Home lift myths: pits, machine rooms, permits and GST
Lift companies contradict each other on pits, machine rooms, permits and GST. The straight answers for a home lift in Victoria.
Planning
Notes from a lift installer
Plain answers about home lifts in Victoria, from someone who fits them.
What happens to a home lift in a power cut?
A RISE 300 lowers on battery to the lowest landing in a power cut. What to ask any lift company, and how to plan for the day the power goes.
Safety
How a hydraulic home lift works
A pump, an oil-filled cylinder and a set of wire ropes: how a hydraulic home lift like the RISE 300 moves, and what it means for your house.
How it works
Building new? Plan the lift before the slab is poured
In a new build, a home lift needs a pit in the slab, a shaft on the plans, a cupboard and doors made to size. What to settle before the pour.
Planning
Planning a home lift for Mum or Dad
Planning a home lift for a parent in Victoria: talk to them first, check funding before anyone quotes, then get the house measured.
Planning
Will a home lift look like a hospital?
A home lift can suit your house: 51 cabin designs, 8 frame colours, clear or frosted glass, in your walls or in its own glass tower.
Design
Why the company that installs your lift should service it
Who services a home lift after handover decides how fast it gets fixed. What to ask any company, and how Rise Lifts services the RISE 300.
Service
Free 24-page Straight-Up Guide
Will it fit? What will it cost? Who can you trust?
Everyone asks me these three things about home lifts. This guide has my answers, and worksheets to work them out for your own house. Use it on any lift company, including us.
- Where a lift fits, and the eight numbers that decide it
- The all-in cost worksheet, and ten years of owning one
- 15 questions to ask any lift company, including us
- Who can help pay, and when a lift isn't the answer
It's yours.
Print it, grab a tape measure and work through it at the kitchen table. We've emailed you the link too.
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The straight answers
The long answers to what people ask first: cost, space, permits, funding and choosing a company.
Open the Straight-Up Guide- How much does a home lift cost in Melbourne? Every line of the job, the ten-year cost, GST and funding.
- How do you choose the best home lift company? The 15 questions to ask, the red flags, and five lift types compared.
- How is a home lift installed? Every step, who does it, how long it usually takes, and the sign-offs.
- Platform lift or home lift? The difference, the standards, the cost, and which one you need.
- How much space does a home lift need? Shaft sizes, the smallest lifts, pit, headroom and the eight measurements.
- What does a home lift quote leave out? The missing lines, what each costs, and the checklist for every quote.
- What does a home lift cost to run each year? Servicing, call-outs, parts that wear, and ten years of running costs.
- Is there funding for a home lift in Victoria? Support at Home, DVA, the NDIS and SWEP: what each covers and how to start.
- Do you need a permit for a home lift in Victoria? The building permit, planning permit, certificates and contracts.
- Can you put a lift in an existing house? Where it goes, what to check, and the eight measurements.
- Home lift, stairlift or moving? Six options side by side, and when a lift is the wrong answer.