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What is Livable Housing Design?

Livable housing design means designing Australian homes to meet the changing needs of home occupants across their lifetime.

The 'Livable Housing Design Guidelines' recommends the inclusion of key easy living features that aim to make homes easier and safer to use for all occupants including: people with a disability, ageing Australians, people with temporary injuries, and families with young children.

A livable home is designed to:

be easy to enter
be easy to move around in
be capable of easy and cost-effective adaptation, and
be designed to anticipate and be respond to the changing needs of home occupants

By including safer and user-friendly design features a livable home design seeks to enhance the quality of life for all occupants at all stages of their life.

The levels of performance range from basic requirements through to best practice in livable home design and are as follows:

Silver Level - Core livable housing design elements

Gold Level - Enhanced standards for the core livable housing design elements + additional elements

Platinum Level - In some instances further enhanced standards for the core livable housing design elements + all remaining elements.

At Today's Homes and Lifestyle we are able to assist you in desiging a Livable Home to suit your block of land.