Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Whickham

A Whickham lift is priced to the property, not from a fixed scale. The travel height, the model you choose and the demands of a stone merchant's house or a hillside detached home all shape the figure, 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 at no charge.

For most Whickham homes none is needed, because the lift sits entirely indoors as permitted development. The conservation area around the green and listed buildings are the exception, where external changes can require consent. We confirm where your property stands before any work begins and handle the conservation and building-regulations paperwork for you.

Three to five days is typical for a Whickham 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 and the completion date is clear from the very start.

Yes — the big merchant houses of Whickham are ideal for a lift. With high ceilings, half-landings and roomy hallways, it can be sited out of the way and trimmed to match the period. The shallow pit and compact footprint let it link two or three floors without major building work.

It depends on whether a wheelchair has to travel. A stairlift carries a seated rider and leaves the wheelchair below. A platform lift carries the wheelchair or scooter up with the user, between the floors. For a Whickham home where a wheelchair is in use, the lift is generally the more capable and longer-lasting choice.

Yes. Servicing is part of every OnLevel installation. Once your Whickham lift is fitted, our engineers come back on a regular plan to inspect and test it, across Sunniside, Swalwell, Fellside and Dunston, and respond quickly should a fault appear. Routine maintenance keeps the lift safe, reliable and compliant.

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 serves the hilltop houses of Whickham, where families would rather adapt than give up the views.

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