We bought our house before I was dx'd with the intention of it being a long-term place to live. We reached a bit on the pricing to get into an area we really wanted, with an acre lot, nice neighbors, good schools. Since then, I've had another child, been dx'd with MS, the bottom has dropped out of the real estate market, and the house is not even worth what we paid for it. Worst of all it's not even remotely handicap accessible.

If it was feasible, we would just buy a lot and build a home using universal design, but there's no way we could even sell this place now. We really like our location and neighborhood and would prefer to remodel. Does anyone have any experience with that sort of thing? Are there organizations or support groups that offer any kind of assistance? DH is not very handy and really doesn't have time to try his hand at remodeling anyway.

I don't even know if parts of our house could be made accessible. The kids' bedrooms have a very small bath in between and a very narrow hallway with tight right angle turns everywhere. Every doorway in the house is narrower than normal. I really just don't even know where to start.

Any advice would be appreciated.