Emma Luddington, RIBA Chartered Architect and accessibility specialist, is now working alongside
Stiltz Home Lifts to provide expert insight and guidance on assisted living in the home.
Multi-award winning manufacturer Stiltz and its domestic Duo+ Trio+ home lifts provide safe access between floors for people struggling to use the stairs. As a popular alternative to old fashioned stairlifts, Stiltz Home Lifts offers safe and comfortable transfer, bringing many well-being and safety benefits. At the same time, the contemporary styling of the products can add value to a property. A domestic lift ensures homeowners can remain independent, avoid costly building work and enables them to continue to live in the home they love, even if mobility becomes challenging.
Stiltz Home Lifts believes in providing clear and objective information so the right decisions can be made when it comes to home accessibility. This is why the decision to work more closely with a specialist in homes for later living, was taken.
The concept of new homes being ‘smart ready’ and suitable for later life is rapidly gathering pace. Stiltz Home Lifts are delighted to be partnering with Emma Luddington RIBA and her home assessment consultancy, Living Well at Home. Together, they plan to influence trends, support homeowners and assist property developers in understanding how important it is to ensure those who are less mobile are able to continue living in areas where there are a mix of age groups and family types.
Endorsing the range of Stiltz domestic lifts, Emma says: “I’m delighted to be working closely with Stiltz so we can help more people age in place. I am pleased to introduce Stiltz Home Lifts to clients as I believe they provide a high quality and stylish asset to any domestic property. The vision of Living Well at Home is to provide adaptations that do not compromise aesthetics, yet offer practical safety and easier living solutions, perfectly reflected by the Stiltz range. Together, we have pledged to help educate everyone with an interest in home accessibility – from those futureproofing houses to homeowners in crisis.”
Emma Luddington has over 25 years’ broad experience in inclusive architecture, design and project management, strategic planning, policy development, housing governance and regulation. She has served as a built environment expert for the Design Council, non-executive director of Habinteg (accessible homes housing association) and co-chair of the National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC).
Emma now provides age-friendly property assessments which highlight suitable adaptations for homeowners, property developers and professionals such as interior designers, other Architects and those working in healthcare.
Insightful signposting from businesses such as Stiltz and its domestic lifts is now even more important as the UK is facing a serious shortage of suitable housing. As our population ages, only 9% of homes currently have any kind of adaptation for better accessibility. This means safe and comfortable living could be severely under threat in years to come. By 2050, one in four people will be over 652 with a growing number of the population struggling to access upstairs living space. There is a tangible risk to health and safety with the possibility of an even bigger strain on the NHS and social care.
The choice to move to a bungalow will continue to be limited by a shortage of stock3 and later living apartment prices will increase with the growth in demand. Stiltz Home Lifts objective is to contribute to combat this major problem by supplying quality home lifts and qualified advice, underpinned by the independent endorsement of a well-respected later-living architect.
Easy to arrange lots of information, No problems with fitting, payment taken in stages, last payment when job was completed. Everyone was friendly from start to finish.
My experience with Stiltz Homelifts. Just over a month ago, I had my Stiltz lift installed and I am so pleased with it. The workmen that came and fitted it were very professional and knew what they were doing. They were so professional I would not hesitate to recommend Stiltz lifts to anybody.
Great looking product, knowledgeable sales people, fitters work clean quickly and polite. Definitely recommend.
Great stylist lift, had for six months without a hitch. Installed by company staff not subcontractors. Cannot fault the lift, buying experience, installation, service. Good company ethos and made in UK.
From the very beginning with the initial construction to the finished product. I have never seen such polite men with an equal work ethic. They cleaned as they went each day. The pets were never in harm. The finished product is awesome. Couldn’t be more pleased
Excellent from beginning to end – and beyond.
Everybody we dealt with at Stiltz was very helpful and efficient, from the initial meeting with Nick Sale, the sales rep, thorough technical inspection, the builders, installers, plumber, electrician, and excellent follow up service and attention. My husband’s life is transformed and mine is much easier. Thank you Stiltz.
Elegant lift, promptly installed by careful and tidy fitters who removed their rubbish the following day. A fair price and an envied addition to our home.
I have been astounded and gratified by the levels of service we have received from every member of the Stiltz teams we have dealt with. A superb lift with exceptional service!
An excellent company from the first contact to the completed project. All personnel were friendly and very polite but stayed extremely professional throughout. Having been in the construction industry for over 40 years I was aware the preparation work was carried out to a high standard by the best of trades people. The lift itself can not be faulted both the operation and aesthetics.
The service was better than 1st class. It was excellent in every way. We could not be more pleased with everything Stiltz applied it’s self to in any way. We would award 6 stars at the very least.
Home lifts are a modern alternative to stairlifts, offering reliability, speed, capacity, and seamless aesthetic integration for a stylish and efficient solution.
Disability Facilities Grants, up to £30,000, can fund home adaptations like Stiltz lifts, starting at £9,990, supporting independent living for disabled individuals.
Stiltz home lifts ensure safety with battery backups, obstruction sensors, self-closing doors, weight limit sensors, and ‘hold to run’ controls for a secure user experience.
