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Some people choose a visitable home because they're
thinking of aging in place, but that wasn't the case for
the Wangs. Ray is in his early 40s and Tina is in her
30s. They simply saw the benefits for their parents and
their children, an eight-year-old son and a daughter
who's almost six.
"My daughter, when she was about two or three,
she did fall in our old house in the garage on the
stairs," Ray recalls. "This is just easier for them and
safer, too."
Friends are impressed with the no-step entrances, as
well.
"When our friends visit our place, a lot of people they
don't know about this," he says. "But when they see
it, they love it. They say this is very convenient."
Local companies have been building visitable homes
POH
WHEN WE VISITED THE
SHOW HOME AND SAW THE
FEATURES, WE THOUGHT IT
WAS GOOD FOR US.
for more than a decade — Manitoba Housing developed
the Bridgwater neighbourhoods with a specified quantity of
visitable lots — but Wang says the design option should be
more widely publicized.
"Unfortunately, I think there's not that much education
regarding this," he says. "People really should look at
different options — like this visitable-home option — before
they make any decision to build their own house because if
you don't know there's a feature, how can you ask them to
add that feature?
"Older people like bungalows because of the one floor. But
even a bungalow without these kind of features, it could still
be an issue for the elderly when they enter the house."
He predicts the choice he and Tina made will pay off down
the road.
"I think this definitely adds value for when we do the resale."
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