By Tess Wilson
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Q: My husband and I are retired and hope to stay in our two-story Charleston/New Orleans-style Florida beach house as long as possible. Hence we are renovating with an eye to our future. The house is 17 years old and built with the idea we would retire here. Young and spry then, the extent of our elderly planning included door handles, a 360 degree stairwell — so if we fell, we’d only fall halfway! — and a seat in our shower…
