Caps Connection - 12/09/2009 (Plain Text Version)

Daryl Kemp, CGR, GMB, CAPS, Chair

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In this issue:
2009 Homes for Life Awards
Letter from the Chair
CAPS Board of Governors Listing
Aging Boomers Want More Modest Homes and Easy Living
Visit the Newly Redesigned NAHB Web Site, www.nahb.org
Join the Official NAHB CGR, GMR and CAPS Network on LinkedIn
Fall Board Highlights
NAHB Remodelers at the International Builders' Show
Attend 'Marketing Your CAPS Designation' Panel at IBS
Celebrate Star Power at the 2010 Designation Achievement Reception
The CAPS Classroom Wasn’t Accessible
Apply Online for the NAHB Remodeler of the Month
Upcoming Classes
Thank You to Our Sponsors!

2009 Homes for Life Awards

Carole Ponzio, CGA, CAPS, of Design Solutions in Port Charlotte, Fla.; Patricia Nunan, CAPS, of Lifestyles Design in Perkiomenville, Penn.; and Tom Ashley, CGR, CAPS, CGP, of Expand Inc. in Denham Springs, La., earned NAHB’s Homes for Life Awards recognizing excellence in remodeling for aging-in-place and universal design.

Ponzio, Nunan, Ashley Earn Home for Life Awards

Carole Ponzio, of Design Solutions in Port Charlotte, Fla., earned a Homes for Life Award by making an entire home more accessible for its owner.

NAHB Remodelers recently announced three winners of its third annual Homes for Life Award, recognizing exceptional remodeling work for aging in place and universal design. Sponsored by Best Bath Systems, the awards were presented at the NAHB Remodelers gala during the Remodeling Show in Indianapolis in October.

Ponzio earned the award in the “Major Space” category by making a house more accessible, functional and beautiful for its 60-year-old, wheelchair-using owner. Ponzio enlarged the kitchen and added roll-under counters, reachable appliances, a pullout shelf and pantry, self-closing drawers, task lighting and more. She also widened hallways and created a fully-accessible bathroom with turning space, grab bars and a roll-in shower, tilted mirror and pullout clothes rod. Creating office space and improving access to the backyard were also part of the remodel.

Patricia Nunan earned a Homes for Life Award for remodeling the master bathroom to make it more accessible for a woman with multiple sclerosis.

Nunan earned the award in the “Single Space” category for remodeling the master bathroom of a recently retired couple. To accommodate the wife’s progressive multiple sclerosis, Nunan made the bathroom wheelchair accessible by enlarging it, creating a no-step shower, installing slip resistant floors and decorative grab bars and by making the space more beautiful and comfortable.

Tom Ashley earned a Homes for Life Award for remodeling the bathroom with aging-in-place features for a retired couple.

Ashley also earned the award in the “Single Space” category for remodeling a bathroom for a retired couple who are avid boaters in order to make it more accessible as they age. His remodel improved the bathroom’s natural light, enlarged it and added a porthole. He also installed a no-step shower with a deep seat for resting, a hand-held shower, grab bars, vanities at different heights to match their needs, pocket doors and cabinets with full extension slides.

Thanks to Best Bath Systems for supporting the 2009 Homes for Life Award!