Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Falmouth

A home lift in Falmouth typically costs between fifteen and thirty thousand pounds, depending on how many floors it serves, the finish you choose and how the building is constructed. A tall Victorian terrace above the harbour may need more groundwork than a modern Penryn house. We give a fixed written quotation after a free survey, so the price is settled up front with no extra costs slipped in later.

Generally not. A home lift fitted within the property counts as permitted development, so no planning permission is required in Falmouth. Listed buildings near Pendennis or the old town, and homes in a conservation area, can be different, and external lifts may need consent. We check the position for your address before any work and arrange Building Regulations approval where it applies, so nothing is overlooked.

A typical home or platform lift in Falmouth takes three to five working days to install. The unit comes factory-built, so most of the time on site is spent forming the opening, fitting the lift and finishing the surround. We arrange the work around your household so the home stays usable, returning rooms to you as each stage of the installation is finished.

Yes. The tall Victorian terraces climbing the hill above Falmouth harbour suit a through-floor or shaft lift well, as their high ceilings give a clean vertical run. Our engineers survey the floors first, place the lift to preserve the room layout, and finish the surround to match existing joinery so it settles comfortably into the period interior of the house.

It depends on the user. A stairlift suits someone who can walk a little and move onto a seat, and is the cheaper option. A platform lift carries a wheelchair user, their chair and a helper between floors without transferring, with a smoother, more dignified ride. For a wheelchair user in a multi-storey Falmouth home, the platform lift is usually the better long-term answer.

Yes. We provide service and maintenance contracts across Falmouth and the surrounding area, covering Penryn, Mylor, Flushing, Mabe Burnthouse, Budock Water and Mawnan Smith. Regular servicing keeps a lift safe, smooth and dependable and meets the manufacturer's requirements. Our own engineers carry out the visits, attend any callouts, and keep full records of every check and adjustment made to your lift.

Less than people often assume. A through-floor home lift takes a footprint of around one square metre, about the size of an armchair, plus clear floor above. It needs only a shallow 150mm pit and no separate machine room. In a narrow Falmouth terrace we position the lift carefully so the living space below stays as open and practical as we can make it.

Yes. Our engineers are SafeContractor accredited (CN8516) and work to EN 81-41, Part M of the Building Regulations and BS 8300:2018. Every Falmouth installation is carried out by our own trained teams rather than subcontractors, and each lift is tested, certified and signed off before handover. That gives you a fully compliant, properly documented installation and one accountable team from survey through to completion.