Give your home that much-needed lift – As houses go vertical in cities due to space constraints, elevators are becoming an integral part of
modern homes. For houses of three floors or more, elevators are a must but people are also going for lifts in houses with just two floors for the sake of convenience.
“When you have a small plot in a city, your house can expand only vertically. Having bedrooms, gyms and home theatres in the upper floors only leaves space for a larger living room, dining space and kitchen on the ground floor. But climbing stairs, especially for the aged, is a big problem, which necessitates elevators even in houses with two floors,” said Dameem Ansari, chief architect, Ansari Architects, Associates and Interior Designers. The main issue in fixing an elevator to an existing house is the availability of a space that is accessible from all parts of the house.
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Nowadays, houses generally prefer elevators with automatic doors. While collapsible door lifts require 4.5 X 5 ft area, those with automatic doors need 5.5 X 6 ft area. Elevators having automatic doors with mild steel finish cost Rs two lakh more than collapsible lifts.
Capsule lifts that are usually seen in shopping complexes and hotels, can also be fixed in houses provided there is a big atrium in the central portion of the house. Capsule lifts come for a minimum of Rs 16 lakh.
By Sangeetha.G,
Based on Interview of Mr. Dameem Ansari Published in Financial Chronicles.
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