PLANNING MAJOR
Home adaptations? YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING YEARS TO EMBARK ON THE PROJECT TO ADAPT YOUR HOME INTO THE MOST FABULOUS ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD’S CURRENT AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS. YOU HAVE, AT LAST BEEN GIVEN THE ‘GREEN LIGHT’ TO GO AHEAD
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ou have been planning the space in your head, you can visualise the end result, and you just want to get on with it. David Alcock, Chartered Surveyor and Disabilities Accommodation Expert urges you not to rush and offers some sound advice. It can be a daunting process knowing where to start and what to do when embarking on major
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adaptations work. There can often be a compulsion to ‘rush’, not only in identifying a suitable property but also in achieving the adaptation works. Home adaptations and where necessary, finding a suitable property are likely to be one of the largest capital outlays following the success of a claim or through other means and it’s important to give it the time and thought it requires, so as to
avoid potentially poor choices and decisions. The initial point should always be to establish the ‘property team’. This is likely to include your Legal Advisor and Case Manager (if appointed), an Occupational Therapist experienced in major adaptations, your Support Worker and not least an accommodation expert, who will either be a specialist disability
