Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Cambridge

Every Cambridge project is priced on its own rather than to a fixed rate. The travel height, the model you choose and the demands of a narrow Mill Road terrace or a larger house near the colleges all affect the figure, so a domestic through-floor lift usually costs less than a commercial installation. We survey the property first, then set out a written, no-obligation quotation at no charge.

For most Cambridge homes none is needed, because the lift sits entirely indoors and counts as permitted development. The exceptions are the central conservation areas and the city's many listed college and period buildings, where external changes can require consent. We confirm where your property stands before any work begins and handle the conservation and building-regulations paperwork for you.

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

Yes. Cambridge sets the Victorian terraces of Romsey and Petersfield beside the period houses near the colleges and the newer homes at Eddington, and OnLevel lifts suit them all. A shallow pit, the absence of a machine room and a slim footprint let a lift stand beside the stairs with light work, whether the house is a narrow terrace or a recent build.

It depends on the household. A stairlift seats one person on a single flight, while a platform lift serves every storey and carries a wheelchair, frame or scooter aboard. For a Cambridge home with a wheelchair user, or a tall terrace off Mill Road, the platform lift is usually the more capable choice and tends to add more value when the house is sold.

Yes. A maintenance plan comes with every lift we install. Once a lift is fitted in Cambridge, we look after it from Mill Road and Cherry Hinton out to Trumpington, Histon and Great Shelford, returning for scheduled safety checks and ready to attend should a repair be needed. Regular servicing keeps the lift reliable and compliant with the relevant standards.

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 is exactly how it fits the narrow Victorian terraces of Romsey and Mill Road in Cambridge, where a traditional shafted lift simply could not be built.

Yes. Our engineers hold SafeContractor accreditation under CN8516, and every Cambridge 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 we hand it over.