finally an electric wheelchair. We still have the chair it is a quantum chair turns on a dime and one of the most compact easiest to operate. It also has an electric rise to allow her to either see into the freezer, get things in the closets or help transfer to an exam table in a doctor's office ( since it raises and lowers. The feet are hydraulic and also rise. We even have a power recliner that helps you to get out of the chair it rises to help you stand. The chair goes all day , or several days on a charge. The batteries were recently changed. We have an electric bed. It has head rises, foot rises and the entire bed rises and goes very low . this was picked out especially because it lower so far down. We would raise the chair and lower the bed to move into the bed or raise the bed and lower the chair to move down into the chair. As she got weaker it was easier to move down. We have a transfer board when she found it hard to transfer. Finally we have a power battery operated Hoyer lift when she was no longer able to transfer on her own. The apartment has a ramp that leads into the apartment and a ramp out the back bedroom to a glass enclosed patio area. We have several commodes, and two (a new and used ) rolling shower chair that rolls directly into the shower. Eventually we need to have a part time and then a live in aid. The 2 nod bedroom has a bed and a closet to accommodate a 2 nod person or a live- in helper. We also have an end , assigned parking spot to accommodate her van it is a 2008 Chrysler town and country. We purchased it from the dealer I think in 2009new, already made into a ramp van by the dealer. It has a ramp that folds out to allow a wheelchair or scooter to enter from the side. It is all electric so that you press a button and the ramp folds in or out. It can hold onto a fairly high side walk. It has approx 56 k miles on the van. She used to drive the van herself so the driver's seat is specially adapted so that it electrically moves back and turns around sideways. She could drive up the ramp turn the wheelchair or the seat on her scoter. Reach over and hit the switches on the driver's seat to move it back and rotate. The driver's seat and wheelchair would be side by side so she could scoot over into the driver's seat and turn it back into position to drive. We just put new tires on the van and the springs and shocks were hot heavy duty enough for the weight of the wheelchair so we just about 2 months ago had a truck company custom make leaf springs and put in new heavy duty shocks and springs onto the car to raise it up to give the car a better ride. The car accommodates a wheelchair and has 5 additional seats. We even have a left foot pedal made for the van when her right foot was weak and it was hard for her to drive with her right foot. . The van has special tracks in the floor to tie down the wheelchair to make if safe to drive with someone in the wheelchair or scooter. For the right person the apartment is a turnkey for a person who needs it or may need the accommodations in the future. When we looked for a handicapped apartment we could not find anything even in assisted living. We would have had to make 15 20 thousand dollars of improvements in moving walls for straight line access, widening doors ramps, removing tubs and building shower, cabinets etc for her. And we would not have owned the apartment it would have been still paying rent and fees to the assisted living company. Century village is a large community. It has included cable, free washing machine and dryer use. there are shows, movies, several heated pools, gym and free buses within the community or to local restaurants, or shopping or the club house. We wanted her to have her own van so she would always be independent and be able to go when ever or where ever she wanted. The section she lives in is called "Wellington" it is the nicest section with the largest apartments. Many of the apartments there are very small , cheap and have no central air. This has central air conditioning, a very large walk in closet and a very large patio. There is a separate storage bin in the laundry room that is about 10x 6 feet floor to ceiling. She used to ride a 3 wheel bicycle that we stored in there. My mother was a very proud and independent woman. It killed me to see what happened to her over the years. Once she started going downhill it progressed very steadily. She was a woman who refused to even use a cane for as long as possible. I did whatever I could to help her maintain her independence. This was the perfect apartment for her. Originally she was very active in the community playing cards, bridge, swimming for exercise, moves and she loved the cheap 1 to 5 dollar show and the free movies. Many of the shows were the same ones that come to the Kravitz center for the arts in west palm beach for 60 or 80 dollars a ticket. W had more and better equipment than many of the rehabs she was in. We moved to Florida for the year round, nice weather. It meant she was never trapped in the house for snow, cold or bad weather. I never wanted her to slip and fall I have not finished cleaning it out or putting it up for sale yet or all the equipment in it. I have several people interested in the equipment. I was waiting to see if I sold it to a person needing the equipment what they would want before I broke it up. Please tell me if you know anyone interested in this apartment I would love to see it go to a person who could appreciate it. Thanks you [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ---------------
