The question everyone about to install a home lift asks is: how much does a home lift cost? Everyone wants a price range. In Thailand, home lifts run from a couple of hundred thousand baht all the way up to several million, depending on the 9 factors below plus the brief you give the lift company when they work out what a home lift for your house will cost.
Home Lift Prices at a Glance
Starting with the price of a 2-storey home lift , the market can be split into the three price bands below:
- Budget-friendly home lifts : starting from just under 200,000 baht – 600,000 baht
- Mid-range home lifts : starting from approximately 600,000 – 1,200,000 baht
- Premium home lifts for buildings or luxury homes (High-End/Luxury) : starting from approximately 1,300,000 baht upwards. Most of these are intelligent Smart Lifts that come with advanced lift technology , premium imported materials and striking design both inside and outside the lift — or even the ability of the lift company to customise the style and character of the lift to match your building, office, hotel, hospital, luxury home or even your penthouse .
What follows are the 9 overall factors that make a home lift cheap or expensive. Have your answers to these ready when you brief a lift company, so the quotation you get back helps you choose the home lift that suits you best.
1. The Drive System Affects Home Lift Price
A comparison of lift types: platform screw-driven lifts, cabin screw-driven lifts, hydraulic lifts and traction lifts
There are four main lift systems : traction (cable) lifts , hydraulic lifts , vacuum lifts and screw-driven lifts . They differ in mechanism, in the materials used to build them and in how they are installed, which is why the price of these four types of home lift also differs. Which one you choose depends on your brief — for example:
Traction (Cable) Lifts
A traction lift in an office building
Traction lifts suit high-rise and office buildings of more than 6 floors, where there is enough space to dig a lift pit , build a lift shaft and set aside room on the top floor for a lift machine room . This type of lift needs its shaft planned in from the structural stage, which is why you see it so often in office towers, shopping malls and similar buildings. And importantly, if you want this lift in your home, preparing the space alone costs no less than 600,000 baht.
Screw-Driven Lifts
A Cibes screw-driven home lift — a premium prefabricated lift shipped in parts and assembled at your home or building
Screw-driven lifts suit houses, especially houses that are already built and have no lift shaft prepared, or buildings where the installation space is narrow and awkward. A screw-driven lift is easy to install, essentially a prefabricated lift that arrives in parts and is assembled on site. Cibes Lift also calls it an MRL Lift (Machine Roomless Lift), or a lift with no machine room. This type of lift needs no pit, comes with its own shaft on some models and, as the name says, needs no machine room the way a traction lift does, so it saves space and can be installed quickly in 5-7 days.
2. Building Height, Number of Stops and Lift Door Openings
A Cibes lift floor plan
Some people have a 4-storey house, want a home lift serving 4 floors but only need it to stop on the 2nd and 4th floors — and sometimes they want the doors on floors 2 and 4 to open on different sides. This is another brief that can make a home lift cheaper or more expensive. Some lift types handle door configurations easily, especially the Cibes V80 platform screw-driven lift
What Sets Cibes Lift Apart on Height and Stops
A Cibes lift door plan showing the positions where doors can open on up to 3 sides
- No constraints from a boxed-in cabin as with other lift types
- Doors can open on up to 3 sides (except the side with the lift control panel)
- You choose the stops, and the lift can serve up to 6 floors
And what is really interesting is that a Cibes lift does not have to sit on the ground — it can just as easily be installed on the floor slab of a duplex or penthouse condominium.
3. Lift Size and Load Capacity
How the home lift will be used determines the next factor. A lift installed so your parents no longer have to climb the stairs may not need to be large. A lift for a wheelchair user needs to be somewhat bigger. And a lift that has to take a patient bed needs to be much bigger again.
Cibes lifts come in up to 41 sizes, covering a wide range of needs
The Smallest Lift (1 sq.m.)
The compact Cibes Lift model, just 1 sq.m. in size
Our smallest lift measures 1,020 × 980 mm (about 1 sq.m.) with a maximum load of 300 kg (2-3 passengers). Several models are available, differing by design and by your brief.
- Cibes Uno : Ideal for anyone who wants a compact lift, with an installation footprint of about 1-2 sq.m. and a limited budget
- Cibes V70 : Ideal for homes that already have a lift shaft but want the high safety of a screw-driven system
- Cibes V80 : The Cibes platform lift introduced above — luxurious design with a wide choice of interior finishes to match your home’s theme
- Cibes V90 : Cibes Lift’s top screw-driven lift, cabin-style with a glass shaft, premium design and the same interior finish options as the Cibes V80
Lifts for Elderly Wheelchair Users and People with Disabilities
Cabin dimensions for wheelchair users
The cabin of a wheelchair lift has to be wide enough to take both the wheelchair and its user comfortably, although the dimensions vary from model to model.
- For lifts used in homes, the minimum size is 1,000 x 1,267 mm (width x depth), since homes tend to be space-constrained
- For lifts in public areas, the standard size is 1,000 x 1,467 mm (width x depth), since public buildings have stricter safety rules and wheelchair users need more room to manoeuvre
Here we recommend the Cibes Air because this model is designed with a non-slip floor and a grab-handle control panel for the safety of elderly and wheelchair users.
The Largest Lift (1,000 kg Capacity)
The Cibes Extra, a large lift in a small healthcare facility
Our largest lift measures 1,895 x 2,610 mm with a maximum load of 1,000 kg (9-10 passengers). Here we recommend the Cibes Extra which suits use as a hospital lift or in a small healthcare facility that needs to move patient beds.
The Cibes cabin area compared with a conventional lift
And importantly, the Cibes cabin area is far more spacious than that of other lift systems.
4. Home Lift Safety
Lift safety is another thing that sets the price. A good home lift has to be certified to world-class standards — standards that have existed since 1921 — so users can feel completely at ease. You can read more in our article 3 Home Lift Quality Certificates You Must Know Before Buying!
Cibes Home Lifts Hold All 3 Certifications
1. Home lift safety standard certificate certified to EN 81-41: 2022 . The EN standard is the European standard developed and published by CEN – Comité Européen de Normalization (the European Committee for Standardization)
2. The most comprehensive directive certificate for machinery certified to MD 2006/42/EC , known as the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, which requires companies producing machinery and equipment for the EU market to apply the CE Mark
3. Safe home lift speed certificate certified by SIL3 by Liftinstituut , which means this lift meets European safety standards
Our lift factories in Sweden and China are also certified to the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard and Cibes Lift home lift products have passed the strictest European CE safety certification available today. So it is no surprise that Cibes Lift is the market leader in premium home lifts for buildings and luxury homes.
5. The Home Lift Shaft
The shaft of a traction lift
If you did not plan a lift shaft when the house was built — or you did prepare one but without knowing the lift dimensions from the start — you will end up paying to build a new shaft. Shaft construction is often not included in the home lift price, and can start at around 500,000 baht, depending on the construction company or contractor.
The shaft of the Cibes Lift V80 Galaxy, a screw-driven lift that comes with a premium glass shaft
Another option is to install a lift that comes with its own shaft: the Cibes V90 home lift or the Classic home lift — easy to install, with no costly, time-consuming renovation of your home.
6. Site Preparation Costs, Such as the Pit and Machine Room
Installing a lift can bring hidden costs that do not come with the lift itself, such as digging the pit and building the machine room. The lift types that need a pit and a machine room are mostly traction systems, and the extra cost can run to around 150,000-300,000 baht — for example:
- Digging the lift pit can start at 50,000-100,000 baht for a pit of about 1-1.5 metres*
- Building the lift machine room can start at 100,000-300,000 baht for a room of 6-8 sq.m. and about 2.5 metres high*
With home lifts, on the other hand, a compact screw-driven lift like Cibes needs no pit and no machine room, so it saves you that cost entirely.
*For pricing, you should research further and consult the lift company that requires a machine room, or a construction company or contractor, to get a more accurate figure.
7. Home Lift Technology
Certificate from Liftinstituut confirming that Cibes EcoSilent technology reaches Energy Label A efficiency
Home lifts are no different from cars, computers or mobile phones: the technology has to keep advancing, especially in quiet operation and energy efficiency. At Cibes Lift, our Swedish engineering team has developed lift technology continuously, and our latest models run the newest EcoSilent 2.0 system, cutting energy use by more than 45%, drawing only 215 kWh per year — less than a modern washing machine — while drive noise is just 40 decibels, about the level of a library.
8. Lift Design
Cibes home lifts offer premium shaft colours in more than 300 shades
A home lift is a piece of furniture in the house, so many homeowners, architects and contractors care deeply about design detail and how it fits the mood and tone of the home. And when a home lift lets you choose the colour, the pattern or flooring inside the cabin, or even glass versus solid panels, the price will certainly be higher.
9. The Lift Company’s Credibility and After-Sales Service
Cibes technicians are trained to European Union standards
After-sales service is the last price factor. Every type of home lift needs regular inspection and lift maintenance for user safety — and if something does go wrong, how quickly the technical and after-sales teams can get to you matters.
Cibes Lift’s Credibility and After-Sales Service
- Cibes Lift has installed more than 100,000 lifts since 1947 (now in its 78th year)
- A quality warranty of more than 10 years (on the screw and nut)
- 24-hour after-sales service, call 02-114-6998
- Our expert technicians are trained by the Swedish team, so service meets the same standard worldwide
- Maintenance is required only once a year, unlike other brands that still need 2-3 visits a year, because Cibes Lift has an IoT system for remote monitoring, along with quality materials and manufacturing technology — saving time for homeowners and building owners
So choosing a credible brand with long experience will always cost more, but what you get in return is safety and peace of mind for you and your family.
