What Two Decades of Home Rehabilitation Taught Us

Beyond the Blueprints: What Two Decades of Home Rehabilitation Taught Us About Residential Value

By Marcelo Roisman, Founder of Inclusive Living International

Most real estate professionals see a blueprint. We see a lifespan.

The true methodology behind the Inclusive Living Standard (ILS) was forged not in an office, but across two decades of complex, high-volume home adaptations. During our time leading the pioneering firm, Nagish.co.il, we were responsible for the complete lifecycle of inclusive living solutions from the initial diagnosis and design to the construction and equipment installation in thousands of homes and facilities.

This extensive experience in Home Rehabilitation provided the invaluable, proprietary data set that no other certification body possesses.

1. Home Rehabilitation: The Expertise of Preparation

The work of Home Rehabilitation goes far beyond simple compliance. It involves understanding the true complexity of adapting a home for long-term functional recovery and dignity.

Our work ensured we developed a unique knowledge base in:

• Predictive Design: Learning, through data gathered across thousands of projects, which modifications are statistically most likely to be needed in which types of properties, at which stages of life.

• Integrated Logistics: Managing the complex coordination required for construction, specialized equipment, and the precise timing of adaptations for occupants. This allowed us to master what truly works in real-world scenarios.

The ILS is the distillation of this operational knowledge into a measurable benchmark for new construction. We understand what is needed to make real home rehabilitation possible in the future.

2. The ILS: Methodology Born from the Field

Every criterion within the Inclusive Living Standard is a direct lesson learned from successes and challenges in field implementation. The ILS ensures developers avoid the financial pitfalls of reactive modification by proactively integrating:

• The 'Adaptability Buffer': Specific design criteria related to structural reinforcement and utility placement knowledge gained from years of adapting existing infrastructure now ensure minimal demolition is required for future changes.

• Technical Foresight: Incorporating not just physical standards, but the cognitive and functional needs identified through direct collaboration with rehabilitation hospitals (a key part of our extensive former practice).

The ILS is the culmination of a massive, multi-faceted operational legacy into a single, proprietary methodology.

3. The Investor’s Certainty in a Field-Tested Standard

For investors and financial institutions, the sheer scale of our experience offers certainty:

• De-risked Investment: An ILS-certified project is backed by a methodology proven successful across thousands of solutions, minimizing the risk of construction flaws or market rejection based on usability.

• Sustainable Value: Projects that anticipate the needs of occupants across the entire human lifecycle create resilient communities and guarantee stable, long-term asset value.

The Inclusive Living Standard is not an ideal; it is the proven evolution of a methodology perfected over two decades of high-stakes implementation. It offers foresight to the builder and certainty to the buyer.

The time for reactive construction is over. It’s time to build with the confidence that only deep, high-volume field expertise can provide.

Explore the ILS today.