Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Hitchin

Hitchin's homes are full of history: the Tudor and timber-framed houses of Tilehouse Street and Bancroft, the Georgian town houses around the market and Sun Street, the Victorian terraces of Walsworth built after the railway, and the 20th-century homes of Westmill and Oughton. As mobility changes, the staircase in any of these homes can become a daily difficulty. A home lift from OnLevel keeps you in your Hitchin home rather than facing a move. The Tudor and Georgian houses of the old streets were never 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 even a timber-framed house on Tilehouse Street gains a lift between floors with carefully limited structural work.

Shops, offices and public buildings across Hitchin — from the market and the independent shops of Sun Street and the Arcade to the offices around the town centre — 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 the independent retailers and the historic market of Hitchin, the cafés and shops of Sun Street, Bancroft and the Arcade, offices around the town centre, Hitchin Priory and other heritage venues, and care homes and GP surgeries across Walsworth and St Ippolyts. 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 Hitchin's older housing, where the Tudor and Georgian houses of Tilehouse Street and Bancroft leave little room for a more intrusive lift. Installation takes 3 to 5 days, even in the irregular layouts of Hitchin'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 Hitchin and the surrounding area — from the market and Bancroft to Walsworth, Charlton and St Ippolyts — 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.