Entrance, Stairs, Landings, Passageways
The apartment can be reached in two ways: either by stairs from the main house or from the garage. It is all at ground level.
The stairs are of non-slip stone, there are 14 steps with two landings. There is a door both at the top and the bottom of the stairs; the upper doorway is 70cm/28ins wide and the bottom doorway is 80cm/32ins. There is no hand rail.
The entrance from the garage is through a doorway 93cm/36ins wide. The floor is level and is paved with stone tiles throughout. The garage is lit with strip lighting and the entrance is lit by a ceiling light.
The passageway is 87cm/34ins wide and runs the length of the apartment. All rooms are accessed from this passageway. The floors are stone tiles throughout. It is lit by ceiling lights.
The decor is as follows: light brown stone tile floors and skirting boards, magnolia walls, mid-brown wood doors and door frames, light grey window frames.
Sitting Room
The sitting room is on the right of the passageway as you enter from the garage. The doorway is 90cm/36ins wide.
There is a Baltic electric turning bed in this room, 106cm/42 ins wide. The length is 186cm/73ins.
There is a sofa-bed, a side table and a TV and DVD player on a freestanding table. The sofa bed and side table can be arranged to suit. Please let us know if you require the sofa bed to be made up as a bed for a personal assistant or carer.
There are large spaces between the furniture and the floor is level throughout. The floor is stone tile.
There are sliding patio doors leading onto a terrace. The opening of the patio doors is 90cm/36ins wide.
The sitting room is lit by a ceiling lamp and side table lamps.
The decor is as follows: light brown stone tile floors and skirting boards, magnolia walls, mid-brown wood doors and door frames, light grey window frames.
Bedroom
The accessible bedroom is situated off the passageway and is equipped with two electric profiling beds. These can be arranged as two single beds (one with cot sides if needed) or one king size bed. The lowest height they can be set is 57cm/22ins and the highest is 100cm/39ins.
Width of patient bed is 94cm/37ins and length is 208cm/82 ins, maximum load 175 kilos/385 lbs. The mattress is Theraposture visco elastic memory foam.
Width of partner/carer bed is 80cm/32ins. Maximum load 175kilos/385lbs. The mattress is castellated memory foam.
We can provide an Easy Trak system and a Voyager powered hoist, or we can provide a manual hoist. (Manual Hoist – weight limit is 200kilos/440lbs) Please bring your own hoist sling.
There is level access from the hallway.
The doorway to the accessible bedroom is 90cm/36ins wide.
There is natural light from the window and at night there is a central ceiling light and two bedside lights on bedside cabinets by each bed.
There is a fitted wardrobe with drawers at floor level. There is also a freestanding wardrobe with shelves at floor level. The rails cannot be adjusted.
The decor is as follows: light brown stone tile floors and skirting boards, magnolia walls, mid-brown wood doors and door frames, light grey window frames.
Bathroom, Wet Room and Toilet
The wet room contains a bath with overhead/handheld shower, a toilet, wash basin and wet room area with overhead/handheld shower head and gently sloping floor to the drain. The floor is stone tile throughout.
The floor is level from the bedroom to the wet room. It is stone tiled.
A wheel in shower/toilet chair is provided.
The top of the bath is 55cm/22ins from the ground. There is a support bracket provided.
The seat of the toilet is 44cm/17 ins from the ground. Handrails are provided.
The wash basin is 82cm/33ins from the ground. It has a pedestal.
The taps for the bath, shower and wash basin are all single lever mixer taps.
The door width is 90cm/35 ins.
Kitchen
The kitchen is off the passageway with an opening from the passageway of 110cm/43.5ins.
The hob is 90cm/35ins from the ground. The oven is under the hob and has a drop down door.
Worktop and sink are 90cm/35ins above the floor and the microwave is on the worktop.
The sink has a single lever mixer tap.
Fridge/freezer: the highest shelf in the freezer is 140cm/55ins, and lowest (salad) drawer in the fridge is 40cm/16ins.
The kitchen is well equipped with a microwave, washing machine, cordless 360 degree revolving kettle, and toaster.
The wall cupboards are 140cm/55ins above the floor.
Glasses and crockery can be moved from wall cupboards to lower cupboards if required, please request this when booking.
General lighting is provided by ceiling mounted light bar with 3 adjustable LED white lights, plus a hob light and an additional wall light.
The floor is stone tile.
Patio
The patio is accessed either through the patio doors from the sitting room, or from the garage. There is a slight slope in the middle of the patio.
It is furnished with a wooden table and four chairs and a sun umbrella.
Its measurements are 306cm/120.5ins by 160cm/63ins and the entrance from the garage is 214cm/84ins wide.
The floor is level through the garage to the patio.
Garden
There is a gently sloping path from the garage leading up to the swimming pool and sun terrace area of the main house.
The sun terrace is also accessed from the parking area via a gateway which is 86cm/34ins wide. The surface is stone tiles and is level.
The sun terrace leads via a gently sloping ramp to the covered verandah outside the kitchen and dining room areas of the main house.
The path, sun terrace and pool area are paved with non-slip stone tiles.
There is a gas BBQ on the sun terrace.
The verandah is level and paved with stone tiles.
There is a wooden table and eight chairs on the verandah, and a seating area with a sofa and two easy chairs plus two more easy chairs at the other end of the verandah.
The garden is lit by solar lights. The verandah is lit by electric wall lights.
Swimming Pool
The pool is 10×5 metres and is a salt water pool.
The shallow end is 0.9 metres deep and is 2.0 metres long, the floor of the pool then slopes gently for 8 metres until it reaches a depth of 1.65 metres at the deep end.
There are 3 steps with a handrail leading into the pool at the shallow end and a set of ladder steps at the deep end.
A manual hoist is provided which works with a swivel and a sling to provide access to the pool for those who cannot manage the steps.
Small children should be supervised at all times
Additional Information
We welcome assistance dogs by prior arrangement. Owners must provide dogs’ beds. They must be kept under control at all times. Owners must clean up after their animals in the garden.
Internet access with WiFi is provided throughout the house and apartment.
Mobile phone coverage is good.
There are general (government) hospitals in Larnaca (34 km/21 miles) and Limassol (43 km/26 miles)
Our recommended doctor is Dr Femke Ellens, 34 Amathountos Avenue, at 35km/21 miles.
We can put you in touch with a specialist care agency here called Sunshine Carers.
If you need specialist equipment please let us know as we may be able to source this for you.
