What is Accessible Property Register?

The Accessible Property Register was set up in 2003 by Conrad Hodgkinson, Christine Barton, and Lindsay Yarrow. Christine and Lindsay are wheelchair users so we have personal experience of the barriers faced by disabled and older people in relation to housing.

Accessible Property Register:

• Specialises in promoting wheelchair accessible and adapted property, and holiday accommodation]
• Accept adverts for accessible property and holiday accommodation for sale and rent (UK adverts are free of charge to private individuals)]
• Promotes social housing and private residential property]
• Offers mainstream advertising options for all property]
• Can recommend approved estate agents in most parts of the country]
• Provides links and useful information relating to property and access]

The original APR website was the first in the UK to specialise exclusively in promoting accessible and adapted property for sale and rent. We are also unusual in accepting adverts for both private residential and social housing. Our vision is to establish a portal where anyone looking for accessible and adapted property from any source, anywhere in the UK, can find it advertised on one website. APR is the one-stop shop for access!

This new website maintains our original principles and any property advertised here will be accessible or adapted. This means that there is the option to include detailed information about access features and any adaptations in your advert. However, we have expanded of our service so that other residential property can be marketed via our mainstream partners, Little House Company.

We are not a charity and we do not receive any public funding. However we remain determined to maintain a period of free advertising for private individuals selling or letting their own property.

The Accessible Property Register is committed to equal opportunities and to enhancing independence and choice for older and disabled people.

Who are the Directors?

APR Directors Conrad Hodgkinson and Christine Barton

Conrad Hodgkinson

Conrad is responsible for running the Accessible Property Register website. He has written on disability issues for national and local newspapers and magazines, and for the specialist press. He is a carer and member of the National Service Framework Advisory Group for Long-Term Conditions and has a special interest in access and disability issues.

Dr Christine Barton MBE

Christine, a former teacher and lecturer, is quadriplegic and has personal experience of receiving social care.  She is passionate about disadvantaged people being able to achieve their human rights and works both locally and nationally to improve their opportunities to have choice and control over their lives.  Locally she is a founder member of Inclusive Living Sheffield, an organisation of disabled people and, a governor of the Sheffield LINk (Local Involvement Network) as well as being a director of the Accessible Property Register Ltd.  Nationally she is a member of the School for Social Care Research Advisory Group, a member of a National Institute for Health Research Regional Funding Committee and a Lay Reviewer for research proposals.  

Lindsay Yarrow

Lindsay is a single mother of two and a mental health service user. Previously she has coordinated a well-recognised service user group, dedicated to improving mental health services both locally and nationally. She has a qualification in British Sign Language and has knowledge of access and disability issues.

What do we mean by 'Accessible Property ' and 'Accessible Property Plus'?

Accessible Property

Property meeting the following criteria will be advertised as 'Accessible'. Properties in this category may be advertised on the APR website and may qualify for a period of free advertising.

• Off-street or unrestricted on-street parking.
• No steps between the point where a car could be parked and the entrance to the property.
• Level or ramped access to at least one entrance to the property.
• Level access to all main living floor rooms.
• A WC on the same level as the entrance to the property.

Accessible Property Plus

Properties advertised as 'Accessible Property Plus' will be accessible and in addition, contain one or more features which may make the property more suitable for someone with a physical or other impairment. Property designated Accessible Property Plus may be particularly suitable for a wheelchair user and some of these properties will have been specifically designed or adapted for wheelchair use.

Accessible Property Plus features might include any of the following and features will be displayed with property details:

• Entrance level bath or shower room.
• Adapted bathroom (e.g. bath with electrically operated seat, walk-in bath, fixed or drop-down handrails etc.)
• Level access shower/wet room
• Adapted kitchen (e.g. lowered working services)
• Wider-than-standard doorways
• Access to upper floor(s) via stairlift
• Access to upper floor(s) via wheelchair lift
• Fixed or tracking ceiling hoist(s)
• Environmental or SMART controls
• Intercom (may incorporate remote door opening)
• Supported living (warden or other assistance available on site)

Who can advertise on the APR website?

We accept adverts for both private residential and social housing. Anyone can advertise on the APR website - providing the property meets our access criteria.

Our advertisers include:

• Private individuals
• Estate agents
• Property developers
• Housing associations
• Local authorities
• Private landlords

For properties not meeting our access criteria, you will be offered discounted mainstream advertising with our mainstream partners, the Little House Company.

How much does advertising on the APR website cost?

Property advertising on this website is free of charge to private individuals placing their own advert for UK property for sale or rent. A fully serviced option is available (we create and post your advert for you). There is a charge for this service of £25.

Adverts from estate agents, developers and social housing organisations are welcomed.  Follow this link for Services for estate and other agencies. Contact Conrad Hodgkinson or phone on 0774 9119385 for further details and for information about our Approved Partnership programme.

To support our free advertising service, the Accessible Property Register welcomes donations and sponsorship from individuals, businesses and organisations.

Payment/donations by credit card is available via our online donations form.

Payment/donations can also be made by cheque. Cheques should be payable to 'Accessible Property' and posted to our registered address at:

The Accessible Property Register
11 Stumperlowe Croft
Sheffield
S10 3QW

Sponsorship

With more than 30,000 visitors per month, The Accessible Property Register website has already attracted considerable positive publicity and interest. We offer attractive sponsorship opportunities to businesses and organisations wishing to demonstrate their corporate social responsibility and commitment to inclusion by supporting our free advertising service. Any sponsorship agreement will normally include the option to display a logo and link on our homepage.

Contact Conrad Hodgkinson by e-mail or phone 0774 9119385.