Estimate on extending the front porch?
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Ardvark
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I didn't mean straight out. It would turn as needed and be the right slope
I personally would put moving on the table. Either (a) to move to benefit from the best treatment facility that will take you on as a patient, or (b) to move where you can get the most life benefit given an incurable condition.
That doesn't necessarily mean moving out of the NYC area.
The way I see it, your reasoning for living in Queens (or wherever you live) is based on benefits that you can't enjoy while still suffering the negatives. You don't have to commute into the city. You can't get into the good treatment centers there. You don't enjoy the nightlife. You have an extremely high cost of living, restrictions on your movement/mobility, and a house that doesn't suit someone with your medical condition. Aside from liking being a "New Yorker", is there any benefit that you currently enjoy for living where you do?
I'm sure this is not possible as you have never mentioned it, but is there another door to the outside that could be used? Maybe something on the side of the house or around back? I would think a back door to a wood deck that has a nice long ramp to the front would solve all the issues, including letting you build something much larger to sit outside as well as making the slope less.
Before you say it, properly built wood deck would be plenty strong. Think bridges, decks with hot tubs that hold up fine for years or decades. The floor you are probably on right now is little more than a glorified deck.
This doesn't change my opinion that you should at least consider and look into relocation, but I accept that in your situation how daunting and scary that could be.
Before you say it, properly built wood deck would be plenty strong. Think bridges, decks with hot tubs that hold up fine for years or decades. The floor you are probably on right now is little more than a glorified deck.
This doesn't change my opinion that you should at least consider and look into relocation, but I accept that in your situation how daunting and scary that could be.
Family lives here. Only other place with close family would be the coast of Florida- prime spot to be wiped out in a Hurricane. I can't imagine what hell having to evacuate would be in this condition.
There is a side door but it is down a couple steps, not accessible by wheelchair.
Yes, but this is exactly where you would have to if any cat 2 or higher was even threatening to hit.
Am I deriving benefit from being near family? Yes.
Ummm, no. My 90 year old Grandmother isn't going to move out of the home she's lived in for 50 years and neither of her kids are going to move away a great distance from their 90 year old mother that they've lived within minutes of their whole lives.