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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a huge home elevator fan. My mom has had one in her house for 55 years and it is incredibly reliable with a tweak about once a decade. If you have space in your house to fit one, it's much better than a stairlift because you don't have the separate problem of transporting equipment (walker, wheelchair) to the other floor. And once you have one available for moving heavy objects or elderly dogs, you won't look back. ;-)

I can't tell you how many elderly friends and now increasingly friends my age (50s-60s) faced with sudden disability have had to make a move in a hurry. The elevator solves that problem.

Mom's is serviced by Preferred Elevator, Baltimore-based but works in DC all the time. Very nice people and they will evaluate the options for your house.[/quote]

The ability to move stuff up and down would be awesome even now - my DH still moves furniture around as needed and it can't be good for his back...We have plenty of room for an elevator, but just don't know where it would go.   Sounds like a company like that could tell us.   [/quote]

Definitely. An elevator can fit in quite a small footprint; it's just a matter of finding space that works for all the levels it needs to reach. That level of 3D widget envisioning is more than my brain can handle, but the elevator people can figure it out. Here's their website: https://www.preferred-elevator.com/products/residential-elevators/[/quote]

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