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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.

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Urgent Safety Retrofits

When immediate safety is critical, trust Adaptive Living’s 48-Hour Safety Retrofits service.
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Renovation Packages

Our mission is to create safe, accessible homes that promote independent living comfort.
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Home Safety Assessments

We provide a thorough Home Safety Audit in Ottawa

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

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

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.

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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!

Our Founders

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.

Call 343-572-7290 now or fill in this form and start living confidently in a home that works for you.

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FAQs

We provide a wide range of accessible living solutions, including bathroom renovations, kitchen modifications, wheelchair ramps, stairlifts, widened doorways, smart home integrations, and more. Our goal is to customize each home to fit the specific needs of its residents.
Yes! We provide in-depth home assessments to evaluate your space and recommend the best home accessibility renovations based on your mobility requirements and lifestyle.
Absolutely. Our home modification services for seniors focus on making homes safer and more comfortable for aging individuals, ensuring they can maintain independence for as long as possible.
Yes, we specialize in home modifications for wheelchair users, including wider doorways, roll-in showers, lowered countertops, accessible storage solutions, and step-free entryways.
Smart home technology allows individuals to control lighting, security, climate, and appliances with voice commands or remote access. These modifications enhance independence and convenience, especially for those with mobility limitations.
Definitely! Our disability renovations seamlessly blend function with aesthetics, ensuring your home remains beautiful while also being fully accessible. We prioritize design elements that complement your existing decor.
While we don’t provide direct financial assistance, we can guide you in exploring government grants, funding programs, and insurance options that may cover certain home modifications for older adults and individuals with disabilities.
Timelines vary based on the scope of work. Minor modifications, like grab bar installations, can be completed in a day, while full-scale home renovations for disabled individuals may take several weeks. We provide detailed timelines during our consultation process.
Yes, all our house modifications for elderly and disabled individuals meet or exceed local and national accessibility standards, ensuring safety, durability, and ease of use.
Simply contact us for a consultation! We’ll assess your needs, provide expert recommendations, and help you create a customized plan for modifying your home for disability or aging-in-place needs.

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