Wheelchair Assessable house

[Cindy Delaine]

Hello BP family. I am curious to know if anyone has purchased a house that is already wheelchair assessable and kept the layout. If so, did you list the property as wheelchair assessable?  Was it difficult to find these tenants? Where do you suggest I post or search for this type of clientele? Any information will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Cindy

[Chad Clark]

I have one that is wheel chair accessible.    I decided to keep it as is and advertise it that way.  

I got a little lucky as I was using this as a tester for AirBnB at the same time and they had guidelines to be able to call it wheel chair accessible.    The door ways had to be a certain width.  Shower and toilet bars to help them maneuver around and of course the ramps over any steps outside.  There's other things as well so go over the list provided here.    You don't have to do them all, but it's really nice and most are really simple.  Lowering a closet rack for instance.  Not real difficult.   https://www.apartmentlist.com/...

I got lucky and the doorways were wide enough to allow a chair through.   I just ended up mixing sand into a paint to cover the ramps for a little traction.  Then added the bars to the shower and toilet.  Easy enough.  As for finding someone to rent it, I just said it was wheel chair accessible when I listed it.   I happened to have most of it anyway.  

One thing you should make sure of is if you want to refuse a disabled veteran, be sure to read up on this.  There's a lot of protection for them.  Sounds mean, but you don't want to get backed into a legal corner accidentally getting a bad one.  

I ended up with a little old lady who's wonderful really.  Very nice and of course, no worries about crazy parties.   Best part is the disability can be paid direct to you for the rent.  Guaranteed rent is always nice.   It's a little bit of extra work, but kind of worth it compared to the nightmare tenant.  

PS. I haven't read up on how to make things work for someone that's blind or ran into the service animal thing yet so be sure to read up on those if it's a concern.