North and Central New Jersey, from Bergen and Passaic Counties down through Morris, Essex, Union, Somerset and Middlesex to Monmouth and Ocean
Aging in Place in New Jersey, in the Home You Already Own
A walk-in shower, a stairlift, a ramp to the front door or a doorway a walker fits through, arranged for you or for a parent with a registered local contractor who is licensed and insured for the trade the job needs. Before anyone quotes, we work out which parts New Jersey treats as simple maintenance and which need a permit, a licensed plumber or a lift reviewed under the state elevator code, so the plan you agree to is one that can actually be built. We have nothing to sell you and nobody on commission in your living room, and any home improvement contract you sign can be canceled for any reason until midnight of the third business day.
Request a Quote
Tell us which part of the house has become hard and who it is for. That is usually enough for us to tell you which trade the job needs, whether the town has to see it first, and who, if anyone, might help pay.
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Four jobs, and New Jersey treats each one differently
Pick the part of the house that has become hard, and if it is more than one, a single request covers all of them. The services are split this way because the split decides who comes out: a bathroom, a stairlift, a ramp and a wider doorway can all belong to one plan, but each falls under a different rule, and the right installer for one is often not allowed to do another. A stairlift in a house can be fitted by a registered contractor, for example, while a platform lift or a home elevator needs a licensed elevator mechanic.
Accessible Bathrooms and Walk-In Showers
A bathroom you, or a parent, can use without climbing over a tub wall, planned so the right contractor is on the job from the start, including a licensed plumber if the drain has to move.
Start here if getting into the tub, onto the toilet or out of the shower has become hard, for you or for a parent.
About Accessible Bathrooms →Stairlifts, Platform Lifts and Home Elevators
Get up the stairs, or up the steps to the front door, without being carried, with an installer who matches the device and a plan prepared for New Jersey's elevator review in your town.
Start here if the stairs inside, or the steps up to the front door, have become the hardest part of the day.
About Stairlifts and Home Lifts →Wheelchair Ramps and Step-Free Entries
A way into the house with no steps, for a wheelchair, a walker or someone who can no longer manage the stoop, planned around the permit and any association rules before anyone builds.
Start here if the front steps are what stand between the person and getting in or out of the house.
About Wheelchair Ramps →Doorway Widening and Interior Access
Get a wheelchair or walker through the bathroom, bedroom and front doors without scraped knuckles or turning sideways, with the wall behind each opening checked before anyone quotes.
Start here if a wheelchair or walker does not fit through the doors the person needs every day.
About Doorway Widening →Find out what this house actually needs
Describe the room or the stairs that have become a problem. We will tell you which jobs are simple, which need a permit, and which contractor is right for each.
How it works, from your first message to the finished job
You tell us what has become hard. We work out what kind of job it is. A contractor who can legally do that job prices it in writing, and you take your time deciding.
Tell us which part of the house has become hard
Five short questions, then where the house is. Say who it is for and whether someone is coming home from the hospital or rehab, because a date changes what is realistic. If you are arranging this for a parent, they do not need to be on board yet, and they stay the one who decides.
We work out what kind of job it is
A person reads your request and sorts each part into ordinary maintenance, permit work, or a lift that goes through the state elevator code. Grab bars need nobody's approval, while taking out a tub for a curbless shower usually moves the drain, which is a plumbing alteration with a licensed plumber named on the permit. Knowing that first stops a one-trade quote turning into a two-trade job halfway through.
A registered contractor prices it, and you take your time
We pass the request to a local contractor registered with the state for home improvement work and licensed and insured for the trade. The price comes in writing, as New Jersey requires for any contract over $500, and nothing you sign is final until midnight of the third business day.
What makes this a local problem
N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7(c)2 lists as ordinary plumbing maintenance the replacement of faucets, the replacement of valves including shower or combination bath and shower valves, and the replacement of fixtures with a similar fixture provided that no change in the piping arrangement is made.
Source: New Jersey Administrative Code as published by the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, via New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, accessed 2026-09-22
New Jersey's Elevator Safety Subcode, N.J.A.C. 5:23-12.1(e), defines an elevator device to include wheelchair lifts, stairway chairlifts and any device within the scope of ASME A18.1, the Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts. The subcode applies to these devices in private homes as well as in commercial buildings.
Source: New Jersey Administrative Code as published by the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, via New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, accessed 2026-09-22
The Medicare National Coverage Determination Durable Medical Equipment Reference List (NCD 280.1) lists grab bars as denied, a self-help device not primarily medical in nature; stairway elevators as denied, referring to elevators, a convenience item; bathtub lifts and bathtub seats as denied; raised toilet seats as denied; and toilet seats as denied, not medical equipment.
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Coverage Database, NCD 280.1, accessed 2026-09-22
Under N.J.S.A. 56:8-151(b), a consumer may cancel a home improvement contract for any reason at any time before midnight of the third business day after receiving a copy of it. Notice must be written and sent to the contractor business by return-receipt mail or delivered in person, all money paid must be refunded within 30 days, and the contract must print the cancellation notice in at least 10-point bold type.
Source: New Jersey Legislature, P.L. 2023, c. 237, section 39 amending N.J.S.A. 56:8-151, accessed 2026-09-22
One project to you, up to four different jobs to New Jersey
Most families think of this as one project: make the house work again. The state construction code sees up to four, and each is handled differently. Grab bars, a shower seat, a handheld shower and a taller toilet on the same drain are ordinary maintenance that nobody has to approve. A curbless shower that moves the drain is a plumbing alteration, with a permit and a licensed plumber on it. A new ramp or a widened doorway changes the structure of the house, so it goes through the construction office too.
A stairlift is the one people get wrong most often. Under the Elevator Safety Subcode it is an elevator device, in a private home as much as in an office building, and its layout drawings are reviewed before the town issues the permit. Who does that review depends on the town: the state, the town's own elevator subcode official, or a private agency the town has hired.
So the order matters. We work out which rule each part of your plan falls under before anyone quotes, and we send a contractor whose trade and license fit the job. That is what keeps the price you agree to from changing once the work has started.
What is different about arranging it this way
Nobody here has a product to sell you
We are not a dealer and we earn nothing from which stairlift or shower you choose. The contractor's visit is a look at the house and a written price, not a signing, and you can say no in the room or three business days later.
The job is sorted before it is quoted
The installer has to match the device. New Jersey's elevator mechanic licensing rules do not apply to a stairway chairlift in a dwelling, but they do apply to a vertical platform lift and a home elevator, so a quote from the wrong kind of installer is not worth comparing. We check which one your house needs before anyone comes out.
The person who lives there stays the one who decides
Many requests come from a son or daughter, and the house belongs to a parent. We treat the homeowner as the decision maker, and starting small is a perfectly good plan: grab bars by the tub and the toilet and a rail on both sides of the stairs are the first items on the CDC's own home safety checklist.
Who pays is settled before the quote, not after
Original Medicare lists grab bars and stairway elevators as denied, so we do not let a price get built around it. If a veteran, NJ FamilyCare or a state program may be involved, say so on the form, because NJ FamilyCare residential modifications, for one, have to be done by a contractor the member's plan has credentialed.
Coverage across North and Central New Jersey, from Bergen and Passaic Counties down through Morris, Essex, Union, Somerset and Middlesex to Monmouth and Ocean
What families ask before they send anything
We only need a couple of grab bars and a handheld shower. Do we need you?
Probably not. In New Jersey, bathroom accessories such as grab bars, a shower seat and a handheld shower are ordinary maintenance: no permit, no inspection and no notice to the town. A careful handyman can usually fit them, as long as the bars go into studs or added blocking rather than bare drywall. Send us a request if you would rather have someone vetted, but you do not have to.
Could we just move the bedroom downstairs instead?
Often, yes, and it may cost nothing but a weekend. What decides it is whether there is a full bathroom on that floor. If there is, a bed downstairs may be the whole answer for now, and you do not need us. If the only shower is upstairs, that is when a stairlift or a first floor bathroom is worth pricing, and we can help you weigh one against the other.
Will Medicare pay for a stairlift or grab bars?
Original Medicare will not. Its equipment list marks grab bars, stairway elevators, bathtub seats and raised toilet seats as denied. Help does exist elsewhere: VA benefits for veterans, NJ FamilyCare residential modifications up to a $15,000 lifetime limit through a contractor the plan has credentialed, JACC for people 60 and older who are not on Medicaid, and the IRS medical expense deduction for the part of the cost that does not add value to the house. Each program decides who qualifies, so tell us on the form who might be involved and the contractor will know before quoting.
Does a stairlift need a permit in New Jersey?
Yes. The state's Elevator Safety Subcode counts a stairway chairlift as an elevator device, in a private house as well as a public building, so its drawings go through plan review before the local permit issues. Depending on the town, that review is done by the state, by the town's own elevator subcode official or by a private agency the town has hired. Be wary of anyone who offers to fit one with no paperwork.
What if the contractor pushes us to sign on the spot?
Take the paperwork and let them leave. We have no product to sell, but the contractor who visits will still hand you a contract, and in New Jersey any home improvement contract over $500 has to be in writing and signed. You can cancel it for any reason until midnight of the third business day after you receive your copy, by written notice sent by return-receipt mail or delivered in person, and any money paid has to be refunded within 30 days. A son or daughter who was not at the table still has that window to read it.
Are you the contractor?
No. We are a referral service: we do not build, sell or install anything, and we are not a dealer, a funder or a medical provider. We find out what is making the house hard to live in and connect you with an independent local contractor who is registered with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs for home improvement work and licensed and insured for the trade the job needs. For what a person needs physically, their doctor, physical therapist or occupational therapist is the right voice, and the contractor can work from what they recommend.
One request covers the bathroom, the stairs and the front steps
Nothing you send commits you to anything. A person reads it, and a contractor only calls once you know what they are coming to price.