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[pscocoa]

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.

[tunnie]

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

[Varche]

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.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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.

[dad1uk]

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

[pscocoa]

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

cheers - was that for a straight or curvee version?

[ozzycat]

 i have a stanner stairlift i cant recomend them enough great pice of kit 

[dad1uk]

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

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.....

[pscocoa]

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.

[r1]

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