In 1991 we bought our Woodland Hills house that was built in 1961 and back then there was no such thing as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). But we were well and that was the furthest thing from our minds. The master bedroom had its own bathroom. Not that big, but with a 2 sink vanity, an oversized (to us) stall shower, and a rather inconspicuous toilet.
9 years later I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis but it was caught sort of early and since then my MS progressed pretty slowly. And still, even though the door to the master bathroom was narrower than the other doors in the house and the shower had a raised "curb" for the stall's sliding door we've been very comfortable in our home for all these years.
Now, I am still walking, but it is getting more difficult and this last spring I realized that I'm going to be in a wheelchair sooner than later, and that that bathroom needed to be able to accommodate the chair
Yossi remodeled the kitchen, and family and living rooms for some very close friends of ours a few years ago and it looked great. Some other contractors came out to bid our bathroom job but I also wanted "their guy" to take a look and boy, are we glad he did. Yossi's wasn't the lowest bid but his solutions to the issues at hand were the most creative and we instantly had a great rapport! He was the only one who came right out and acknowledged that there was very little give to make that bathroom wheelchair friendly but felt it could still be done. He also was the only contractor to tell me up front that the design we came up with was tentative and we should wait until the existing stuff was demolished so we could have the complete floor area visible to measure and plan with. That understanding was critical as far as I'm concerned because the end result was quite different from what we all envisioned beforehand, and it meant that we wouldn't be (and aren't!) disappointed with the end result.
So the bathroom looks great and the wheelchair - when I get to that point - will be able to maneuver. It'll be tight, but it'll work.
Listen, between what we saw in our friends' home and the work he did on our master bathroom, if you need someone for interior remodeling, Yossi and Décor Home Builders are the guys to use. I give 'em 5 stars! read more