Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Bishops Stortford

Bishops Stortford's homes span its history: the Georgian and timber-framed houses of Windhill, North Street and Hockerill in the old town, the Victorian terraces built after the railway arrived in 1842, and the large modern estates of Thorley Park, St Michael's Mead and Bishop's Park. As mobility changes, the staircase in any of these homes can become a daily difficulty. A home lift from OnLevel keeps you in your Bishops Stortford home rather than facing a move. The Georgian houses of the old town and the terraces near the centre were not built around a lift shaft, but the OnLevel residential lift needs only a 150mm pit and no machine room. It fits beside the staircase or into a corner, so an old-town townhouse or a Thorley Park family home gains a lift between floors with limited structural work.

Shops, offices and public buildings across Bishops Stortford — from the market and the Jackson Square centre to the Rhodes Arts Complex and the business parks near Stansted — have duties under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable access for disabled visitors and staff. In a town of so many period and listed buildings, a commercial OnLevel platform lift is often the least intrusive route to compliance. We work with retailers in the Jackson Square centre and the independent shops of the old town, the market and cafés around Windhill, offices and the Rhodes Arts Complex, the business parks serving Stansted Airport, care homes and GP surgeries across Hockerill and Thorley, and heritage venues near Waytemore Castle. Tell us about your premises and we will provide a no-obligation quotation matched to your building. Our lifts comply with Part M of the Building Regulations, BS 6440:2023 and BS 8300:2018.

A through-floor lift rises between storeys through a compact opening in the ceiling — no external shaft, no deep excavation, no machine room. That makes it a sympathetic choice for Bishops Stortford's older housing, where the Georgian and timber-framed houses of Windhill and the old town leave little room for a more intrusive lift. Installation takes 3 to 5 days, even in the irregular layouts of Bishops Stortford's period homes. The factory-built lift is fixed into a prepared opening and the surround finished to match the room. Its small footprint keeps the rest of the house in use while the work is carried out.

Wheelchair users across Bishops Stortford and the surrounding area — from the old town and Hockerill to Thorley, Sawbridgeworth and Stansted Mountfitchet — can regain independent movement between floors at home, or step-free entry to commercial premises, with a wheelchair platform lift from OnLevel. We supply vertical platform lifts for full storey-height travel and step lifts for raised entrances. Every wheelchair lift meets DDA requirements and is certified for indoor and outdoor use.