The garage has an upstep into the house so that wouldn’t work...the ramp at the front door is one I use to be able to use, but since my hands and arm are so bad now, it’s impossible for me to get up it. The garage is so small that the ramp that would make it possible for me to get into it, would block the washer and dryer from my access.
As for neighbors and church people...my church is so big that nobody makes an effort to be your friend, so nobody helps...we have one neighbor who helps with the lawn...he gets his boss’ rider mower to do his own lawn and comes to do ours too...though he didn’t do it this week yet, I’m wondering if he will. ...and we get rides to the store and to boyscout outings from a few outsiders...the boy has a few church contacts that are willing to give him a ride every now and then. Sometimes, it’s hard to find one of the contacts willing to help...it’s frustrating having to rely on others and finding that all of them are too busy to help when you need the help. That’s the only help we get from outsiders. We truly appreciate when we get help and totally understand when they have other things to do and can’t help.
So the ramp at the front door is steep? Is there any way to make that one a more gentle slope? Would that help you be able to maneuver more easily?
Just a thought...you say there’s an up-step from the garage into the house. So it’s not a full step — maybe 4 inches or so?
Would it work to build a small platform there and have the ramp go away from the utility area? It would be a small ramp with a very gentle slope if it’s built off of a shallow platform. And if it runs along side the wall, that would keep it out of the way.