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An Elegant, Compact Solution When Space Is A Problem

Elegance Classic, which can McCarthy says he was walk up stairs. He says the lift
comfortably carry two people, unable to find any single-storey has made it possible for him to
and Elegance Plus, which houses in his neighbourhood, stay in his home.
accommodates a standard-size and he and his wife wanted to “I wouldn’t be living here if it
wheelchair or walking frame, make sure they would always hadn’t have been for the lift,” he
which of itself can be vital for be able to move through their says.
people with disabilities. home. Mawson says lifts help
Both models plug into a “We looked at the stairs and Australians continue to stay
power point like any other thought that we couldn’t predict living where they want.
household appliance. what would happen to our “At the end of the day, to be
The lifts come with a number health in the future,” McCarthy able to say you have affected
of other conveniences, including says. “Turns out, it was the best someone’s life for the better is
a phone, protective gate, battery thing we ever did.” an amazing feeling that most
back-up, remote controls and In the year since installing people won’t get from their line
safety switches. the home lift, McCarthy has of work, and it’s one that all of
Mawson says customers can suffered two heart attacks, us at Compact Home Lifts are
have a lift in their home in a little making it difficult for him to very proud of.”
here is a plug-and-play The Sydney-based company as two weeks depending on
option for staying in the offers a range of sleek and stock levels. Most models take
Ttwo storey home you innovative in-home lifts designed just one day to install.
love. to be both safe and discreet. The company sells the lifts
Sydney & Melbourne based Mawson says the lifts can to customers with disabilities
Compact Home Lifts’ sleek be installed almost anywhere as well as people who like to
range is designed to be discreet. and take up very little space in use a personal dumbwaiter for
A new generation of residential a home, making them appealing moving heavy items. Mawson
lifts is making it easier for alternatives to chair-lifts. says he also receives requests
Australians to move around “Compact Home Lifts have from older Australians preparing
their home. the smallest footprint out for future needs.
“People who want to install a there,” Mawson says. “They give That was the case for
lift in their house should not have the accessibility of someone’s Bruce McCarthy, an 82-year-
to sacrifice style or space for house back to them, especially old Campbelltown resident,
mobility,” says Daniel Mawson, if they don’t want a chair-lift who decided to purchase a
who co-founded Compact Home that takes up a full staircase,” Compact Home Lift when he
Lifts with business partner he says. and his wife moved into a two
Damien Boyle. The lifts come in two sizes: storey house.

Installed

in a
day!

UNIQUE
THRU-FLOOR
SYSTEM

• Quick and easy to install
Designed to make your life easier
when stairs start to become too much, a • Advanced safety features
Compact lift will easily t into any home. Often • Small footprint
• Battery back up
chosen as an alternative to cumbersome and • Flexible positioning options
unattractive stair lifts, a Compact Lift will • Wheelchair model available
transport 2 people comfortably so you can • Two year guarantee
transform your life without moving home. • Cost-e ective and a ordable

A Compact lift is packed • Install in a day*
with sensors to keep 1 2 3 4
everyone safe, it also plugs
straight into a domestic
GPO, runs very quietly and
uses less energy than a
Please Call: 1800 499 795 toaster! Close door, press up Lift moves through
1800 53 79 93
OR Open door, step in button to start lift oor Arrive upstairs
Visit: www.compactlifts.com.au
For a FREE no obligation survey or for a FREE brochure

6 Summer 2017 | The Go55s Newspaper