Accessible adaptations, built around you.
Wet rooms, level access and ground floor bedrooms and bathrooms, planned and built by one team.
Making your home work for you
When getting around the house becomes harder, the right changes can make it easier to stay at home. We plan and build them as one job.
We visit to talk through what is difficult now and what you need the house to do. If walls are moving or rooms are being added, CWJ Architectural Design Services prepares the drawings and building warrant. Our team then carries out the work, from forming wet rooms with level floors to widening doorways and building ground floor bedrooms and bathrooms. Our own plumbers handle the plumbing and drainage. Most clients stay at home during the work, so we keep the working area separate and leave the house clean and usable every day.
What we handle
- Site visit and needs discussion
- Drawings and building warrant
- Wet rooms with level floors
- Level access and ramps
- Widened doorways
- Ground floor bedrooms
- Ground floor bathrooms and shower rooms
- Plumbing, electrics and finishing
Types of adaptation
Wet rooms
A level-floor shower room with no tray to step over, laid out with space to move around.
Level access
Removing steps at entrances and between rooms so you can get in and around more easily.
Ground floor bedrooms
Turning an existing room, garage or extension into a bedroom so you can live on one level.
Ground floor bathrooms
Adding a bathroom or shower room downstairs, planned around the drainage.
Widened doorways
Wider openings so a wheelchair or walking frame can get through easily.
Downstairs WCs
A toilet on the ground floor, planned around the drainage and the space available.
One company, start to finish
Site visit
We visit the house, talk through what you want and explain plainly what's involved.
Warrant drawings
Our sister design company draws it up and handles planning and the building warrant.
Build costing
Our own quantity surveyors price it. You get the build price in writing first.
The build
Our team builds it and runs the programme. No trades for you to chase.
Sign off
We deal with the council for you, all the way to the completion certificate.
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Accessible Adaptations FAQs
Do I need a building warrant for adaptations?
It depends on the work. Structural changes and new rooms often need one. We check what your project needs at the start.
Can you turn a bathroom into a wet room?
In many cases, yes. It depends on the floor and the drainage, which we check on the site visit.
Can you create a downstairs bedroom and bathroom?
Yes. This can be done by changing existing rooms, converting a garage or building an extension.
Can we stay at home during the work?
Most clients do. We keep the working area separate and leave the house clean and usable every day.
Which areas do you cover?
We work across Ayrshire and the west of Scotland from our office in Kilmarnock.
Can you widen doorways?
Yes. Widened doorways are part of our adaptation work, and we look at the walls and openings on the site visit.
Can you build a ramp or level access?
Yes. Level access and ramps are part of the work we do.
Who handles the drawings?
Our sister company, CWJ Architectural Design Services, prepares any drawings and handles the building warrant if one is needed.
Can you build an extension for a ground floor bedroom?
Yes. A ground floor bedroom and bathroom can be built as an extension, or made from existing rooms or a garage.
What happens at the first visit?
We talk through the needs of the person living in the house and look at the rooms, access and drainage. From there we explain what is possible.
Do you do the plumbing for a wet room?
Yes. Our own plumbers carry out the plumbing as part of the work.
Where we work
Based in Kilmarnock, working across Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow and Lanarkshire, with larger projects further afield.
Ready to talk it through?
Tell us what you have in mind and where you are. We will come back to you to arrange a site visit.