Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Soham

It depends on the lift you choose, the number of floors it links and the particular layout of your property. A compact through-floor lift and a larger commercial passenger lift sit at very different price points. We provide a written quotation with no hidden charges, so the best route is to contact us for an accurate figure tailored to your Soham home or premises.

In most cases, no. A domestic platform lift is generally classed as permitted development and needs no planning consent. If your home is a listed cottage near St Andrew's church or sits within a conservation area, separate consent may be required. We check this at the survey stage and advise you on any approvals well before installation begins.

Most installations in Soham take three to five working days, covering delivery, fitting, commissioning and the LOLER safety inspection. Because the OnLevel lift comes factory-built and needs only a shallow 150mm pit, you skip the weeks of structural work a conventional shafted lift would involve. We set out the exact timeline in your written quotation before any work begins on site.

Yes. The older terraced and cottage homes around the market town can absolutely take a lift. Our units require no deep pit, no separate machine room and no significant structural change, so they suit Soham's compact fenland housing. A through-floor model in particular fits tight terraces neatly, rising through a single small opening rather than demanding a dedicated shaft.

For many Soham households it is. A platform lift moves you vertically between floors inside an enclosed car rather than seating you on a rail that follows the stairs. It carries a wheelchair, frame or scooter with you, gives a more dignified and independent experience day to day, and adds value to the home in a way a stairlift does not.

Yes. Servicing is part of every OnLevel installation. Once your Soham lift is in use, our engineers return on a planned maintenance programme to inspect, test and certify it, and respond quickly should a fault occur. Regular servicing keeps the lift safe, smooth and fully compliant across Soham, Ely, Newmarket, Fordham and the wider East Cambridgeshire area.

Usually far less than expected. A through-floor lift needs about the footprint of a large armchair and rises through one tidy opening in the ceiling, which suits the smaller terraced homes common in Soham. We measure carefully at the survey and recommend the most compact unit that still carries a wheelchair, so the lift works around your rooms rather than crowding them.

Yes. Our engineers hold SafeContractor accreditation under CN8516, meaning their health and safety practices have been independently vetted. Every Soham lift is built to the EN 81-41 safety standard alongside Part M of the Building Regulations and BS 8300:2018, installed by our own trained teams rather than subcontractors, and fully tested, certified and signed off before handover.