Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Swanage

A Swanage lift is priced to the property, not from a fixed scale. The travel height, the model you choose and the demands of a Purbeck-stone cottage or a clifftop villa all shape the figure, so a domestic through-floor lift usually costs less than a commercial installation. We survey the property first, then provide a written, no-obligation quotation at no charge.

For most Swanage homes none is needed, because the lift sits entirely indoors as permitted development. The conservation area of the old town and the listed buildings are the exception, where internal changes to a listed home can also require consent. We confirm where your property stands before any work begins and handle the conservation and listed-building paperwork for you.

Three to five days is typical for a Swanage 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 very start.

Yes. Even an old, thick-walled Purbeck-stone cottage can usually take a lift, placed with care and finished to match the local stone. The shallow pit and slim footprint reach the floor above with light work, so the character of the home is kept intact.

It depends on whether a wheelchair has to travel. A stairlift carries a seated rider and leaves the wheelchair below. A platform lift carries the wheelchair or scooter up with the user, between the floors. For a Swanage home where a wheelchair is in use, the lift is generally the more capable and longer-lasting choice.

Yes. Servicing is part of every OnLevel installation. Once your Swanage lift is fitted, our engineers come back on a regular plan to inspect and test it, across Herston, Durlston, Langton Matravers and Studland, and respond quickly should a fault appear. Routine maintenance keeps the lift safe, reliable and compliant.

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 serves the Purbeck-stone cottages of the old town, where a traditional shafted lift simply could not be built.

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