Look for the aXess Homestm Seal of Approval!
When considering your next home or remodeling project, are you thinking about features that provide barrier-free access, such as wider doors or hallways? Even if you are not – we are. Homes with the aXess Homestm Seal of Approval / Home Certification provide numerous benefits – most of all an aXess Hometm affords peace-of-mind from generation to generation.
Similar to the Energy Star program, aXess Homestm encourages all builders and remodelers at all price points to become aXess Homestm member builders, construct homes that incorporate minimum accessibility features and provide the aXess Homestm Seal of Approval / Home Certification.
Certified aXess Homestm offer
- Zero-step entry with Access to the zero-step entry
- 32-inch interior doors
- A first floor that includes a living area, kitchen, one sleeping room and one full bathroom with maneuverable space.
Benefits of Purchasing an aXess Homestm
- Homeowners can comfortably entertain friends and relatives who have mobility limitations (consider aging parents or grandparents during the holidays, special occasions or anytime).
- Individuals who become temporarily disabled (i.e., knee or hip surgery or a broken bone) are able to navigate the home without barriers.
- Aging homeowners can remain in their home instead of placed in a nursing home.
- Eliminates the struggle of carrying large furniture, baby carriages or bicycles up/down steps and/or thru narrow doorways or halls.
- Think sandwich generation - an aXess Homestm design will allow you to care for your young family and aging parents without having to move or remodel.
- A higher demand in resale or renting of the home to potential homebuyers with limited mobility or who have friends and/or family with limited mobility.
What does the Certification/Seal of Approval Mean to You?
It means that you can count on the home being 100% visitable and livable regardless of what life brings your way. The aXess Homestm verification process identifies and gives builders the opportunity to correct mistakes before the home is certified. Homes that receive an aXess Homestm Seal of Approval are held to high standards and as a result an independent inspection ensure your home is 100% visitable. The certificate also gives you something tangible to provide to your real estate professional and the new homeowners should you decide to sell.
Who Certifies the Home?
The homes are site visited by aXess Homestm program staff or a coalition member to ensure that it meets the requirements to receive an aXess Homestm Seal of Approval.
What Makes Us Experts?
ILRU, our home base has been in the disability industry for close to 30 years. The program director has over 17 years in the disability field, 10 of those include providing training and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act; as well as personal experience with the need for a visitable home. The program has a coalition of experts in the field including homebuilders, a representative of AARP, and a professor of Architecture at Texas A&M.
How do I know if the Home is Certified?
You will be provided a Certificate at closing and a Seal of Approval
will be located near the electrical box in the garage.
If the concept sounds simple, it is! So, when purchasing your next home, make sure you are getting a visitable / livable design – ASK FOR A CERTIFIED AXESS HOMETM.
Contact Information
Tajauna Arnold
Project Director
aXess Homestm
2323 S. Shepherd, Suite 1000
713-520-0232 ext. 112
Financial Support for aXess Homestm, a program of Independent Living Research Utilization at Memorial Hermann TIRR, is provided by the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
