Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in Clarkson Valley, Missouri

Clarkson Valley homes and this kind of project

Because Clarkson Valley is made up of large traditional homes from the 1970s and 1980s, the first thing we check for an accessibility remodel here is the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way.

The housing stock here: large 1970s and 1980s traditional homes on lots of about an acre.

Two-stories of this era need a main-floor bedroom and full bath carved from a dining room or office.

What we find inside Clarkson Valley homes

Formal layouts with separate living, dining and family rooms, and kitchens sized for a different era. Owners ask us to combine spaces and raise the finish level throughout.

One-piece fiberglass tubs, cultured marble vanity tops and corner whirlpools define bathrooms in Clarkson Valley homes of this period. Tile was often set over moisture-resistant drywall, which has since failed. Everything wet gets rebuilt from the studs.

What is included

We coordinate with occupational therapists and family members on Clarkson Valley projects and position every bar, seat and control with the actual user standing or sitting there.

We take on accessibility remodel work across Clarkson Valley, from Kehrs Mill Road estates to neighborhoods around Forest Hills Country Club.

What we watch for

Two-story homes in Clarkson Valley with no main-floor full bath are the hardest to adapt. We look at the powder room and adjacent closets first, since borrowing a few feet is cheaper than adding on.

Working on lots of about an acre, as we do in Clarkson Valley, we plan access for carpenters, a plumber, an electrician and a tile setter before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in Clarkson Valley

In Clarkson Valley, an accessibility remodel is reviewed by Clarkson Valley plan review with St. Louis County permits. What follows is inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

Being inside the house, this project is unlikely to need sign-off from city architectural expectations for a uniformly traditional community, but we confirm any rules on containers and work hours.

Schedule and getting to you

Most Clarkson Valley clients see two to four weeks for a bathroom of construction for an accessibility remodel.

Clarkson Valley is I-64 to Clarkson Road, about thirty-five minutes from our Wentzville base. We plan crew days and deliveries around that drive so you get full working days on site.

What moves the price in Clarkson Valley

We price aging-in-place & accessible remodeling in Clarkson Valley from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Ramp length. Code slope is one inch of rise per foot of run, so a twenty-four-inch rise needs twenty-four feet of ramp.
• Whether a main-floor bedroom suite is a conversion or an addition.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main aging-in-place & accessible remodeling page. More about the area is on our Clarkson Valley page.