Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Long Melford

Each Long Melford project is priced individually rather than to a set rate. The travel height, the model selected and the demands of a timber-framed cottage near the green or a newer home towards Sudbury all shape the figure, so a domestic through-floor lift usually costs less than a commercial scheme. We survey the property first and then provide a written, no-obligation quotation at no charge to you.

For most Long Melford homes none is needed, since the lift sits wholly indoors as permitted development. With a conservation area along the main street and many listed, timber-framed and Georgian buildings, external alterations can sometimes require consent. We confirm exactly where your property stands before any work begins, and handle the conservation and building-regulations paperwork on your behalf.

Three to five days is typical for a Long Melford installation. Because the lift arrives factory-built and sits in a shallow 150mm pit, the home avoids the weeks of shaft and masonry work a conventional lift would involve. We agree the timetable with you in advance, so each stage is planned around your household and the completion date is clear from the very start.

Yes. The main street is lined with period townhouses, from timber-framed cottages to Georgian frontages, and an OnLevel lift suits their proportions. A shallow pit, no machine room and a slim footprint let the lift stand beside the staircase with only light work, and where a Long Melford house is listed we arrange the consents and finish the surround to sit naturally within its period rooms.

It depends on the household. A stairlift handles a single straight flight for one seated user but cannot carry a wheelchair or scooter to the landing. A platform lift does exactly that, joining the floors in full. For a Long Melford home where a resident depends on a wheelchair, that capability usually makes the platform lift the more sensible long-term choice for the property.

Yes. A maintenance plan comes with every lift we install. Once a lift is fitted in Long Melford, we look after it from Holy Trinity church and the green out to Sudbury, Lavenham and Cavendish, returning for scheduled safety checks and ready to attend if a repair is needed. Regular servicing keeps the lift reliable, safe and compliant with the relevant standards over time.

Very little. The OnLevel lift asks only for a shallow 150mm pit and houses no separate machinery, so a corner of a room or the space beside the staircase is usually enough. That is how it fits the timber-framed cottages near the green in Long Melford, where a conventional shafted lift simply could not be built into the available space.

Yes. Our engineers hold SafeContractor accreditation under CN8516, and every Long Melford 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.