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The impetus for making a property more user-friendly for people with sensory impairments or mobility issues stems from various sources. If you’re a little older and struggling to get around swiftly, tweaking your physical environment allows you to enjoy your family home for longer — and might be cheaper than selling, prior to finding a […]

The new APR Disability Marketplace feature is certainly proving a great success. The first two items advertised (Chrysler Grand Voyager Entervan and a Balder wheelchair) are now sold. Take advantage of our large user base (40,000 page views per month) to sell new or used disability equipment. We are currently offering one month free advertising, […]

Congratulations to our Partner estate agents Bushnell and Green in North Devon! As far as we are aware of Bushnell and Green are the first estate agents anywhere in the country to actively promote property with wheelchair access on their website and in advertising materials. And of course, any wheelchair accessible property advertised by Bushnell […]

We’ve launched a new web design for 2012! We hope you find the site faster, easier to navigate, and more attractive. Enjoy our new features too: Our new page tag (double-click to edit) Our new page tag (double-click to edit)

Our list of holiday accommodation with wheelchair access has grown again! Accessible Property Register is proud to advertise some of the highest specification wheelchair accessible accommodation (self-catering, hotels, and B&B) available anywhere. With more than 150 superb destinations across the UK and overseas, we are sure we will be able to offer you something which […]

The APR website is undergoing a major upgrade at the moment – hope to show you the results in a week or two! Among other changes, we are introducing a new section, the APR Disability Marketplace. The Marketplace will be open to anyone selling new or used goods, equipment, or services either designed or suitable […]

Accessible Property Register is looking for examples of good practice in the allocation of wheelchair accessible social housing (local authority or housing association). Basically, we are looking for anything which works well, but we are particularly interested in systems based on self-assessment by disabled people which can be used to allocate or prioritise accessible or […]

Congratulations to Mr Robert King (owner of accessible holiday accommodation, King Line Cottages) who has been granted an MBE in the 2011 Birthday Honours list. The award is for services to the tourist industry and disadvantaged people in Norfolk. King Line Cottages provide accessible holiday accommodation for disabled and older people in a tranquil Broads […]

Accessible Property Register is on course to reach half a million page views this year. Not bad for a website which specialises exclusively in promoting residential property and holiday accommodation with wheelchair access! If you are an estate agent or owner with wheelchair accessible property to sell or let, this is the place to advertise. […]

Following our success in creating a custom search tool for accessible residential property, we are following this up with a second custom search for holiday accommodation. If you are looking for a villa with a pool hoist in Gran Canaria, or a cottage with wheelchair access in Cornwall, then this is the place to start. […]

Search options on many of the big property websites can be very limited – price, area, number of bedrooms and that can be about it. Most of us have a much more detailed idea of our ideal property so why not have a search that lets you choose how you search and what to include? […]

APR is delighted to announce that our register of holiday care providers now includes the option of full-time care support for disabled people on holiday. Homecare specialists, Able Community Care based in Norwich are offering full-time care support to individuals and families on holiday anywhere in the UK. If you rely on full-time support at […]

Disability charity Scope is conducting a major survey into a variety of issues affecting disabled people and their families. To be as effective as possible Scope wants to encourage as many disabled people and family members as possible to take part. The survey only takes around 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Scope will use […]

This week, 22 new offices have joined our regional register of care agencies offering support to older and disabled people on holiday! Excellent news for those holidaymakers and their families who would welcome support with personal care at their holiday destination. There is now a choice of agencies available in many parts of southern Britain, […]

Rightmove is the biggest property website in the UK and 90% of estate agents advertise on it. Currently, Rightmove neither identifies, nor provides search options for property with wheelchair access. There is now a unique opportunity to change this! Please support the Accessible Property Register campaign to persuade Rightmove to identify and provide search options […]