Cl6 - Sunday News, September 6, 1981

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*"“*LOOKING FOR A MTG HELPER”
This &3 a quality 9 yr young home on a super privale (20140) streamed lot across from a park.
finished bsmt with 3 bdrnns, fui bath, ige kitchen & rec m (rented at $650 p.mo.) 3 bdrms, huge
chen, oak firs & all is spofiess. $90,000 at 14%%. .

I ave vendor willing to take you apartment or smaller home in trade on this super funky and bright
pme on a private lot with 2 bars — Fensky kitchen, ige D.R. & LR. on the main fr w. a suite
downstairs thal hasasep entrance —Sep. OT ae

On this new quality home in a quiet and convie-
nent area Quality carpet. super ige Kitchen,
OR &L.A plus 3 bdrms on the main fr With a 2
bam ste down as a mig hetper—try offers a
must be sold

This is a geal buy—1 bdim view ste in a con.
crete tédg Glks trom the Seabus and shopping
With a motivated vendor Bring ofters'

Hoehne

“LOW & DIFFERENT"

This oldie is now a new home The owne 5 a thus pagoda style home 1s dflarent

craffaman sand you can tefl instantly 4 bdrm
huge quality kitchen super OR w fireptace
cory rec orm om tufl bsmt w Wiha tollet
workshop 4 4 dle carpon On a come: ven bot
1482008) JUST SUPER

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(iruque
design w shake roof ddle garage on «4 super
private ravine fot (73x140) m a quality area
loads of room tor the ige tam w 5 bdrms ige

tec mm J hd@ baths super tichen wo aApok and
an and an

BELL REALTY

1731 Marine Drive, West Vancouver

seagavanseeee

BATHING CAN PROVIDE a probicm: aniess there ts this type of device, shown at

top, where the person slides to a chair seat and ases a hand shower. In the botiom
photo, Vincest works at a stove with the controls at the front, again with space an-
derecath for moving the chair close.

Is your home accessibic to

people with physical
disabilines? Few homes arc
and most pose cmbarrassing
probicon as well as scnous
safcty hazards —-— par-
ticularly for pcople in
whecichans.

As a specaal project for
the Iotermational Ycar of

Disabled Persons an
apartmecnai featuring bamer
free dezgn is being displaycd
at this year’s Pacific National
Extutanon. The four rooms
on display demonstrate how
functional design can be
built into a home to allow
mazmam manacuvcrabihty
convemence in cvcryday
faving and casy uphccp

A home susntable for
whecichay bwig aced aot
cost any morc of look any
different from
home and can be com
fostabic for abled bodrod
and disabicd poupic alihc

Some of the special dcuatts
buall into the display arca

a kuchen with dropped

counter tops.

the average

accessible

storage, knee space under
work arcas and appliances
selected for their operating
case

a bathroom with cnough
space beside toilet and bath
for whecichair transfer and

grab bans for support

ramps replacing steps.
wider doorways, halls and
picaty of room tn grooming

The

helpful
home

and work arcas for casy
mancuvenng
Inc fuded in the dinplay are

some of the daily living and

communication aids which
make independent living
easicr for disabled peopic

Among them arc a telephone
which conveys messages in a
typed form for those without
specch and a braille com
munication device for the
blind.

For people with severe
disabthties (there is an
electromc enviroumcatal
control, linked to a
microswitch to operate
“ughts, cadio and other
apphances. The display
apartment for the disabled 1s
presented by the BC
Committee for the In
temational Year of Disabled
Persons [ft ts staffed by
members of ACCESS 81. a
group representing the many

disabled organizations in
B ¢

Construchon and intemor

desgn of the home have

been provided by Bates
Industries led geacral
contractors for the PNE
“Prze Home” The ame and
matcnals aceded to com

plete the display have been
cootmbuted by people in
business and industry