Your Home. Your Way. Design for the Ages.

Universal Design & Green Building - Your Home. Your Way. Design for the Ages - Quality. Flexibility. Sustainability.

You can create the home of a lifetime

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What do Winchester's Your Home. Your Way.™ program and Universal Design have in common? Both are designed to fit your lifestyle perfectly. With Your Home. Your Way.™, you have the opportunity to customize your home exactly as you want it. With Universal Design and green living features, your home will include innovative and energy-saving features that make adjusting to life's changes a lot easier. Your distinctive ideas combined with our innovative designs will result in a unique home now and into the future.

 

 
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Age gracefully with universal design

You may have heard that Universal Design is a different approach to homebuilding, one that anticipates the needs of multigenerational households, so family members of all ages can enjoy their new home for years to come. Open space, intuitive appliances, and enhanced storage and circulation areas work to make life a little easier. We believe you should always be comfortable at home, no matter what changes may come your way, and Universal Design helps you do just that.

 

Design for comfort

 
You'll wonder how you got by without these great features
Elements of Universal Design include features that maximize accessibility and ease within the home, such as a no-step entry. The home’s main rooms, as well as at least one bedroom and bathroom are accessible without stairs. Wide doorways are flush to the floor to allow strollers and wheelchairs to pass through easily, while wide hallways improve flow between rooms. Throughout the house, lever door handles and rocker light switches are not only helpful to people with reduced hand strength, but to anyone carrying grocery bags. Kitchens have pull-out elevator cabinets and variable height countertops. Intuitive, assistive technology in kitchen appliances makes cooking a breeze. With Universal Design, the whole family can enjoy the home to the fullest.

 

Enhanced home environment

 
Green features reduce your carbon footprint - and your energy bills!

Beyond incorporating the principles of Universal Design, Winchester Homes is commited to making your life easier in another way - by reducing your utility and maintenance bills! From low-maintenance pre-finished materials, to water-saving fixtures and Energy Star™ appliances, the Your Home. Your Way.™ program can create a home that can help reduce environmental impacts. With these green features, not only can you take comfort in the money you will save over the years, but you can also rest easy knowing your new home is leaving a minimal carbon footprint.
View Universal Design & Green Building Checklist

Ready to learn more?
Use this checklist to keep track of our Universal Design and Green Building features and make notes about the features you would like to include in your new home!

Want to see how all the features described above look when incorporated into a real home? Then take a Virtual Walk-through Tour of the Design for the Ages. Showhome Of Ideas!