Aging in place in Marco Island — published costs, the ADA slope rule and what to ask before you sign

We match across Naples and the surrounding Collier County communities, so the contractor you are introduced to is one whose crews actually work your part of the county.

Local notes and practical detail in Marco Island

Marco Island is unusual on this list in a useful way: it is its own city, and its Water and Sewer Department is a department of the same city government that issues the building permit. That means the water account and the permit for a curbless shower or a ramp come from one authority rather than two, and the building services counter is where the inspection record lives. The island's housing is canal-grid development - single-storey houses on saltwater canals, many of them with a pool cage and a screened lanai, alongside mid-rise and high-rise condominium buildings on the beach side. Both were heavily worked on after the storms of recent years, and a good share of the houses have been rebuilt or substantially renovated since, which shows up as newer impact glass, newer tile and a mix of original and updated floor plans in the same street. In the original plans the bathroom is a compact tub combination behind a 28 to 30 inch door; in the rebuilt ones the doors are wider and the shower is usually the project.

Municipal reference: City of Marco Island Water and Sewer Department

Getting a crew out to Marco Island

Marco Island is reached from I-75 at the Collier Boulevard interchange by running south on SR-951 and crossing the water onto the island, or from US-41 East at the same SR-951 junction; either way the run from downtown Naples is short and flat, with the bridge as the last and slowest section during the season. Inside the island the street pattern is a canal grid with Bald Eagle Drive, San Marco Road and Collier Boulevard carrying most of the traffic, so once a crew is over the bridge the addresses are close together and this is an efficient place to work. The two scheduling facts are the bridge - one way in and one way out, busy from January through April and at beach hours - and the drive itself. A Marco Island job is usually planned as its own run or paired with an Isles of Capri or East Naples address on the same trip south, rather than bolted onto a day that is already town-side.

What the housing stock means for accessibility in Marco Island

Marco Island's housing stock is mostly single-storey canal-front houses on a slab, developed on the island's street grid and typical of the last decades of the twentieth century, mixed with mid-rise and high-rise condominium buildings on the beach side. In the original canal houses the bathroom layout is a hall bath with a tub and shower combination in a compact footprint behind a door of roughly 28 to 30 inches, tile throughout, a step down from the living area to a screened lanai, and another step out to a pool cage - three changes of level in the space people walk most. The front door usually sits above grade, so the rise there decides whether a ramp is short or needs a landing and a switchback under the 1:12 rule. In the houses rebuilt after recent storms the plans are newer, the doors are wider and the glass is impact-rated, so the work is often the shower floor and the grab bars rather than the doorway - which means the actual door should be measured before anyone prices a widening.

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