Ottawa's Trusted Accessible Home Renovation Specialists
Expert Renovations for Accessibility, Safety, and Comfort – Including Safety and Security Audits, Comprehensive Design Plans, and personalized Solutions.
About Us
Certified Experts in Home Safety, Accessibility, and Adaptive Living
At Adaptive Living, we specialize in providing Whole Home Safety solutions in Ottawa, ensuring every part of your home is optimized for accessibility and safety. Our mission was shaped by a personal experience involving a tragic accident, leading us to focus on creating safe and accessible homes that empower independence, dignity, and joy. Our services include home safety audits, safety retrofits, and adaptive renovations like accessible bathrooms, kitchen modifications, and stair lift installations to support seniors and those with mobility or cognitive challenges.
Our Services
If you need urgent retrofits for immediate safety improvements or are considering a home transformation that enhances accessibility and comfort, Adaptive Living is here to help. Specializing in safe home modifications and accessible living solutions in Ottawa, we ensure your space supports independence and dignity. Contact us now to schedule an urgent retrofit or discuss your renovation plans.
Urgent Safety Retrofits
Renovation Packages
Home Safety Assessments
What Our Clients Say
Adaptive Living is reliable and skilled. For over ten years, Randy has provided excellent craftsmanship, specializing in senior care modifications. His work is efficient, precise, and affordable. Highly recommended for home projects.
Adaptive Living provides affordable solutions for seniors to live safely at home. Randy Fontaine’s personal experience shapes his mission. His thoughtful solutions and fair pricing have been invaluable. Highly recommend Adaptive Living.
An amazing experience! They prioritized my family’s needs, designed thoughtfully, and renovated with incredible attention to detail. It felt like they treated it as their own home. Excited for phase 2—they’re great to have around!
Founders
Robert is a certified Home Safety Specialist and entrepreneur with extensive experience advising companies such as P&G, Unilever, and IBM. He studied Design Thinking and Innovation at MIT and combines this expertise with a passion for creating accessible, safe living environments. As a Teaching Fellow at Oxford University’s Said Business School, Robert brings a wealth of knowledge in consumer behavior and innovation to help individuals live independently, safely, and with dignity in their homes.
Robert Hocking
Our Approach
At Adaptive Living, we offer more than just basic renovations. Our process begins with a phone consultation to understand your needs, followed by an in-home safety audit when required. We work closely with your Occupational Therapist (OT) or clinician to ensure all modifications meet your specific requirements. Once our certified experts complete the renovations, we celebrate the transformation with a Welcome Home event, ensuring everything meets your expectations. Contact us today to start transforming your home into a safer, more accessible space!
Tailored Home Modifications with
Adaptive Living
At Adaptive Living, we specialize in custom home modifications designed to enhance accessibility and independent living.
Our Origin
Adaptive Living was created in response to a tragic accident when Randy’s brother passed away after a fall. This experience shaped our mission to not only create safe and accessible homes in Ottawa but to also inspire lives of independence, dignity, and joy. We believe in empowering individuals to embrace their homes as places of comfort, where they can live fully and confidently, regardless of mobility or cognitive challenges
Urgent Safety Needs or Planning Future Renovations?
If you need urgent retrofits for immediate safety improvements or are considering a home transformation that enhances accessibility and comfort, Adaptive Living is here to help. Specializing in safe home modifications and accessible living solutions in Ottawa, we ensure your space supports independence and dignity. Contact us now to schedule an urgent retrofit or discuss your renovation plans.
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Randy is a certified Adaptive Home Specialist, Senior Home Safety Specialist, and Net Zero Specialist with a strong background in Building Science. With over a decade of experience and more than 2,000 home audits, Randy specializes in making homes safer and more accessible, ensuring individuals can comfortably age in place. Inspired by his personal experience caring for family members with debilitating diseases, Randy is dedicated to creating sustainable, energy-efficient, and accessible homes that improve both safety and quality of life.
Randy Fontaine Senior Home Safety Specialist