Wheelchair Access

Facts about our partially wheelchair accessible homes

Exterior

• There is one, concrete ramp in front of the home leading from the driveway to the front door. There are no handrails.
• The doors are all 36" wide.
• The door leading from the garage into the home does not have a ramp. There is a ³⁄₄" threshold at the entry.
• The door leading from the home to the back door does not have a ramp. There is a 1¹⁄₂" threshold at the entry.
• The garage light switches and outlets are standard height.
• Check the height of your vehicle to ensure it will fit in the garage. Sizes of garages may vary.
• Rising View is not responsible to supply/add additional ramps.

Interior

• The doors are all 36" wide.
• The door handles are knobs, not levers (resident can request levers).
• The carpet is low pile, commercial grade carpet, with a ¹⁄₄" padding underneath.
• The light switches and outlets are wheelchair accessible.
• There are standard fire detectors and CO2 detectors in each home (resident can request strobe light fire detectors).

Kitchen

• The kitchen countertops are 37" high.
• The kitchen sink/faucets are not wheelchair accessible.
• The stove knobs are in the back and not in the front therefore not wheelchair accessible.
• The microwave is not wheelchair accessible.

Guest Bathroom

• The bathroom shower is a walk-in shower (transfer shower) and not a roll-in shower. See below for dimensions. There is one grab bar and one fold up seat in the shower. Sizes of shower may vary.
• The medicine cabinet is lowered.
• The toilet is higher than a standard toilet.
• There are permanent grab bars around the toilet.
• There is a vanity under the bathroom sink. It is not wheelchair accessible.

Master Bathroom

• The master bathroom is not wheelchair accessible.
• The tub/shower combo is not a walk-in (transfer shower) or roll-in shower. Sizes of the showers may vary.

Bedrooms

• The closet rods are standard height.