Sometime next year a wounded warrior from the Chicago metropolitan area will get the keys to a new home, thanks to a team of local organizations and individuals.The Chicago NFL Players Association, the Chicago area home builders associations, an anonymous donor, the Newport Cove community in Lake County and an architectural school have joined together [...]
LIFEhouse Highlights Advantages of Universal Design
In our last post, we described some of the more common ways in which many Americans face daily physical difficulties. Now we’ll show you a few of the aspects of Universal Design that can make home living much easier for millions of people. Newport Cove’s LIFEhouse, located on our waterfront development on the Chain O’ Lakes and [...]
Universal Design House Makes Life Easier
Most houses are built for people who are healthy, people with good vision, great hearing and four working limbs. But how many of us in the course of our lives experience some sort of physical problem – a broken leg, bad eyesight or worse? A new trend in home building is addressing these issues, working [...]
A Home For All Ages
New American Homes’ LIFEhouse™, opening soon in our waterfront development on the Chain O’ Lakes, is a home for the ages. Designed to be especially safe for those under six, over 60 and everywhere in between, the LIFEhouse™ offers features that make everyday living a little easier and accommodate more people for a longer time. We call it [...]
Stairway Savvy
Ever trip going down the stairs to your basement? Here’s a safety tip from New American Homes, award-winning builder of Newport Cove, a planned waterfront community on the Chain O’ Lakes: In dark stairwells, vary the color of the stair treads. Shown here is the stairwell to the lower level in the LIFEhouse, a concept house [...]
The Challenge of Building Accessible Homes
New American Homes, the builder of Newport Cove, has been in the home building business since the mid-1980s. Over the course of those years, we have been asked four different times to retrofit a home we had built to accommodate a person who – due to either accident or illness – had become wheelchair bound. [...]
Homes Can Grow With You
Within the next 25 years, one in five Americans will be age 65 and older. If you are remodeling your home or building a new one, ask yourself this question: Will your house appeal to this changing population? It’s a question all homeowners should answer. A little forethought and small design changes can make a big [...]
-
Details – Part II
- Bathroom Redo Ideas
-
The Chain O’ Lakes Unchained
-
Mornings at Newport Cove
-
The Great American Lotus
