Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Thatcham

A Thatcham lift is priced to the property, not from a fixed scale. The travel height, the model you choose and the demands of an old Broadway cottage or a Dunston Park house all shape the figure, so a domestic through-floor lift usually costs less than a commercial installation. We survey the property first, then provide a written, no-obligation quotation at no charge.

For most Thatcham homes none is needed, because the lift sits entirely indoors as permitted development. The conservation area around the old Broadway and church and any listed building are the exception, where external changes can require consent. We confirm where your property stands before any work begins and handle the building-regulations paperwork for you.

Three to five days is typical for a Thatcham installation. Because the lift arrives factory-built and sits in a shallow 150mm pit, the home avoids the weeks of shaft and masonry work a conventional lift would involve. We agree the timetable with you in advance, so each stage is planned and the completion date is clear from the very start.

Yes, and the modern houses of Dunston Park and the newer estates make it easy. Their even floor heights and a handy corner or hall let the lift go in cleanly, on a shallow pit and with no machine room, finished to match the decor. The work involved is generally light.

It depends on whether a wheelchair has to travel. A stairlift carries a seated rider and leaves the wheelchair below. A platform lift carries the wheelchair or scooter up with the user, between the floors. For a Thatcham home where a wheelchair is in use, the lift is generally the more capable and longer-lasting choice.

Yes. Servicing is part of every OnLevel installation. Once your Thatcham lift is fitted, our engineers come back on a regular plan to inspect and test it, across Cold Ash, Greenham, Crookham and Bucklebury, and respond quickly should a fault appear. Routine maintenance keeps the lift safe, reliable and compliant.

Very little. The OnLevel lift asks only for a shallow 150mm pit and houses no separate machinery, so a corner of a room or the space beside the staircase is usually enough. That suits homes from an old Broadway cottage to a modern Dunston Park house.

Yes. Our engineers hold SafeContractor accreditation under CN8516, and every Thatcham lift is built to the EN 81-41 safety standard alongside Part M of the Building Regulations and BS 8300:2018. The work is carried out by our own trained teams rather than subcontractors, and each lift is fully tested, certified and signed off before handover.