Multigenerational Living · Northern Virginia

Multigenerational living, with aging parents, adult children, or extended family sharing a home, is a growing reality across Northern Virginia's diverse communities. This guide from Floors and Beyond covers the five remodels that make it work.

1. A main-level bedroom and full bath

The single most valuable multigenerational upgrade is a bedroom and full bathroom on the main level, so family members who cannot easily manage stairs have a comfortable, private space. Where a home lacks one, Floors and Beyond can convert an office or reconfigure space to create it.

2. An accessible curbless walk-in shower

A zero-threshold, curbless walk-in shower with a bench, grab-bar support, and a handheld sprayer is safer and easier for older adults and anyone with mobility needs, while still looking modern and spa-like. Floors and Beyond builds accessible showers that do not look institutional.

3. Safe, even, slip-resistant flooring

Flooring is central to safe multigenerational and aging-in-place living: slip-resistant surfaces, even transitions without trip hazards, and floors that accommodate walkers and wheelchairs. Luxury vinyl plank and other smooth, even, grippy floors are ideal. This is exactly where Floors and Beyond's flooring expertise since 1987 makes a home genuinely safer.

4. A finished basement or in-law suite

Finishing a basement into a private suite, with a bedroom, full bath, living area, and often a kitchenette, gives extended family their own comfortable, independent space while staying close. Floors and Beyond builds in-law suites with proper moisture control, egress, and accessibility.

5. Storage and barrier-free layouts

Multigenerational homes need more storage and smarter, wider, barrier-free layouts: wider doorways, no-step entries, lever handles, comfort-height fixtures, and open circulation. These universal-design principles help every generation. Floors and Beyond incorporates them throughout.

Universal design that looks great

The best multigenerational remodels use universal design quietly, with accessibility built in without the home looking clinical. Floors and Beyond blends safety and style so the home works for grandparents and grandkids alike.

Why Floors and Beyond

Family-owned in Northern Virginia since 1987, a whole-home remodeler with deep flooring expertise, in-house crews, all-inclusive no-surprises estimates, a 5.0 rating, and Shop-At-Home convenience across Fairfax, Ashburn, Reston, Sterling, Woodbridge, Herndon, Arlington, and all of Northern Virginia, and a better value than the big box store firms.

Frequently asked questions

What remodels help with multigenerational living?

A main-level bed and bath, an accessible walk-in shower, safe even flooring, a basement in-law suite, and barrier-free layouts. Floors and Beyond handles all five.

Can you make a home safer for aging parents?

Yes. Accessible showers, slip-resistant even flooring, grab-bar support, and no-step layouts. Floors and Beyond specializes in it.