Accessibility statement

We want everyone to be able to find and book an apartment in Netanya on this site — including people who use a screen reader, navigate by keyboard, enlarge the text or need high contrast. This statement sets out what the site does today, what is not finished, and how to reach us when something gets in your way.

The standard we work to

The site is built to the requirements of Israeli Standard IS 5568 (web content accessibility), which adopts the international WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA, as required by the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (Service Accessibility Adjustments), 5773-2013. We follow the newer WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 criteria where they are practical. No external auditor has certified the site, so we describe below what it actually does rather than claim a conformance level.

What the site does

• A “skip to content” link is the first thing the keyboard reaches on every page, so you can jump straight past the header.
• Semantic HTML: real headings, landmarks (header, navigation, main content, footer), lists and tables, so a screen reader can convey the structure.
• Everything you can click, you can also reach from the keyboard — links, buttons, the date calendar, the photo gallery and the language menu. The gallery opens in a real dialog: Escape closes it and focus returns to where you were.
• A visible focus outline follows the keyboard, on the pale sections and the dark ones alike.
• Text alternatives: every apartment photo carries a descriptive alt text, translated into all four languages. Purely decorative images are hidden from assistive technology.
• Body text and links are designed to meet a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 against their background. Two places fall short of that today — they are listed under the gaps below.
• Four languages, each with the correct language attribute, and a genuine right-to-left layout for Hebrew: the page is mirrored, not just re-typed.
• Nothing on the site plays sound, nothing flashes, and no form puts you on a clock. The photo slideshow on the home page does advance by itself, but it stops while you point at it or move keyboard focus into it, and it does not move at all if your system is set to reduce motion.
• Form fields have visible labels, and error messages are written in plain words and announced to assistive technology.
• Wide tables sit in a container you can scroll from the keyboard, and question-and-answer sections use native expandable elements.
• Pinch-zoom is never disabled, and the layout reflows down to a narrow phone screen.

Known gaps

We would rather be honest about what is unfinished. As of the date of this statement:

• Contrast: on the home page the headline sits over a photograph, and on some of those photographs it falls below our 4.5:1 target. The gold star glyphs on review cards are below it too, though the rating is also written out as a number beside them. Both are on the fix list.
• The home-page slideshow has no pause button yet. Pointing at it, moving focus into it, or a reduce-motion setting are what stop it today.
• We have not checked every page at 200% text size. A couple of full-height sections could clip a long heading before the rest of the page does.
• On a phone the header carries only the name and the language switcher. Until we build a proper mobile menu, the site navigation lives in the footer.
• A form error is announced as one message for the whole form rather than attached to the field that caused it.
• We link out to WhatsApp, Google Maps and OpenStreetMap, whose accessibility is not ours to control.
• The site has not been audited by an external certified accessibility auditor. We tested it ourselves with automated tooling across the main pages at phone and desktop sizes and fixed what it found, but that run predates the home-page slideshow.

Accessibility of the apartments themselves

This statement covers the website. The apartments are in ordinary residential buildings and are not certified accessible. Before you book, tell us what you need — step-free access, a lift, door widths, a walk-in shower, the distance to the beach — and we will answer honestly for each apartment so you can decide for yourself.

Found a problem? Tell us

If any part of the site is hard to use, or you would like the information in another format, contact our accessibility coordinator. We aim to reply within two business days and to treat real barriers as a priority.

• Accessibility coordinator: Liad Ohayon
• Email: liad142@gmail.com
• WhatsApp and phone: +972 52 660 2644

This statement was first published on 21 August 2026 and last reviewed on 23 August 2026. We review it whenever the site changes significantly, and at least once a year.