So, Now What?

Stairway To Heaven

Stairs are an interesting animal.  How many people consider them when buying a house?  Sure some people don't want two story houses but how many actually consider being retired at a house when they look at it?  Do you consider how easy it might be to get around it once you are old and feeble?

Most people don't which is why we have stairway lifts available.  (Think to that scene in "Up" where the old man is coming down the steps in his house and has to beat on the banged up old lift to keep it running long enough to get him to the bottom) 

Honestly, I haven't seen very many of these and the one I can think of was in a church.  When you think about it that makes sense, since they are only really useful in two story buildings because anything bigger than that would have an elevator.  Plus they can only accommodate one person at a time, which makes much more sense for an elderly person living alone.

We have stairs here but there isn't anything critical in the basement that we would need to worry about so I think we could get by with staying on the main floor if we had to.  Hopefully I will be able to stay in shape enough to not have to worry about it but that isn't always something that you can control.

posted by Shane @ 11:25 AM