Adapted house: available now!
- 9 Jun 05, 12:00 AM
If any Ouch readers out there are looking for a fully-adapted new home, there's one available in Chingford, Essex, according to a story in the .
John Paynton, the tenant, wants the council to rehouse him. He currently lives in a two-bedroom adapted home, even though he's not disabled himself. The house was provided for his disabled parents, who died 18 years ago, and now John wants to be moved to a one-bedroom flat. But apparently, the council won't cooperate.
"I can't believe it. It has widened doors, panic buttons and a wall phone. It's too big for me - there is only me and my cat." says John. "Where I volunteer at the Disability Centre, there are loads of people who need places with adaptations."
So is it just me who's wondering why it took him 18 years to finally get round to objecting to having widened doors and a fully accessible bathroom?
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Last time I looked, Chingford was still in Essex.
Er, um, yes. Geography. Never my strong point. Thanks, Chris. Now corrected. :-)
18 years? Maybe his chair batteries had run flat and he couldn't get to the door. I'll get my coat.
Maybe he's just gotten too old for handrail gymnastics?
hmmm. Lisy, "handrail gymnastics"? Is that something to bring the ladies back to the flat for? Well, I guess that could be one reason he's waited so long.
Well, it's something I've heard about - I'm still waiting for the council to install my handrails.