Our transgenerational house features a contemporary user-friendly plan wrapped in out-of-sight accessible conveniences. Check out its numerous accommodating features.

Copyright © 2008 by James J. Pirkl, FIDSA

Accessible by users of any age or ability, all living areas, traffic patterns, work surfaces, appliances and storage units make it a snap to use by small children, tall adults, wheelchair users—and even pregnant cooks.

These additional features expand the transgenerational accessability:

• Raised, weather-protected package drop-off at entry
• Grocery package pass-through from entry  to kitchen
• Level threshholds at all exterior entry doors
• All electrical outlets 18" above floor
• Rocker light switches 42" above floor
• Convenient 18' refrigerator/sink/cooktop work triangle
• Resilient cork floor in kitchen and baths
• Sustainable bamboo flooring in living areas
• Finger tip adjustable window blinds
• Easy-to-grip lever door handles
• 5'-0" diameter clear wheelchair turning areas throughout
• Crank-operated windows offer panoramic views
• Indirect and task lighting plus skylights

Shouldn't all houses be designed with the same common-sense rationale as these cutting-edge transgenerational features?