A home elevator makes every floor of a multi-story Chicago home usable again, from the basement to the attic bedrooms. Nationwide Lifts of Illinois installs residential elevators in the city and across the suburbs, including Evanston, Oak Park and Park Ridge, for homeowners planning to stay put and for families caring for a parent at home.
Chicago homes rarely have a spare corner the size of a closet on every floor, so the right elevator depends on the building. Graystones and row houses are tall and narrow. Owner-occupied two-flats may need an elevator that links two households. Bungalows have a basement and an attic but a modest footprint, and suburban two-story houses often have more room to work with. Because most of our Chicago projects are in existing homes, we pay close attention to models that need little construction.
The Freedom series covers traditional elevators that ride in a hoistway. The Freedom Green is the budget-friendly, energy-efficient model, the Freedom Hydro gives a quiet hydraulic ride and needs just a 92 inch ceiling height at the top landing, and the Freedom Elite adds automatic sliding doors and custom cabs.
Vision panoramic elevators stand on their own and need no hoistway, which suits many retrofits. They travel up to 50 feet across five stops. The Vision 350 has a 30 inch outside diameter and needs no pit or machine room, a good match for small or older homes, while the Vision EC is a fully enclosed two-stop elevator that travels through a simple floor cut-out. Artisan elevators are custom built for spaces where standard models will not fit. Our home elevators page lists every model.
We begin with a free consultation at your home to see where an elevator could go and which floors it needs to serve. You then get a written quote with your options. Our article on the home elevator installation timeline walks through each stage from quote to first ride, and pneumatic vacuum elevators pros and cons helps if you are weighing an air-driven model.
The type of elevator, the number of stops, the finishes and the construction involved all affect the price. Read home elevator cost factors for Chicago area homes for each one. If only one staircase is the problem, a stair lift may be all you need.
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Yes. Most of our Chicago projects are retrofits. Shaftless and pneumatic models need little construction, and a home visit shows which elevator fits.
The Vision 350 has a 30 inch outside diameter, carries one passenger up to 350 pounds and needs no pit or machine room.
Vision panoramic elevators travel up to 50 feet across five stops, enough for most Chicago homes.
Chicago and its suburbs, including Evanston, Oak Park and Park Ridge, plus Naperville, Peoria and Springfield.
