The Bodenner's are in the long-term care business and recognize the need to develop residential housing that eliminate barriers to access. With minor engineering changes residential homes can be constructed using these Universal Design features that will enable the homeowner to live in their home for a lifetime.
The challenge we face is to educate homeowners and builders on these simple and affordable features. The photographs shown in the attached link are of a custom home built in Rockford by the Bodenner's four years ago. The same features can be built into an "affordable home" and the Bodenner's are working with Holwerda Builders in Grand Rapids, Michigan to design such a home for their daughter who has a serious illness. Proper landscaping is critical as seen in the photographs with landscaping provided by Rickert & Associates from Sparta, Michigan.
