A New Option For An Elderly Parent To Live With You Instead of A Room Additions

Saturday, May 29, 2010 by Next Door Garage Apartments Web Team

Home additions ideas don’t come more meaningful than the one outlined at Next Door Garage Apartments. This isn’t an outline of how to perform garage conversion into a room. It’s the blueprint for the rest of your elderly family members’ lives.

Home Renovations Additions Housing options for the elderly are few. Once parents become too old to take care of themselves, the option always results in a loss of personal freedom for parents. They have until now been forced to choose between living with adult children or living in a nursing home, assisted living or a retirement home. All three place the elderly in the difficult position of being away from family and losing the personal freedom that comes with owning one’s own domain.

Next Door Garage Apartments has devised a way for parents and children to live together but separately. Their plan is a comfortable renovation of a two-car garage that allows elderly parents to live comfortably beside adult children without having to live with them. Children retain their personal space while elderly parents gain a home of their own to furnish as they see fit. It’s the perfect blend of freedom for families that has until now eluded them. Independent senior living just got easier for parents and children.

If you have elderly parents who might soon need to face the difficult decision of moving to a new place, find the answer to your problems.

If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact Next Door Garage Apartments. They are eager to share this new senior living option with adult children who love their elderly parents very much and want to give them the happiest life possible.
 

The Mother-In-Law's Home

Friday, May 28, 2010 by Next Door Garage Apartments Web Team
When we decided to move out of state, we agonized over leaving my mother-in-law behind. Our young children were used to spending lots of time with Grandma and the bonds the three of them shared made them like a family within a family. At my mother-in-law age, we would soon be taking care of our elderly parents; they needed to be close. The decision was made for my husband and kids and me to move first and then send for Grandma when we found a suitable place that would house all of us.
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My mother-in-law wqs still very independent. Betty loved to cook and would have to have her own kitchen. She really deserved to have her own living room and bath. The laundry room could be shared. We looked for several months and could not find a place with enough space to keep our elderly parent at home. We could find big houses, but renovations would take too long and be cost prohibitive. We looked through books and magazines for home addition ideas, but came up cold.

I just now stumbled across this company called Next Door Garage Apartments. For $35, 000 they will install a very tasteful apartment in your two car garage. This little house is so nice inside that I had no idea it was a garage. Best of all, it only takes them 10 days to complete and comes complete with handicap accessible bathroom. When the apartment is no longer needed, they will come take it all away and you have your garage back. What a perfect housing option for the elderly! I sure wish this had been around when we were wasting lots of time looking for the perfect place to suit our family‘s needs.