Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Wells-next-the-Sea

We quote each Wells job against the property rather than giving a single price. The cost depends on how many floors the lift serves, the model you choose and whether it goes into a tall harbourside house or a larger home up the hill, so a home through-floor lift usually works out below a commercial one. We survey first, then issue a clear written quotation at no cost or obligation.

Most Wells homes need none, since the lift stands entirely indoors as permitted development. Much of the old town and quay falls within a conservation area where external alterations can require consent, although an internal lift seldom does. We confirm where your property stands before work begins and handle any conservation and building-regulations paperwork on your behalf.

Three to five days is normal for a Wells installation. Because the lift arrives factory-built and rests in a shallow 150mm pit, the house avoids the weeks of shaft and masonry work a conventional lift would need. We agree the timetable with you in advance, so each stage is planned and you know the completion date from the very start of the work.

Yes. The narrow houses behind the quay run up several storeys on cramped plots, yet an OnLevel lift suits them well. It needs only a shallow pit, no machine room and a slim footprint, so it can rise beside the staircase with light work. Whether the house is a former merchant's home or a later build up the hill, we can usually fit one inside.

It depends on what must travel upstairs. Where one person needs help on a single flight, a stairlift may be enough. Where a wheelchair or scooter has to reach the upper floor too, a platform lift is the answer, since it carries the user and the aid together across the full height of the house. Many Wells households choose the lift to keep that flexibility in hand.

Yes. A maintenance plan comes with every lift we install. Once a lift is fitted in Wells, we look after it across the town and out to Holkham, Stiffkey and Walsingham, returning for scheduled safety checks and ready to attend if a repair is needed. Regular servicing keeps the lift reliable and compliant with the standards that apply to it, for years to come.

Very little. The OnLevel lift asks only for a shallow 150mm pit and holds no separate machinery, so a corner of a room or the space beside the stairs is usually enough. That is how it fits the tall narrow houses behind the Wells quay and the cottages of the coastal villages, where a conventional shafted lift could never have been installed.

Yes. Our engineers hold SafeContractor accreditation under CN8516, and every Wells 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 fully tested, certified and signed off before handover, ready to use the moment we finish.