Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Ely

Every Ely project is priced on its own rather than to a set rate. The travel height, the model you pick and the demands of a period house near the cathedral or a newer home off Lynn Road all shape the figure, so a domestic through-floor lift usually costs less than a commercial installation. We survey the property first and then give you a written, no-obligation quotation at no charge.

For most Ely homes none is needed, because the lift sits entirely indoors and counts as permitted development. The exception is the Ely conservation area around the cathedral and the city's many listed buildings, where external changes can require consent. We confirm where your property stands before any work and handle the conservation and building-regulations paperwork for you.

Three to five days is normal for an Ely 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 start.

Yes. Ely sets Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces beside the cottages of the fen villages and the new homes north of the city, and OnLevel lifts suit them all. A shallow pit, no machine room and a slim footprint let a lift stand beside the stairs with light work, whether the house is a listed property 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 an Ely home with a wheelchair user, or a tall period house near the Market Place, the platform lift is usually the more capable choice and tends to add more value.

Yes. A maintenance plan comes with every lift we install. Once a lift is fitted in Ely, we look after it from the city centre out to Soham, Littleport and Haddenham, returning for scheduled safety checks and ready to attend if a repair is 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 how it fits the older cottages and terraces of Ely, where a traditional shafted lift simply could not be built.

Yes. Our engineers hold SafeContractor accreditation under CN8516, and every Ely 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.