"User Friendly Homes" is a new vision in housing.

We provide the knowledge necessary to build versatility into housing
We are a building and design company which develop homes of the future
We are a member of Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA)
Build your home with features which will adapt with your changing needs

Our Mission                         

It is a fact that people are living longer today.
Our "User Friendly Homes" are designed with that in mind. Our concepts allow people to maintain their dignity and independence while living more safely in their own homes. We tell you how to design and build a home which will provide you with all the conveniences necessary to achieve this goal.
We are working towards the establishment of a National Standards, Inspection and Certification program to improve Canadian housing.

About Patrick Simpson, Principal of User Friendly Homes

Patrick has worked his way through the housing industry as a builder, developer, realtor, design consultant, advisor, entrepreneur, and most recently,   patient.  He brought Adaptable Housing to British Columbia. And spearheaded the Smart House movement, envisioned & built Telosky Village, and supervised the Maple Ridge Demonstration House with CMHC. Patrick has been involved in various other public and/or private projects.

 

Speaking from twenty-two years of experience in the residential housing industry in British Columbia, Canada, Patrick brings home to us the concepts of 'User Friendly'.  It is a home grown, non-legislated version of practical, anticipatory planning, using to advantage, principles of common sense, and " if I were going
to live in this house I would do it this way " thinking.

 

We believe you will learn and appreciate the guidelines Patrick has developed. Only through a concerted and comprehensive effort today are we going to be able to create and maintain appropriate housing for those of us who are living longer, are demanding more, and who are seeking to maintain our independence and dignity through the steadily lengthening last half of our lives.  excerpted from the forward in the book

 

The BOOK    -  Building For Your Future

 

February, 1998   Vancouver, BC -
User Friendly Homes announced the availability today of their long awaited publication "Building For Your Future". This humourous and lightly-written guide will be of benefit to designers, architects, builders, and future owners of housing.
"The principles of 'User Friendly' have been around for a long time," stated Patrick Simpson, President of User Friendly Homes. "We have taken those principles, and provided instruction for the simple inclusion into the design and building phases of residential housing."
Simpson, a design consultant, has been involved in project management and adaptability for over a decade. He points out the benefits of following these guidelines will eliminate costly renovations, at a time in life when incomes may be substantially reduced, by including some simple design changes during the construction phase.

The thirteen chapter, 128 page manual has 36 original illustrations, various checklists and worksheets, and is laid out in a logical and easy to understand fashion.  It is available for just $ 29.95 plus taxes and shipping.

User Friendly Homes has been involved in many noteworthy housing projects in the Lower Mainland such as Telosky Village, The User Friendly Home in Maple Ridge, and the 1996 Pacific National Exhibition Grand Prize Home.

 

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