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Disabled Facilities Grant

I have been told that I can get a disabled Facilities Grant, been verbally told our contribution which is manageable but having issues getting agreement as to what work will be done.
The listed needs are wheelchair access to the house and garage, wider doors to accommodate the wheelchair, non slip flooring to the bedroom and living room (also says kitchen, but that's being ignored) and level access shower in bathroom (as well as retaining the bath due to the needs of another household member). The council want to use the current bathroom space, increasing the size of the usable space by removing an airing cupboard and chimney breast. This will not give enough space for a 1500mm turning circle for my wheelchair. They won't consider an extension, so we want to borrow some extra money to build an extension for the bathroom, but feel we are being pressured to accept the design as it stands. We want to extend the kitchen into the current bathroom space, which would give much better access.
Anyone have any ideas how to get what we need rather than what the council think we need? They are putting the job put to tender rather than paying our builders, again we are being given no choice in this.
The listed needs are wheelchair access to the house and garage, wider doors to accommodate the wheelchair, non slip flooring to the bedroom and living room (also says kitchen, but that's being ignored) and level access shower in bathroom (as well as retaining the bath due to the needs of another household member). The council want to use the current bathroom space, increasing the size of the usable space by removing an airing cupboard and chimney breast. This will not give enough space for a 1500mm turning circle for my wheelchair. They won't consider an extension, so we want to borrow some extra money to build an extension for the bathroom, but feel we are being pressured to accept the design as it stands. We want to extend the kitchen into the current bathroom space, which would give much better access.
Anyone have any ideas how to get what we need rather than what the council think we need? They are putting the job put to tender rather than paying our builders, again we are being given no choice in this.
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When i had my bathroom converted to a wet room they had 3 tenders and picked the cheapest and if i wanted to go for another i would have to pay the extra also they would only pay to tile above the sink and in the shower area so i had to pay for the extra tiles
They will not get involved with your builders or any alterations they want to do
You have to understand councils are underfunded and have a duty to spend tax payers money wisely if you want the work done to how you want it you will have to forget the grant and finance the project yourself because the council have there own ways of converting bathrooms like electric showers are installed because they are cheaper to buy and install and you will not change their mind
And to place a caution on Land Registry, that the house 'owes' the taxpayer a debt, to be waived after 'x' years, if there is proof the house is still disabled friendly, even if the hideous adaptations have been replaced with something livable, and even if the original occupants have left
And, of course, to encourage system similar to the Irish, to raise eco standards and disabled /age friendly standards.
And, for disability friendly housing to be the only type allowed for planning consent, till such time as the national accessible housing stock is adequate for the vast unmet needs of the increasingly aged and disabled population
N.B. so called Lifetime Standards are a fudge, and the purported minimum quota of fully disability accessible homes is routinely overcome by developers informing councils, essentially, that they simply won't comply.
Agree that a voucher scheme would be far more efficient. We looked at loads of property before buying this, it was the least untouched to make it suitable for disabled and older people, the amount of bungalows that have s had a bath pulled out and a shower put in it's place which were described as accessible was astonishing. Now to sort planning!