Have you seen or heard about home lifts lately, or noticed that a friend or someone close to you has had one installed? That is because home lifts are becoming increasingly popular, and more and more households around the world are choosing to install one.
The home lift market has grown rapidly over the past decade. Installing a lift at home was once seen purely as a luxury, but today there are more home lift options on the market than ever before, and families worldwide are turning to them to make daily life more convenient and to prepare for a future in which age or mobility issues may make stairs difficult.
The facts behind the rising home lift trend:
- Home lifts have become an everyday lifestyle choice
- Home lift design and innovation have moved forward
- There is a wider range of home lifts to choose from
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- A shifting housing market
- Greater awareness
1. Home lifts have become an everyday lifestyle choice
Today, a home lift has become one way to add comfort and independence to everyday life.
People tend to put “home” at the top of their priorities. Some look for a house that is luxurious and fully equipped with every comfort. But there is another group, and it is growing, who want to stay in the home they already have for the rest of their lives without changing a thing. Adding a lift to your house gives you the freedom to reach every floor with complete peace of mind, without having to renovate or move all the important functions of the house down to the ground floor. Installing a lift in your existing home lets you carry on with daily life as normal, in the home you love, for as long as you wish, without worrying about your age or your physical ability in the years to come.
2. Home lift design and innovation have moved forward
Home lifts have changed enormously in recent years. Lifts were originally designed simply to carry people from one floor to another, but that has evolved with the times. Today’s lift innovation is not only about travelling between floors; it also adds safety, protection and self-help features that are easy to use without waiting for a technician to come out to the house. The design, too, has become far more modern and attractive than before.
In the past, lifts were designed only to carry people from one floor to another, but that has changed over time.
Today a lift for the home is not just about moving up and down between floors. It also has to be highly safe, both before and during use, easy to operate, genuinely convenient, and designed to look contemporary. A good example is our new Cibes Air home lift, with its easy-to-use functions and simple, timeless Scandinavian design.
Architects increasingly see the type of lift as an important decision, and when designing a house they take great care to choose a lift that suits the building and its interior. Today’s home lifts have a striking architectural quality. Modern designs, along with a wide choice of colours and patterns, allow a home lift to become part of your interior decoration.
3. There is a wider range of home lifts to choose from
Demand for home lifts has risen sharply in recent years, and the market now offers a wide variety of options: stairlifts, platform lifts, cabin lifts and shaftless lifts. These lifts differ not only in design but also in the user needs they meet and in price, so there is something to suit every budget and requirement. That is a major factor behind the strong growth of the home lift market.
4. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
While the use of lifts in public buildings fell during lockdowns, as people avoided shared lifts to help limit the spread of the virus, interest in lifts for the home went up, alongside the growing trend of working from home.
People were forced to spend more time at home than ever before. A lift makes daily life more comfortable and makes reaching every floor far easier. Why do we invest in the most modern kitchen, the most beautiful furniture and the latest technology, yet overlook the ultimate convenience of having a lift at home?
5. A shifting housing market
In many countries house prices have soared while the number of new residential projects has fallen, making it harder and harder to buy a new home, because buyers’ purchasing power has weakened in the current economy. People are looking for other ways to improve the home they already live in. Instead of moving to a new house, or one with the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen all on the ground floor, they are looking for a smarter option. Installing a lift in the home can be far better value than renovating the entire house or buying a new one.
Source: bloomberg
6. Greater awareness
A few years ago, when someone mentioned a home lift, a stairlift was probably the first thing that came to mind. Most people did not realise there were other options that were more affordable or more appealing for their home. As more manufacturers and suppliers offer platform lifts and passenger lifts with increasingly attractive designs, architects have started to treat the lift as a key element of their interior design plans as well. That is why we now see so many lifts installed in homes of every kind, from luxury villas to simple houses and townhouses. Interest in home lifts has clearly grown, and it shows in the rising number of internet searches for the term “home lift”.
Are you ready to be part of the new trend that makes your home more comfortable and ready for the future? Or has one of our lift models caught your eye because you love the design? We offer a wide range of home lifts and our sales team is highly experienced, so if you are thinking of installing a lift at home, we will gladly advise you on the model that best fits your space.
Get in touch with our team. We are happy to help and to give you all the information you need about the home lift you are looking for.
