Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Atherstone

The cost turns on how many floors the lift serves, the finish you pick and the amount of building work the opening needs. A standard two-storey home lift in an Atherstone property usually falls in the mid-five-figure range, with a wheelchair platform lift or a single-step lift costing considerably less. After a free survey we issue a fixed written quotation covering the lift, installation and certification, so there are no surprises later.

Internal home lifts and through-floor lifts are treated as alterations inside your existing house, so planning permission is not normally required. The relevant rules are the Building Regulations, which cover the structural side and which we deal with for you. Where a property is listed or sits in the conservation area near the old market street, external changes can need consent, and we point that out during the survey before work starts.

Once your lift has been built to specification, most domestic installations in Atherstone are finished within three to five working days. A through-floor lift that requires an opening cut between the floors may run slightly longer, and a commercial platform lift depends on the builders' work around it. We set out a clear day-by-day schedule at the quotation stage so the timetable is agreed before anyone arrives.

Yes. The tall Victorian and Georgian terraces along Long Street and the streets off the market are well suited to a home lift, despite their narrow plots, because the rail stands upright in a single corner. We check the floor joists and the stacking of the rooms first, then place the car so it reaches the landing without losing the use of a whole room or disturbing the period staircase.

Each suits a different situation. A stairlift is the cheaper, faster option where someone can sit on a seat and travel without their wheelchair. A platform or through-floor lift earns its place in Atherstone when the wheelchair must go up too, when a terraced staircase is too tight or twisting for a rail, or when you want a neat, lasting solution that keeps the value of the house intact.

Yes. We maintain every lift we install across Atherstone and the wider area, taking in Nuneaton, Tamworth, Polesworth and Mancetter. Annual maintenance visits follow the EN 81-41 standard for domestic lifts, keeping each one safe, smooth-running and certified year on year. Our engineers carry the common spare parts, and a priority call-out service is on hand should anything need attention between your scheduled service visits.

Far less than people expect in a narrow terrace. A home lift takes up roughly one square metre, about the footprint of a small armchair, and sits on a shallow 150mm pit rather than a deep excavation. Its self-supporting rail lets it stand in a hall corner or beside a chimney breast. We measure the room carefully on survey and confirm the tightest practical position for your Atherstone home.

Yes. We hold SafeContractor accreditation (CN8516) and use our own trained teams rather than subcontractors on every Atherstone installation. Home lifts go in to the EN 81-41 standard and commercial platform lifts to Part M and BS 8300:2018. Each lift is tested, certified and signed off before handover, so you are left with full documentation and the assurance that the work meets the current safety standards.