Accessible property – we have it all!

Well, almost! Thanks to our friends Globrix.com, we are now searching more than 700,000 properties advertised by estate agents across the UK. If wheelchair access is mentioned in the property details, then the advert, with a link to the estate agent website will be reproduced on our property pages.

The bad news is that, of these 700,000 properties, less than 200 are shown as having wheelchair access. Why so few? The reality is that far more will have at least basic wheelchair access, but this is not routinely recorded by estate agents, either because they don't see it as important, or more worryingly, because they think mentioning wheelchairs will 'put people off'! It's this attitude that needs to change.

We have produced a simple pro forma that is available free of charge and can be used to record access features and adaptations in any residential property. We would be delighted to supply this pro forma to any estate agent or social housing organisation keen to improve recording and promotion of accessible and adapted property. And if they do this, we can make the information available to you via this website!

if you would like a copy of the pro forma for yourself, or even better to pass on to your local estate agent, then
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putting 'Access pro forma' in the subject line. We will be delighted to e-mail you a copy.

Access matters to all of us, if not now, then certainly as we get older.† Help us to improve the situation. This is a barrier that we can do something about.