Hi, my name is Mowatt1! Can I get a stair lift in my 2nd story flat?

Mowatt1
Mowatt1 Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited July 2024 in Housing and independent living
I live in a two storey flat and have osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and struggle with walking for long periods of time and struggle a little with the stairs, is there a remedy for lifts in the stair well of a two storey building? It’s a wide staircase with railing on the outside and none on the inside and I was thinking it may be possible to get a chair lift that goes up two levels ( 4 sets of stairs)? Anyone in similar circumstances ? 

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  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,423 Championing
    Hey there @Mowatt1 and welcome to the community! I hope you're keeping well today?

    We've got a few chair lift users in the community, so what I'm going to do is move your post and rename it, so more people in the know will be able to see it and hopefully offer some top advice.  I hope that's ok? 
  • Mowatt1
    Mowatt1 Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    I own the flat so no need for permission but I do have others in the building I’d have to consider, I just wondered if anyone had a similar issue and managed to get a chair lift put in over two floors which would be 4 flights of stairs? 
  • Mowatt1
    Mowatt1 Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Thanks for your input,and yes I would seek the right and correct permissions😊this goes without saying 😊.The issue is more if it can be done over two floors . I shall look into it more. 

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