Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Ashford

Prices in Ashford are set per project. The total reflects how many floors the lift must serve, the model you select and any extra work a three-storey estate house or a busy retail unit requires, 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 completely free of charge.

Most internal home lifts in Ashford need no planning permission, since the work stays inside the property and alters nothing outside. If your home is a listed building in the old town near the parish church, separate consent can apply. For the modern estates at Singleton or Kingsnorth this rarely arises. We confirm the position for your address before any work is arranged.

A typical Ashford home lift is installed within three to five days from starting on site. A simple through-floor unit can be quicker, while a commercial passenger lift serving a unit at the Designer Outlet or an office beside the M20 may run longer where structural or compliance work is needed. We confirm a clear timetable once we have surveyed the property.

Yes. The 1930s semis around Willesborough and Kennington have suspended timber floors and generous rooms, which suits our lifts well. A through-floor model needs only a small opening between storeys, while a shafted home lift fits into a corner with a shallow 150mm pit and no machine room. We assess the joists and layout, then position the lift to suit the house.

It depends on the home. A stairlift costs less and suits one straight flight, but it seats a single user and each unit handles only one flight. In a three-storey house on the Singleton estates, a platform lift carries a wheelchair, frame or scooter directly between floors and serves the whole property, which often makes it the more practical choice over time.

Yes. We service and maintain every lift we install across Ashford and the surrounding villages, from Kennington and Willesborough to Charing and Wye. Our engineers reach the town centre near County Square, the estates at Kingsnorth and Singleton, and the parks beside the M20 on planned visits. We offer maintenance contracts with priority response, keeping each lift safe, smooth and compliant year after year.

Less than most owners imagine. A through-floor lift takes about the footprint of an armchair on each floor and needs only a modest opening between them. A shafted home lift occupies a corner of a room with a shallow 150mm pit and no machine room. In Ashford's semis and modern estate homes we site the lift where it costs the least usable space.

Yes. Our teams are SafeContractor accredited under CN8516, and every Ashford 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 tested, certified and signed off before handover, so it is ready to use the moment we finish.