20 WESTLANDS AVENUE, GRIMSBY, NE LINCS, DN34 4SP, UK

     
  Description
  Living Room
  Entrance & Hallway
  Kitchen & dining area >
  Bathroom
  Ground Floor Bed 1
  Ground Floor Bed 2
  Bed 2 En-suite
  1st Floor Bed 1
  1st Floor Bed 2
  1st Floor Shower Room
 + WC
   
  Garden
   
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KITCHEN

Adapted for ease of use by wheelchair users as well as everyone else.

             Slightly Larger Kitchen   Medium kitchen   Huge Kitchen

 

Recently redecorated, new disabled friendly kitchen units, all new appliances, lighting, wiring, plasterwork, wall and floor tilling.

Tiled floors
Wheelchair users make a mess and drop stuff more often than able bodied people. Well I do!   Carpets are just no use in a kitchen with oil, flour, sauces, cereals, glasses etc.  Tiles are easy to clean and don't wear out and look cool too!  When you are in a wheelchair easy cleaning floors are essential.

Lighting
Its expensive to fit anything other than high efficiency LED lighting in a modern kitchen. Kitchen lights are usually on. And they last MUCH longer too. I cant reach the ceiling to swap halogen or incandescent or fluorescent tubes anyway from a wheelchair.   

 breakfast bar high chairs

Medium kitchen  Huge Kitchen

Tall chairs in kitchen

Medium kitchen  Huge Kitchen

 
 

Bigger Powerchair Under Worktop  Huge Powerchair Under Worktop  As shown here. This is fine for me to eat and drink or even prepare food. As I am fairly tall. It could be three inches lower though. The powerchair is home built since all bought ones are dismal - details can be seen here

oven with sideways opening door

Medium Oven  Huge Oven   Ovens generally open down and towards you. Into your way! For a wheelchair user this side opening oven and microwave/grill is so much easier to use!  Actually its easier for everyone. And both mounted at a height I can easily reach. Again this makes it easy for all.

Slide out draw

Medium Slide Out Draw  Huge Slide Out Draw   Every base unit has these slide out strong metal shelves or rails. It means that its easier for me in a wheelchair to access them.  Again this works great for everyone and does not look like an "adapted" or accessible kitchen.

Tall pull out wall unit accessible

Medium Tall Unit  Huge Tall Unit  All the tall units like this one pull open Meaning no trying to reach inside cupboards! This obviously makes things easier as you can reach everything whilst seated in a wheelchair. And again its just as easy for any able bodied members of the household.

Medium Tall Unit  Huge Tall Unit From other side!

accessible wall unit

Medium Wall Unit  Huge Wall Unit  All of the wall units are also accessible. I can easily reach that bar, and just pull them down. Here its shown pulled "out" but not all the way down. The metal rack lowers almost down to the worktop height.  And its easy.

Bigger view Kitchen Space  Huge view Kitchen Space

Sleeping dog. It does this a lot.  Through the gap behind the dog is a huge fridge and a double door to the garden. There is nothing else in there. I like space.   You could add a dinning table. Through the other doorway in the corner is another room with dishwashers, washing machines, dryers etc. That door is a more normal 33 inches.  Shown below...

Utility Room off the end of the kitchen - plenty of space and central heating boiler is hidden in the unit at the far end. And the back door.

Breakfast Bar - high enough for a power wheelchair. No support to get in the way below.

Carousel in several units so a wheelchair user can easily access the contents. And so can anyone else!

Island - breakfast bar, Utility room and the back door!

View from the patio door entrance towards the front of the house. Fridge and dog bowls... Kitchen is on the right through the opening.

View from utility room towards kitchen.

From opposite end.

From breakfast bar towards corner.

Side opening ovens

Tall units ease of access.

Same again, other end of kitchen.

From radiator towards corner

From the Sink end towards the radiator! Opposite way to the photo above.

All wall units use pull down baskets (if you choose to use them)

Like this, so that they can be reached from a wheelchair with ease.

Space...

Utility room - off kitchen, back door, central heating boiler, another sink, dishwasher, dryer, washing machine etc.

 

 

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