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Title: Stair lifts
Post by: pscocoa on 26 June 2012, 18:26:47
Has anyone out there got any recent experience of stairlifts?

Looking at Acorn, Stannah, Bison etc - need a curved one for my aunt.

New price from Acorn is £4995 - ebay £2500 to £3995  for Bison

My father has Acorn which is reliable but £4995 is a bit hefty.
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: tunnie on 26 June 2012, 18:30:01
If there is a curve in the stairs, it makes them considerably more expensive!

Stannah are not cheap, but appear to be fairly well built and reliable
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: Varche on 26 June 2012, 19:03:31
Can you get the council to install one?

We did. They put in a lift as the stairs has a dog leg. Has been a godsend to both rellies.
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 26 June 2012, 19:06:26
Has anyone out there got any recent experience of stairlifts?

Looking at Acorn, Stannah, Bison etc - need a curved one for my aunt.

New price from Acorn is £4995 - ebay £2500 to £3995  for Bison

My father has Acorn which is reliable but £4995 is a bit hefty.


 Never accept the initial asking price. The Acorn guy dropped the price to £1700........but we ended up paying £1300 for an identical one from Age Concern, complete with three year warranty and 365/24/7 call out.

Arm yourself with plenty of quotes. :y
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 26 June 2012, 19:08:51
Has anyone out there got any recent experience of stairlifts?

Looking at Acorn, Stannah, Bison etc - need a curved one for my aunt.

New price from Acorn is £4995 - ebay £2500 to £3995  for Bison

My father has Acorn which is reliable but £4995 is a bit hefty.


 My ninety year old mother has recently had a stair lift fitted. Never accept the initial asking price. The Acorn guy dropped the price to £1700 ........but we ended up paying £1300 for an identical one from Age Concern, complete with three year warranty and 365/24/7 call out.

Arm yourself with plenty of quotes. :y
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: dad1uk on 26 June 2012, 20:20:57
My Mum has had an Acorn one fitted, the first quote was frightening and she turned it down.
They strangely found a demonstration one that fitted perfectly for just under £3000.
Don't accept the first quote..... its a buyers market :y
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: pscocoa on 26 June 2012, 20:23:19
My Mum has had an Acorn one fitted, the first quote was frightening and she turned it down.
They strangely found a demonstration one that fitted perfectly for just under £3000.
Don't accept the first quote..... its a buyers market :y

cheers - was that for a straight or curvee version?
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: ozzycat on 26 June 2012, 23:20:43
 i have a stanner stairlift i cant recomend them enough great pice of kit  :y :y :y
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: dad1uk on 27 June 2012, 08:04:08
My Mum has had an Acorn one fitted, the first quote was frightening and she turned it down.
They strangely found a demonstration one that fitted perfectly for just under £3000.
Don't accept the first quote..... its a buyers market :y

cheers - was that for a straight or curvee version?

It was for a straight one, but all they do is bolt extensions to the track. They changed the bottom of Mum's for a folding bit because it was right by the front door, so the curve shoudn't be a problem.....
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: pscocoa on 27 June 2012, 22:54:31
thanks all - my aunt insisting on a new one not recon - so fair enough. Further complication is width of stairs - very narrow at her house so had to go for single track Acorn where chair sits on rack as opposed to others where chair sits outside of a double track. Got them down to £4200, Stannah wanted £5k for a curved as starting price.

Had to sort urgently.
Title: Re: Stair lifts
Post by: r1 on 27 June 2012, 23:37:49
my dad had a stannah one fitted on the 2 of the month paid 3500
on the 5 he died
stannah gave us 600 pounds for it