Chester County

Aging-in-place work in West Chester

West Chester is two different jobs depending on which side of town. In the borough, it's narrow row homes built when "Old West Chester" was the only West Chester. Outside the borough, it's larger suburban homes with the floor plans of 1990s and 2000s construction. We do both.

West Chester houses, in our experience

In the borough, we work on Federal and Victorian row homes near High Street and Gay Street — narrow lots, twin staircases, often only one full bathroom on the second floor. Outside the borough, in Westtown, East Goshen, and Thornbury, we work on 1990s-and-newer subdivision homes that usually have a first-floor primary suite already roughed in for accessibility.

What we get called about

• First-floor primary-suite conversions. Reworking an existing first-floor bedroom and bath so the homeowner doesn't need to use the stairs at all.
• Borough bathroom updates. Pulling original tubs from narrow second-floor baths and putting in low-threshold or curbless showers in the same footprint.
• Stair lifts on borough staircases. Older borough homes have tight, steep stairs — we measure and spec units that fit without modifying the staircase.
• Whole-home lever conversions. Common request from Chester County clients — swapping all knob hardware and faucets to lever-style throughout the house in one visit.

What we charge

A first-floor primary-suite conversion typically runs $18,000–$38,000 depending on plumbing and finishes. Borough bathroom updates run $9,000–$17,000. Stair lifts start around $3,800. Whole-house lever-handle conversions usually run $1,800–$3,400 depending on the door count. We don't quote until we've walked the house.

Who we work with here

We've taken referrals from discharge planners at Chester County Hospital, from physical therapists at Bryn Mawr Rehab's Malvern campus, and from a few care managers based out of Kendal-Crosslands. PA-licensed (PA090916), family-owned, same crew start to finish.