Spanish Villas in Spain for Those With Wheelchairs and Disabilities

by Chris Hawkins, published Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 at 9:08 am

Spain has become an increasingly popular destination for investors, holiday-makers and would-be residents over recent years. Most coastal areas have experienced a boom, but few have considered let alone offered a product for those with wheelchairs or disabilities. Now at Residential La Cala in Javea, Costa Blanca, beautiful Spanish homes can be constructed on flat plots with all special needs and requirements designed into the property.



You’re sitting in your car waiting patiently at a zebra crossing on a cold and miserable Friday afternoon in March. Thoughts of your imminent departure to Spain and a week in your recently constructed luxury Spanish villa enter your mind as you watch a man in a wheelchair having trouble crossing the street in the pouring rain. For sure, he could probably do with a holiday too but although crossing the street is one thing, you realise you never saw one advertisement for Spanish property that catered for this type of customer when you did your research a while back.

It is true that the property market in Spain has witnessed phenomenal growth along its beautiful Southern coastline from the Costa Brava to the Costa del Azahar and from the Costa Blanca to the Costa del Sol. Northern Europeans, principally Brits and in smaller numbers, the Dutch, Germans amongst others have chosen to holiday, invest or even make the life-changing decision to move to Spain.

Much of Spain is mountainous, and it is fair to say that in many regions the Spanish have yet to catch up with the UK when it comes to provisions for those with wheelchairs and disabilities, particularly when it comes to public access and mobility issues.

At the beautiful pine-forested luxury villa development of La Cala in Javea, however, there are no such concerns. Brand new Spanish homes, built on flat plots and to the most exacting of standards using the finest materials, are available to anyone looking for a home in the sun. The bespoke nature of the development, however, means that the special and indeed, individual needs of clients are fully taken into account during the initial architectural design stage.

For wheelchair users, this might mean wider entrance doors, wider external pathways, low level kitchen surfaces, additional support rails, lower level switches, lower level bathroom sinks, ramp access pathways, spacious rooms for turning, single level “bungalow” type construction, no steps or stairs and higher level wall sockets to name a few. All builds are personally managed and supervised by your bilingual project manager.

The development comprises mainly of flat plots of around 1/4 acre and there are a considerable number still available.

More information about the development can be found at www.lacalajavea.com



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3 Responses to “Spanish Villas in Spain for Those With Wheelchairs and Disabilities”


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    Elizabeth says:

    Hi Ian,

    I rented the villa through a site called Avilla Rentals (www.avillarentals.com) which was recommended to me by a friend. The villa itself was just beneath the Sierra Cabrera Mountains in a town called Mojacar.

    Really close to the beach and loads to do for the more active members of your party. Hope this helps :)

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    Ian says:

    Elizabeth: please leave details of how to rent this villa. I’m in a wheelchair myself and have had really bad experiences with accommodation in the past.

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    Elizabeth says:

    I rented this fantastic villa in Spain to take my mother on holiday. My mother is in a wheelchair, but this particular villa in Almeria was perfect for her. It had fantastic views, the beach close by and restaurants which she was able to get to without the hassle of trying to negotiate a taxi big enough to load her wheelchair in. All round an excellent trip!


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