Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Fowey

A home platform lift in Fowey typically costs between roughly twelve and twenty-five thousand pounds, depending on the travel height, the number of floors served and the finishes you select. Commercial passenger and wheelchair lifts range more widely with capacity and door arrangement. As every tall estuary house differs, we provide a fixed written quotation after a free survey rather than an off-the-shelf figure.

An internal home lift almost never needs planning permission, because it stays within your own walls, and through-floor lifts are usually treated as permitted internal alterations. Listed estuary houses or properties in Fowey's conservation area can require consent, and commercial work may involve building control. We assess the position for your specific property and handle any application that turns out to be necessary.

Most home lifts in Fowey are fitted within three to five working days once delivered, while a simpler through-floor unit can often be installed in a single day. Commercial platform lifts take longer where building works are part of the job. After the survey we give you a firm timetable, so the installation can be planned around the festival and sailing seasons without disruption.

Yes. Fowey's townhouses stack high above the water and often have steep, winding staircases that a platform lift overcomes well. A through-floor model rises between storeys with no shaft, while a compact home lift fits into a narrow ground-floor corner. We survey the structure and floor build-up of the tall house first, then recommend the model that gives the cleanest route up between its many storeys.

Each suits a different case. A stairlift carries a seated person up the existing staircase and costs less, which works for many Fowey homes. A platform lift moves vertically and takes a wheelchair together with its user. Where the stairs have grown unsafe, or a wheelchair must reach an upper water-view room, the platform lift is the stronger and more durable choice for the household.

Yes. We service and maintain every lift we install across Fowey and the surrounding area, including Par, St Austell, Lostwithiel, Polruan and Bodinnick. Regular servicing keeps the lift safe, quiet and compliant, and our engineers carry common spares to resolve most issues on the first visit. A maintenance plan is arranged at handover, so cover is in place from the very first day.

Less than most people expect. A home lift occupies about the footprint of a small armchair and sits on a shallow 150mm pit, sparing a Fowey hillside house any deep excavation. A through-floor lift needs only a modest aperture between two rooms. During the survey we measure the available space carefully and show exactly where the car and its landing will sit.

Yes. We are SafeContractor accredited (CN8516) and install platform lifts to EN 81-41, with all work meeting Part M of the Building Regulations and BS 8300:2018. Installations across Fowey are carried out by our own trained teams rather than subcontractors, and every lift is tested, certified and signed off before handover, so you receive a fully compliant, ready-to-use installation.