Your assessor will identify your injury related needs and make recommendations to ACC as to the modifications required. ACC has the final approval on which modifications will be funded.
Accessable engages registered, approved builders to carry out hosing modifications on behalf of the ACC.
All Acccessable housing modifications follow the NZ Standards Guidelines for Access and Mobility - Buildings and Associated Facilities NZS4121:2001 and are carried out in accordance with the NZ Building Code.
Dependent on the complexity of the design and plans, the whole process can take from just a couple of weeks to several months.
ACC, the contractor and project manager will keep you updated at each step of the process.
Yes - but you will need to get the property owner's approval first. Your assessor will provide the appropriate paperwork for you to give to the property owner and only when this has been signed can the modifications begin.
Your assessor will visit the site to make sure all your disability related needs are met by the modifications. Your assessor will also arrange for any other equipment needed to use in your modified home. They will then sign off the modifications to Accessable, so that payment can be made to the contractors.
Once the modifications are complete, they become the responsibility of the property owner - maintenance and repair and removal or replacement of the modification (excludes low-rise lifts and metal modular ramps).
