Harry Sprintz our access planner and architect has been pretty busy working on what the exterior of the merimbula Imlay street property might look like after a major make-over. It’s almost like one of those tacky TV shows! He has spent a lot of time thinking about the site, its context to the spectacular views and the prevailing weather patterns in the area.
Here is what he thinks that the property would look like after the make-over.
Click on the above image to see a larger view.
As the weather in Merimbula is very temperate, there has been a big focus on the decking areas. I feel we are to become a family of “deck dwellers”. There is also a garden that is suitable to be tended by Desiree who is wheel chair bound.
Some of the other features of the design include:
- An independant living unit.
- Extra wide doorways
- Variable height work surfaces.
- Absence of sills and protuding door tracks.
- Natural lighting.
- Wheelchair friendly living areas.
- Electric scooter/wheelchair charging station.
- Centralised communications/server cabinet.
- Domestic hydraulic lift.
The project is starting to take shape.
I will post further plans of the internals as they come to hand.
Hi Alex and Desiree,
I stumbled across your blog while searching for information about universal design. I will be needing to modify my own south coast home in the near future and look forward with interest to your future posts.
Best wishes for your health and home.
Vanessa
Vanessa,
Thanks for the comment. We now have our DA through so the frequency of updates will increase over the next few weeks. It has taken us a long time to get to this stage, but I feel that we are now going to make some significant progress. I will be posting onto the blog the plans over the next few days.
Alex