Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Chatham

Prices in Chatham are set per project. The total reflects how many floors the lift must serve, the model you choose and any extra work a steep hillside terrace or a Brompton period house 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 Chatham need no planning permission, because the work stays inside the building and alters nothing outside. If your home is a listed Georgian property in Brompton, or lies within a conservation area near the dockyard, separate consent may apply. For the estates at Walderslade and Luton this rarely arises. We confirm the position for your address before any work is booked.

A typical Chatham 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 Pentagon centre unit or a dockyard visitor venue may run longer where structural or compliance work is required. We confirm a clear timetable once we have surveyed the property thoroughly.

Yes. The Victorian terraces that climb the slopes above the dockyard have solid floors and narrow rooms, yet our compact lifts are made for that footprint. 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 steep hillside terrace above the dockyard, a platform lift carries a wheelchair, frame or scooter directly between floors and serves the whole house, which often makes it the more practical long-term choice for the property.

Yes. We service and maintain every lift we install across Chatham and the wider Medway area, from Walderslade and Luton to Brompton and Lordswood. Our engineers reach the streets above the Historic Dockyard, the Pentagon area and the Chatham Maritime waterfront 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 Chatham's hillside terraces and estate homes we site the lift where it costs the least usable space.

Yes. Our teams are SafeContractor accredited under CN8516, and every Chatham 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.