Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Hastings

We quote each Hastings job to the property, not a fixed rate. The travel height, the model chosen and the home — a narrow Old Town cottage differs from a St Leonards Regency house — all shape the figure, so a domestic through-floor lift usually costs less than a commercial scheme. After a survey, the written quotation is free and carries no obligation.

For most Hastings homes none is needed, because the lift sits entirely indoors as permitted development. The Old Town and St Leonards conservation areas and the many listed buildings are the exceptions, where external changes can require consent. We confirm where your property stands before any work begins and handle the conservation and building-regulations paperwork for you.

Three to five days is typical for a Hastings 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. Hastings sets the medieval cottages of the Old Town beside the Regency terraces of St Leonards and the Victorian houses of Clive Vale, 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 cottage or a recent build.

It depends on whether a moving floor or just a chair is needed. A stairlift gives a single rider a seat up the staircase. A platform lift gives the whole household a small lift between floors, wheelchair and all. For a Hastings home where someone uses a wheelchair, the lift is generally the more capable and lasting choice.

Yes. Every OnLevel lift comes with a service plan. After your Hastings lift is fitted, our engineers return on a regular schedule to inspect and test it, covering the Old Town, St Leonards and out to Ore and Bexhill, and come quickly if a fault arises. Steady servicing keeps the lift safe and dependable.

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 narrow Old Town cottages and the St Leonards terraces of Hastings, where a traditional shafted lift simply could not be built.

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