*Update 28th December: Using the cool ‘scenes’ function in SketchUp gave me the idea to make a YouTube video about this house. 🙂 The lovely music is ‘Beyond’ by Patrick Patrikios, from YouTube Audio Library.
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After drawing out a wheelchair-accessible house in previous posts like this one, I couldn’t stop thinking about drawing a flood-resistant version. In this case it simply meant elevating the house to a raised platform. As for access for wheelchair users, I decided to incorporate a residential cargo lift, also known as a platform lift or porch lift.
This is what I came up with. Click to enlarge.
Front View 
Left View 
Back View 
Right View
Dimensions:
- House structure only, excluding stairs, porch, lift and balcony extension: length 15 metres (49.2 ft), width 4.7 metres (15.4 ft)
- A further width of 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) to cover stairs, porch and lift.
- So, for the total floor area it’s 15m (49.2 ft) x 6.5m (21.3 ft). That’s an area of 97.5m2 (1050 ft2)
Left Perspective View 
Right Perspective View
Besides being flood-resistant, four other features I’ve incorporated are:
Solar Panels on rooftop pavilion 
Raised-Bed Vegetable Garden, with height factored in for wheelchair users to enjoy. Planters are 1.2 x 0.6 metres each. 
Rainwater Collection Tank 
Residential Cargo Lift for wheelchair access to all three floors.
Let’s face it, the last one is not just for wheelchair users but for the rest of us as well, and not just when lugging home heavy groceries! 🙂
Layout of First Floor
A closer look on the rooms on the first floor. Click to enlarge.
Double Bedroom – Wheelchair-accessible 
Bathroom – Wheelchair-accessible. White rectangle in shower area is a collapsible seat. 
Single Bedroom 
Sitting, Dining and Kitchen open area
Perspective view of kitchen and dining table, and part of sitting area 
Perspective view of sitting area
Layout of Rooftop
The Rooftop Plans below feature the location of the rainwater tank, raised-bed vegetable garden and the pavilion with solar panels fitted on its roof. Click to enlarge.
With Pavilion 
Without Pavilion
The rooftop is accessible to wheelchair users with the lift. It also features sitting and dining areas, plus cooking appliances, in short perfect for parties or just relaxing. Just rearrange the furniture and add more chairs as needed, and don’t forget the barbeque grill! The kitchen counter and dining table can double up as counter space for gardening work.
Wandering at night 