Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Kensington

A home platform lift in Kensington typically starts around 20,000 pounds and rises with the number of floors served, the finish and the cabin size. A four- or five-storey stucco townhouse needing several stops costs more than a two-stop lift. We give a fixed written quote after a site visit, with no obligation, so you have the complete figure before any work begins, with nothing added later.

An internal lift usually needs no planning permission, as it stays inside the existing house. Kensington lies almost entirely within conservation areas and holds many listed stucco terraces, so listed building consent can apply where protected fabric is touched. We assess this at survey and, where consent is needed, prepare clear drawings to support a smooth application to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Most home installations in Kensington take three to five days on site once the survey and any consents are settled. A two-stop lift is quicker; a tall townhouse serving four or five floors, or one needing extra builder's work, runs longer. We confirm a firm schedule in advance and keep disruption inside the house contained throughout the work.

Yes. Mansion flats and the tall stucco townhouses around the garden squares both suit our lifts, since a compact cabin rises through several storeys without a wide footprint. We site it beside the stair or in a hall, work around original cornicing and joinery, and because these buildings are usually listed we agree the detailing with the Royal Borough's conservation officers before any work begins.

For Kensington's four- and five-storey townhouses a platform lift is usually the stronger choice. A stairlift must wind up flight after flight, while a platform lift carries you in an enclosed cabin straight through the floors and takes a wheelchair, a frame or a companion. It also protects the value of a prime home, where a stairlift on the stairs reads as a temporary fix rather than a lasting solution.

Yes. We service and maintain every lift we install across Kensington and the neighbouring areas of Chelsea, Notting Hill, Holland Park, South Kensington and Earls Court. Servicing keeps the lift running safely and meets the EN 81-41 requirements for platform lifts. We offer planned maintenance contracts with priority callouts, and our own engineers carry out the visits, so the people who fitted your lift are the people who look after it.

Less than most residents imagine. A home lift cabin covers roughly a square metre, about the footprint of a small armchair, and runs from a standard socket with no separate plant room. In a Kensington townhouse we usually find that space beside the staircase or in a hall, so the lift fits without losing a bedroom or disturbing the proportions of the grand period rooms it serves.

Yes. We are SafeContractor accredited (CN8516) and use our own trained teams rather than subcontractors. Our home lifts meet EN 81-41 and our commercial lifts meet Part M and BS 8300:2018, so installations satisfy both safety and accessibility standards. Every lift is tested, certified and signed off before handover, giving Kensington homeowners and businesses a fully documented, compliant installation they can rely on.