{"id":4095,"date":"2017-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/aging-owners-tackle-house-projects-to-stay-put\/"},"modified":"2017-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"aging-owners-tackle-house-projects-to-stay-put","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/aging-owners-tackle-house-projects-to-stay-put\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging Owners Tackle House Projects to Stay Put"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"39.638554216867\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  <\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"28.313253012048\"><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Aging homeowners say they want to remain in their homes as they get older, and they\u2019re increasingly taking on remodeling projects to help them do that. The past five years have seen a spike in the number of remodelers who say they\u2019ve done aging-in-place house modifications as awareness for this type of project grows among the public, according to a National Association of Home Builders\u2019 Remodelers survey released this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"1.25\">\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <span class=\"l\">Help Clients Find a Home for Life<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLow-cost, simple modifications to help people be safer and more comfortable in their homes, such as installing grab bars and higher toilets, continue to be the most popular aging-in-place remodeling projects,\u201d says Dan Bawden, 2017 NAHB Remodeler chair. \u201cA professional remodeler can make recommendations to homeowners that meet both their lifestyle and budget needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eighty percent of remodeling companies surveyed by NAHB says they are doing aging-in-place projects, up from 68 percent in 2013. The five aging-in-place remodeling projects seeing the largest growth since 2013 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added lighting\/task lighting: +12% from 2013<\/li>\n<li>Curbless showers: +9%<\/li>\n<li>Grab bars: +7%<\/li>\n<li>Nonslip floors: +7%<\/li>\n<li>Widening doorways: +5%<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: National Association of Home Builders<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/U4Xc0KM6fY4\/aging-owners-tackle-house-projects-stay-put\"> link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aging homeowners say they want to remain in their homes as they get older, and they\u2019re &hellip; <a title=\"Aging Owners Tackle House Projects to Stay Put\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/aging-owners-tackle-house-projects-to-stay-put\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aging Owners Tackle House Projects to Stay Put<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[12908,543,627,127,617,1007,41,818],"class_list":["post-4095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homeowners","tag-homes","tag-house","tag-owners","tag-property","tag-real"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/U4Xc0KM6fY4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3704,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/more-homeowners-tackle-renovation-projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":4095,"position":0},"title":"More Homeowners Tackle Renovation Projects","author":"Amazing Property","date":"April 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Homeowners are sprucing up their properties and undertaking more remodeling and repair projects, according to a recent study. 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But adding the necessary features they'll need to age in place could prove costly\u2014and possibly financially impossible for some\u2014according to a new analysis by mortgage financing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Opportunities In New Markets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1438,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/owners-are-spending-more-on-remodeling\/","url_meta":{"origin":4095,"position":5},"title":"Owners Are Spending More on Remodeling","author":"Amazing Property","date":"February 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Baby boomers may be sparking a remodeling boom. 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