Advertisement Feature: Accessible homes right in the heart of the capital

Research from Inclusion London has found that accessible housing in the capital remains limited, with more homes across the city centre required to guarantee that disabled people can live independent lives.

Helping to meet this demand, while ensuring that these buyers need not compromise on cost or location, L&Q – one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers – offers a range of conscientious, accessibly-designed homes that have been created with user-friendliness in mind.

Set in sought-after South London locations, L&Q at Elephant Park in Elephant and Castle and Prime Point in Greenwich Peninsula both offer accessible living.

L&Q at Elephant Park is a collection of contemporary one, two and three-bedroom Shared Ownership apartments in the heart of London’s Zone 1.

Not only offering accessibility across the site, the development benefits from swift nearby transport links across the capital.
Designed around a leafy landscape that is home to central London’s largest new park in 70 years, L&Q at Elephant Park is very well
connected.

The area is served by 28 different bus routes, and Elephant & Castle Underground station is a short journey from Elephant Park.

Offering both the Bakerloo and Northern line, Oxford Circus is a 10-minute journey on the Bakerloo line, while Bank can be reached in just five minutes on the Northern line.

Accessible features will be echoed at Prime Point, L&Q’s newest development of 476 homes soon to launch in Greenwich Peninsula.

A unique destination for urban life, L&Q is creating a collection of studio, one, two and three-bedroom homes available through both Shared Ownership and Market Sale.

Home to a green central street running its length, and an inclusive setting that appeals to plenty of buyers, Prime Point is located within Brickfields – one of seven new neighbourhoods in the 150-acre Greenwich Peninsula masterplan on the banks of the River Thames.

Perfectly positioned for access to Greenwich Peninsula and beyond, Prime Point has a breadth of cultural amenities, open spaces and convenient transport links on the doorstep, including The O2 Arena and the IFS Cloud Cable Car.

Enhancing accessibility for wheelchair and mobility aid users, every home at these developments is complete with spacious interiors and door openings of at least 900mm.

Furthering this inclusion, passageways are a minimum of 1200mm wide, allowing for easy manoeuvring, while each room offers space for a full turning circle.

Completing the thoughtfully-designed layout, flexible and fully-inclusive kitchen spaces have been installed with moveable counters, and every home includes access to private outdoor space.

What’s more, main bathrooms have been designed to allow for wet room adaption, along with space for the future installation of a level access shower and walls to support grab bars.

Developments are complete with dropped kerbs to the landscaping, level access to lobbies and communal areas with accessible toilets, power assisted doors and a Hearing Loop on entry.

For more information on L&Q’saccessible homes, visit https://lqhomes.com/accessibility/.

Pictured top: An Elephant Park show home – and below right; below left, a CGI of Prime Point (Picture: L&Q)