Disability

This house had the plastic bathtub which I referred to as a "death trap" before we moved in. Sadly, several years later an 81-year old woman living up the street was living in a near identical house and she slipped and fell in the plastic bathtub. She died in that fall and was not found for several days it seems.

I got this house via a Federal program that we were on the waiting list for 10 years. I demanded it be made accessible for a disabled person with a problem like I have.

They HAD to accommodate me and I knew this because no, I am not stupid.

I was given every excuse in the book to NOT do the job to remodel the bathroom, like no one will buy this house as where will they give their babies a bath at? Huh?

I said, I'm not buying this house to raise and bathe babies in, I'm buying it for me and my husband to LIVE IN.

So they remodeled the bathroom with tile and a shower with a removable threshold in it. Over the years, I've had other things done to it to make it more accessible, like having ramps installed outside so I can get inside safely.

I never thought about how the remodeling would affect the value of this house. It was not a concern. That said, I am glad to know this piece of information.

Thank you so much!