need down stairs bedroom

sparky260500

Hi all
It is becoming very hard for me to get upstairs to bed. At the mo im sleeping on the sofa. It would be really helpfull to have a bedroom downstairs. We are thinking of converting the garage which is on the side of the house into a bedroom. Now to the question is there any grants or anything that would help pay for this. Im on ESA income related support group and high rate DLA for mobililty and middle rate care. Any help would be great. many thanks sparky

Dunroamin

Have you checkde with the planning department that your plans are viable?

sparky260500

Dunroamin wrote: »

Have you checkde with the planning department that your plans are viable?

Hi not done anything yet just looking into funding. Hopefully that shouldn't be a problem.

Mojisola

Our council will always go for the cheapest option. If you can use a stairlift, they would offer that before funding a conversion.

Dunroamin

I'd check this out first, before worrying about funding.

sparky260500

Dunroamin wrote: »

I'd check this out first, before worrying about funding.

Could it be a problem then some other people down our road have had it done.

sparky260500

Mojisola wrote: »

Our council will always go for the cheapest option. If you can use a stairlift, they would offer that before funding a conversion.

Hi don't think a stair lift would be very suitable.:j

anguk

We had a stair lift installed for my husband, it was fully paid for with a Disabled Facilities Grant because we're on means tested benefits. Have you had an assessment by an Occupational Therapist because they're the ones who give the recommendations to the council?

Have a look on your council's website to see about assessments, grants and adaptation, it's normally under something like Social Care and Health.

I agree with Mojisola, they'll probably just go with the cheapest option which would be a stair lift (assuming it's suitable) rather than a garage conversion and a stairlift would allow you to just use your existing bedroom.

There's information about Disabled Facilites Grants here, but a word of caution it can take time for all the paperwork etc to be done. It took about 6 months from my husband's assessment to actually getting the stairlift installed.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/HomeAndHousingOptions/YourHome/DG_4000642

sparky260500

anguk wrote: »

We had a stair lift installed for my husband, it was fully paid for with a Disabled Facilities Grant because we're on means tested benefits. Have you had an assessment by an Occupational Therapist because they're the ones who give the recommendations to the council?

Have a look on your council's website to see about assessments, grants and adaptation, it's normally under something like Social Care and Health.

I agree with Mojisola, they'll probably just go with the cheapest option which would be a stair lift (assuming it's suitable) rather than a garage conversion and a stairlift would allow you to just use your existing bedroom.

There's information about Disabled Facilites Grants here, but a word of caution it can take time for all the paperwork etc to be done. It took about 6 months from my husband's assessment to actually getting the stairlift installed.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/HomeAndHousingOptions/YourHome/DG_4000642

Hi dont think a stair lift will be the right way to go as i get very bad giddy spells and would not be able to be safe

anguk

sparky260500 wrote: »

Hi dont think a stair lift will be the right way to go as i get very bad giddy spells and would not be able to be safe

Have you had an assessment for your needs? An occupational therapist will be able to recommend the best thing for you, plus the grants are paid by your local council and they won't give the grant until you've been assessed.

SailorSam

sparky260500 wrote: »

Hi dont think a stair lift will be the right way to go as i get very bad giddy spells and would not be able to be safe

Perhaps if you could find someone who already has a stairlift fitted you could try theirs. They only move slow and you can strap yourself in, maybe someone could walk up at the same time holding your hand.