One other aspect that is sometimes missed in some new-build is the increased
need for storage in homes meeting Lifetime standards. It may also be useful
to include sufficient hall - or other space that will accommodate in-door
mobility equipment or a wheel-chair.
Sue Pellegrino
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From: Accessibuilt list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Flick Harris
Sent: 28 February 2008 17:05
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Subject: Re: lifetime homes
Hi Jo-Anne
Thanks for your comments - we are reviewing our Design for Access 2
manual and although we have circulation space specified in our
kitchen, I notice we don't include living rooms (although we do when
we are doing access audits!)
It's a really good point and I will make sure it is included in our
next revision,
Best wishes
Flick
At 12:23 28/02/2008, you wrote:
>Can I just say that I live in one of these lifetime homes, they are
>warm and have large halls, stairways and a downstairs bathroom for
>the eventual life changes my partner and I will no-doubt go through.
>We even have a garden.
>What we don't have is space to eat, the kitchen is too small as is
>the living room. We feel our house was designed to accommodate
>dinner on trays in front of the TV opposed to sitting together at a
>table. Frighteningly, these new builds were designed as family
>lifetime homes, but appear to have omitted the space for the family
>to sit and eat together.
>
>Jo-Anne
>
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>Jo-Anne Bichard
>Research Fellow: Royal College of Art ; Helen Hamlyn Centre
>Kensington Gore
>London
>SW7 2EU
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>Tel: 020 7590 4216
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