Georgetown's Home Accessibility Contractor — Serving the Heart of Sussex County

The County Seat Where Generations Stay Put

Georgetown anchors Sussex County. As the county seat, it is home to the Sussex County courthouse, the county government offices, and the institutions that have drawn families to this part of Delaware for over two centuries. The Circle — Georgetown’s historic roundabout at the center of town — is both a geographic landmark and a symbol of a community where life revolves around roots rather than relocation.

The families who live in Georgetown tend to stay. Poultry industry workers who settled here decades ago raised families and never left. Government employees at the county offices purchased homes within a short drive of the courthouse and retired in them. Farming families on the properties surrounding town have held their land across generations. This is a community of permanence, and when aging changes what a body can do, the response is almost never to leave town. The response is to find a way to keep living in the home that holds a lifetime of meaning.

Accessible Solutions serves Georgetown and the surrounding rural communities with every aging-in-place service available: modular ramps with rental options starting at $300 per month, bathtub-to-shower conversions, roll-in showers, grab bars and handrails, stairlifts, doorway widenings, first-floor bathroom additions, complete home renovations, and durable medical equipment. Our Lewes warehouse is approximately 25 minutes east, providing staged materials and fast response for the entire Georgetown area.

Around The Circle — Georgetown’s Historic Core

The streets radiating from The Circle contain Georgetown’s oldest residential properties. Frame houses, brick colonials, and Victorians built during the 1800s and early 1900s line Race Street, Market Street, South Bedford Street, and the surrounding blocks. These homes carry the character of a county seat that has served as the center of Sussex County life since 1791, but that character comes with construction realities that complicate aging in place.

Front entries sit well above grade, often four or five concrete or brick steps up from the sidewalk. Interior hallways are narrow by modern standards. Staircases to second-floor bedrooms are steep, sometimes with turns at a landing that reduce the effective width to less than 30 inches. Bathrooms were frequently added to these homes decades after original construction, squeezed into former closets, pantries, or the back corners of bedrooms, resulting in spaces barely large enough for a standing adult, let alone someone using a walker or wheelchair.

We work in homes like these throughout Delaware and understand what lies behind the walls. Plaster over lath requires different reinforcement techniques for grab bars than modern drywall. Floor joists built from old-growth lumber may be structurally superior to modern framing in some cases and compromised by a century of moisture in others. Original plumbing may need upgrading before a bathroom conversion can proceed. We assess all of these conditions during the initial home visit and include any necessary structural work in the project scope so families deal with one contractor and one timeline.

Rural Sussex County Farmhouses and Legacy Properties

Georgetown’s identity extends well beyond the town limits. The roads leading out from the center — Route 113 north toward Dover and south toward Selbyville, Route 9 east toward Lewes, Route 18 west toward Bridgeville — pass through agricultural land dotted with farmhouses, older ranch homes, and manufactured housing that collectively represent the residential fabric of rural Sussex County.

Farmhouses in the Georgetown area range from pre-Civil War frame construction to early twentieth-century homes that have been expanded with additions over the decades. A common pattern is a two-story original structure with a kitchen addition on one side, a mud room or utility addition on another, and perhaps a bathroom tacked onto the back of the house during the mid-1900s. Each addition was built to the standards of its era, which means floor levels may not align between sections, wall construction varies from room to room, and the plumbing and electrical systems reflect multiple generations of work.

Modifying these homes requires a contractor who can read the building and understand how its pieces fit together. When we assess a Georgetown-area farmhouse, Ray identifies not just the accessibility barriers but the structural conditions that affect how those barriers can be addressed. A grab bar installation in a bathroom with plaster walls over irregular framing requires a different approach than the same installation in a 1990s ranch with standard drywall and uniform stud spacing. A ramp installation at a farmhouse with an uneven stone foundation and a wooden porch requires different engineering than a ramp at a home with a poured concrete stoop. Every property is evaluated on its own terms.

The Poultry Industry Heritage and Workforce Housing

Georgetown and the surrounding communities are home to thousands of families connected to the poultry industry, which has been the economic backbone of Sussex County for generations. Mountaire Farms, Perdue, Allen Harim, and other processors operate facilities throughout the area, and their current and former workforce lives in Georgetown, Millsboro, Bridgeville, Seaford, and the rural areas in between.

Many of these families live in modest housing — ranches from the 1960s and 1970s, older two-story homes, and manufactured housing throughout the region. The physical demands of poultry processing work take a cumulative toll on the body. Workers who spent decades on production lines often enter retirement with joint damage, repetitive stress injuries, and musculoskeletal conditions that affect mobility earlier and more severely than the general population.

For these families, home accessibility modifications are not a luxury or a future consideration. They are an immediate need driven by the physical reality of the work that built their lives in this community. A bathroom conversion that eliminates the need to step over a bathtub wall. Grab bars that provide support during the transition from standing to sitting. A ramp that removes the daily challenge of navigating front steps with arthritic knees. These modifications restore safety and independence in a home that a family has worked hard to maintain.

Navigating Georgetown Streets to Regional Medical Care

Georgetown residents access medical care through a network of regional facilities. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford is approximately 15 minutes west. Beebe Healthcare in Lewes is roughly 25 minutes east. TidalHealth Nanticoke and Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, Maryland are within 45 minutes for specialized treatment. When patients are discharged from these facilities, they return to Georgetown-area homes that may not be equipped for their post-treatment mobility limitations.

The gap between hospital discharge and home readiness is where families face the most immediate stress. Our Lewes warehouse keeps materials staged so that we can respond to urgent modification needs in the Georgetown area within days rather than weeks. A rental ramp at the front entry provides immediate access. Grab bars in the bathroom address the most dangerous daily activity. And for families who need more comprehensive work, we begin the assessment and planning process right away so the project moves forward as quickly as the scope permits.

Delaware Medicaid Coverage for Georgetown Residents

Georgetown and the surrounding area have a high concentration of Medicaid-eligible residents. The DSHP+ waiver program provides significant coverage for home accessibility modifications. For many Georgetown families, this program represents the difference between a safe home and an unsafe one.

A single DSHP+ authorization can fund a complete bathtub-to-shower conversion with grab bars, non-slip flooring, and a hand-held showerhead. A second authorization can cover a modular ramp at the front entry. A third can provide grab bars throughout the hallways and bedroom. Spread across the lifetime allowance, the program can transform a Georgetown home into a safe living environment without the family spending anything out of pocket.

As a certified Delaware Medicaid provider, we manage every aspect of the process. We prepare the assessment documentation, submit the authorization, coordinate approval, perform the work, and bill Medicaid directly. Georgetown families focus on their loved one while we handle the paperwork. Ray Petkevis assesses every home personally, identifies every available funding source, and delivers a clear plan tailored to your family’s situation and your home’s specific construction. That assessment costs nothing and carries no obligation.