Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Folkestone

Folkestone's homes are shaped by the cliff and the coast: the tall Victorian villas and terraces along the Leas and the West End, the steep old-town houses near the Creative Quarter, the Edwardian streets of Foord and Cheriton, and the bungalows and newer homes towards Sandgate and Hawkinge. As mobility changes, the stairs in any of these properties can become a daily obstacle. A home lift from OnLevel keeps you in your Folkestone home and close to the sea you know. The tall Victorian villas of the Leas and the steep houses of the old town 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 multi-storey seafront house gains a lift between floors with limited structural work.

Galleries, cafés, shops and offices across Folkestone — from the Old High Street and Creative Quarter to the Harbour Arm and the Leas — have duties under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable access for disabled visitors and staff. In a town of steep streets and older buildings, a commercial OnLevel platform lift is often the most practical route to compliance. We work with the galleries, studios and independent shops of the Old High Street and Tontine Street, cafés and restaurants on the Harbour Arm, hotels and guest houses along the Leas, care homes and GP surgeries across Cheriton and Morehall, and venues within the Leas and Bayle conservation area. 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 practical choice for Folkestone's tall and often steeply built housing, where the Victorian villas of the Leas and the narrow old-town houses leave little room for a more intrusive lift. Installation takes 3 to 5 days, even in the tall, narrow layouts of a Folkestone seafront house. 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 home in use while the work is carried out.

Wheelchair users across Folkestone and the surrounding district — from the Leas and Cheriton to Sandgate, Morehall and Hythe — can regain independent movement between floors at home, or step-free access into 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.