Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Shipston-on-Stour

The figure depends on how many floors the lift serves, the finish you select and the building work the opening requires. A standard two-storey home lift in a Shipston-on-Stour house usually sits in the mid-five-figure range, while a wheelchair platform lift or a single-step lift comes in well below that. After a free survey we issue a fixed written quotation covering the lift, installation and certification, so the agreed figure is final.

An internal home lift or through-floor lift is treated as an alteration inside your existing home, so planning permission is rarely required. The Building Regulations cover the structural work, and we manage those for you. Where a property is listed or sits within the conservation area along the Georgian High Street, external or fabric alterations may need consent, and we will raise that at survey before any work is committed to.

Once your lift has been built to specification, most domestic installations in Shipston-on-Stour are completed within three to five working days. A through-floor lift that requires an opening cut between the floors can take a little longer, and a commercial platform lift depends on the surrounding builders' work. We provide a clear day-by-day schedule at the quotation stage, so you know exactly how the installation will unfold.

Yes. The tall three-storey Georgian townhouses along Shipston-on-Stour's High Street suit a home lift well, because their generous halls and landings give a clear corner for the self-supporting rail. We survey the floor structure and the way the rooms stack first, then place the car so it serves each landing cleanly without spoiling the proportions, original joinery or the elegant period staircase of the house.

It depends on what you need. A stairlift is the cheaper, faster choice where someone can transfer to a seat and travel without their wheelchair. A platform or through-floor lift suits Shipston-on-Stour better when the wheelchair has to travel too, when a tall Georgian staircase is too steep or formal for a rail, or when you want a discreet solution that protects the character and value of a fine old townhouse.

Yes. We service and maintain every lift we install across Shipston-on-Stour and the surrounding villages, including Stratford-upon-Avon, Moreton-in-Marsh, Ilmington and Tredington. Annual maintenance visits follow the EN 81-41 standard for domestic lifts, keeping each lift safe, smooth and certified. Our engineers carry the common spare parts, and we run a priority call-out service should anything need attention between your scheduled service visits.

Far less than most homeowners expect. A home lift takes up around one square metre, roughly the footprint of a small armchair, and rests on a shallow 150mm pit rather than a deep excavation. Because its rail supports its own weight, it can stand in a hall corner or against a chimney breast. We measure the room on survey and confirm the most compact practical position for your Shipston-on-Stour home.

Yes. We hold SafeContractor accreditation (CN8516) and use our own trained teams rather than subcontractors on every Shipston-on-Stour 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 confidence that the work meets the safety standards currently in force.