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We have received a number of enquiries from APR website visitors about the availability of holiday accommodation offering profiling beds (that’s beds where the position of shoulders, knees and feet can be adjusted electronically). To make it as easy as possible for our site visitors to find accommodation with profiling beds, we have added a […]

You can now book wheelchair accessible hotel rooms online via the APR website! Hotel chains such as Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Premiere Inn and Ibis all offer wheelchair accessible rooms with wide doors, additional bathroom space and grab rails. Some Holiday Inns even have ceiling hoists – see our hotel pages for details. Booking […]

APR is pleased to announce that new and upgraded access checklists are now available for both residential property and holiday accommodation. These checklists are central to the way the APR website works as they are used to create the lists of access features and adaptations that appear at the start of each advert. New for […]

We think that the best way to test out holiday accommodation advertised on the APR website is to try it ourselves! Christine has no independent movement, and we often say that if something works for us, it will work for anyone. This certainly proved to be true of Fowl Green Farm in our North Yorkshire […]

When we claim to have the highest quality accessible holiday accommodation advertised on the APR website, it’s no idle boast! Not content with already having one of the very few ‘Access exceptional’ ratings with Enjoy England, The Hytte in Northumberland has again come out on top as winner of the Access for All Gold Award, […]

APR is pleased to welcome new Approved Partner estate agent, Clarke & Co, Chadderton, Oldham, to our North-west England region. For full contact details, check out our APR Approved Partner database for Northwest England. APR Approved Partner estate agents understand the importance of identifying accessible and adapted property and can be trusted to promote access […]

We have made a good start on building our public database of APR Approved Partner estate agents, but we need your help. Approved Partner estate agents are committed to promoting access positively and will identify and advertise accessible and adapted property on the APR website. To increase choice and coverage, we need to find additional […]

It’s been a long time coming but we are delighted to announce the launch of our public database Accessible Property Register Approved Partner estate agents. This is the first time that a database of estate agents committed to identifying accessible property and promoting access features and adaptations positively has been published. Contact details for participating […]

The Accessible Property Register now has around 500 accessible properties advertised for sale or rent at any one time. We accept adverts for any residential property – providing it meets our access criteria. Anyone (including estate agents) can advertise on this website free of charge, providing they post the adverts themselves. We are happy to […]

We will be away from the office from Sunday, June 7 until Tuesday, June 16. We won’t be able to respond to messages during this period but the Accessible Property Register website will remain fully open and operational. If you would like to e-mail, or leave us a message we will respond as soon as […]

Advances in search technology mean that APR can now link you directly to lists of wheelchair accessible property on other websites! The links provided only include websites with accessible property available and which can be searched for wheelchair access. The quality of information provided is unlikely to match the detail of properties advertised directly on […]

The Daily Express property section on Friday included an extended feature on Lifetime Homes and issues around access. It’s good to see a national like the Express taking the issue seriously and we were pleased to note that APR received a very positive mention. If you missed the piece, you can read it online here.

We have been contacted by a journalist from the Daily Express. The Express is running an extended feature on accessible property and Lifetime Homes this Friday. I’m told that APR is to be mentioned in the piece. This kind of very useful free publicity always results in an increase in hits on the website, so […]

There are now more than 450 accessible and adapted homes listed on Accessible Property Register. Advances in search technology mean that, if an estate agent advertises a property with wheelchair access, we can usually pick this up and have it listed on this website within about seven days. It’s even quicker when agents place the […]

The launch of Google Streetview in 25 UK cities opens a whole new dimension for house hunters. An addition to Google Maps, Streetview offers the option of a high-resolution street level tour which will ultimately include every street in the UK. Streetview allows users to choose any street (postcode or street name) and to move […]