Future proof your home for retirementHIGHAM ARCHITECTURE Melanie and Jeremy Allen's one-level Christchurch home was designed with retirement in mind. While we're warned to save, save, save for retirement, it's not often we're told to plan, plan, plan our homes around it too. Penrose said most people don't consider the realities of their living environment in retirement until they are in the moment. JANE USSHER Small details count when planning your home for retirement, including placing light switches beside the beds and higher plug points so they are easier to reach. Their brief was to have a home that fitted them now and also for their future.

Source: Stuff February 20, 2018 23:59 UTC