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Wish List IN ADDITION to a stunning Sydney Harbour beach frontage residence, the E1 suitably held its end of the bargain. Blending in with the rest of the doors, the landing doors were fitted with timber mouldings and door furniture identical to those elsewhere. Extra...

Classical Charm SEAMLESSLY BLENDING in from outside but with its own distinct character inside the lift, the E1 in this stylish home in Sydney’s Rose Bay typified the décor throughout the property. The landing doors had a semi-polished powdercoat finish in RAL 9003...

Beachside Beauty SPANNING FOUR levels, this home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs included an opposite through car design for convenient access to every level. This included an external door which was fitted with a DMG lock allowing automatic exit from the lift but...

SUPPLYING LIFTS for four new homes in a row in Maribyrnong, this was just one of the unique specifications selected. Installed into a one glass-sided shaft overlooking a unique custom steel staircase, the specifications were as follows: Mono V3 landing doors – RAL...

A Grand Old Lady WITH SPACIOUS rooms throughout in this graceful circa 1862 home, it was only logical that the renovation also included a spacious lift too, in this case a 1280mm wide x 1250mm deep adjacent through car E1. Blending in perfectly from the landings, all...

WITH ONLY minimal impact on a downstairs office and none at all in the upstairs living areas, we were delighted to install a 2 stop opposite through car E1 and glass shaft in this charming home in Melbourne’s bayside Hampton. With maximum use of glass on the shaft,...

MAKING A significant design statement, this new Sandringham home has an E1 with glass shaft providing both practical access as well as an eye-catching vision from most vantage points on the three levels. Being in such a prominent location, the selection of correct...

Collaborating again with the experienced team from Concept Build (see also Gal to Glam) it was a pleasure to be involved in the restoration of this Princes Hill residence, providing a home elevator that was to serve all three levels of the home. For perfect...

WHILST PRACTICAL and easily accessible, the design for this large 1100mm wide x 1400mm deep lift was stylishly fitted out with F12PPS similinox skinplate and contrasting brushed stainless steel fittings. To accentuate the spacious feeling, a full size mirror greets...

HARD TO tell but the lift and glass shaft is actually a retrofit to an existing home on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Designed to match the various angles of the home’s contours, the E1 and glass shaft has been added to the outside of the home whilst still sitting...

Precision Plus HOW DO you install a lift into a partial steel shaft sitting on top of a masonry shaft surrounded by a wrap-around circular staircase – very carefully !! But that’s ok – it’s what we do. Designing in collaboration with all parties from the outset,...

BEING COMPLETELY happy with his last lift,  this builder didn’t look any further for his new home in Bellevue Hill. This spacious 1200mm x 1200mm E1 cabin was fitted out in polished stainless steel profiles, mirrored walls and a custom stone floor. The finishing touch...

THIS GRAND 100 year old property in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill was missing one key function, a lift to the second floor. With the owners wanting to stay in the property for many more years to come and the stairs becoming an issue, it was decided that...

AS THREE level homes becomes a typical design, so too does the practical inclusion of a lift to minimise reliance on just the stairs. Increasingly we are seeing this integration into the floorplans to make the lift a commonplace item. This was certainly the case in...

One For Everyone PROVIDING THE same level of convenience for all, the owner/developer decided to put lifts into all three homes for this new project in Wellington Point, Qld. The lift of choice was the E2 with maximum use of polished stainless steel and glass for a...

THE FOUR level home in Norman Park was originally designed with a centrally located dumbwaiter in mind. Somehow it never happened but the void created for it was a challenge for many lift companies to fit a lift into such a small area – and to work around the steel...

For contrast, these two new side by side identical homes in Coorparoo were differentiated by varying colour schemes of charcoal and white. It only made sense to carry this theme through to the 3 stop E1 lifts installed in each home – worked like a treat, same but...

We love working with forward thinking developers who understand the importance of making their properties as attractive to the market as possible. It therefore made perfect sense to provide all three vertical apartments at this New Farm project with their very own...

HAVING WORKED previously with this builder on another project, it was a pleasure to team up again, this time for his own home. Taking pride of place at the entrance to the modern home, the lift and glass shaft provides an immediate focal point and allows panoramic...

AFTER HAVING done a limited mobility access lift in the owner’s childcare centre several years previously, there was only one supplier in mind for his new home in Coorparoo. For this installation, a 3 level single opening 300kg E1 with RAL 9004 powdercoated aluminium...

DESIGNING FOR the future in Bulimba, the owners ensured that their new home had easy access to the second level where all the main living areas where located. Working with clean modern lines throughout, it was important that the centrally located lift shaft also met...

A NEWLY constructed home in Santa Monica stayed true to a classic style of architecture and décor whilst including all the mod cons. This blend was also carried through to the 2 stop E1. The aluminium doors were fitted with full size aluminium infill panels for a...

Home Comforts WHEN AN extra wing was added to this Westwood home, it was only natural to also include a lift into the design to make sure access between the two levels was not a problem. Working in with the neutral colours schemes of the home, the E2 had cream...

Hollywood Glam MODERNISING THIS older style property in the Hollywood Hills gave the owner the perfect opportunity to make sure the lift also did its part. With an existing original circular shaft, the customised sized to suit E2 with polished stainless steel doors...

Up or Down ENTERING THIS  palatial home on the Newport Coast, the owners have the choice of either taking the lift down to the cinema and games rooms or up to the private bedroom areas. To make the most of the two exterior windows on the shaft, the rear wall of the...

OR SO it seems !! For this lovely family home in the San Fernando valley we installed a steel shaft and opposite through car Elfo to serve the three levels of the home. The shaft was then clad in stucco and matching windows for the perfect blend in with the rest of...

FOR THIS substantial beach house renovation on the Californian coast, emphasis was on shiny reflective surfaces. What better way to achieve this then with all three cabin walls in full size mirrors and polished stainless steel trims – the feeling of spaciousness was...

WANTING TO make access between the 2 levels of this Melbourne home just that little easier, the owners and builder worked with our sales and design team in our Richmond showroom to achieve just that. Making the most of the space available, the resulting cabin of...

MAXIMUM GLASS shaft with striking architectural structural details was the brief for this outstanding project in Sydney’s McMahons Point. As the configuration for the 3 stop E1 was adjacent through car, the opportunity to have frameless glass landing doors on more...

MAXIMUM APPEAL and a standout statement was provided with the inclusion of this 4 level single entry E1 lift and glass shaft in Sydney's Eastern suburbs. Keeping the overall footprint to an absolute minimum, our state of the art custom manufacturing provided a cabin...

THIS INTERESTING new home in Santa Barbara was designed with curves everywhere, from the outside of the home to the hallways inside. As such, the 2 level E1 elevator provided a striking contrast with its obvious straight lines design. No problem, our high level of...

ENJOYING AN elevated position close to Brisbane, this futuristic designed builder’s own home has been finished to a very high end level of detail. Not the least of these details being the 3 level E1 and the finishes selected for it. The anodised aluminium doors with...

WITH EVERY single detail carefully planned in this new Eastern Suburbs property, the three level lift was also given the same level of attention and the finished result on the E2 has been nothing short of amazing. The landing doors on levels 1 and 3 were powdercoated...

THIS LIFT installation is pure class inside and out – RAL 9011 matt finish P1 Max doors with black glass panoramic infills, full height bevelled mirror to the rear wall, both side walls and profiles in bronzo satinato stainless steel, led spotlights in a gloss white...

Lustrous Lift Overlooking Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne’s Brighton, this stunning home exudes clean modern lines and the lift held its side of the bargain too. The 2 stop E1 was sized to suit with a 940mm wide x 1150mm car size, 300kg load capacity and fastest speed...

This stylish Toorak home had the perfect position in the courtyard outside the dining room for the placement of an E2 private elevator with a glass shaft. The only requirements for the owners were minimal modifications to the existing windows in order to create door...

A LABOUR of love for this new build in Melbourne’s Fairfield has also included internal access from the garage to the two levels of the home. On first entering the lift at the lower level, an outstanding colourful vision of a cave scene applied to the rear wall of the...

THE ORIGINAL installation here was for a 3 level E1 but by the time the lift was ready to be handed over, the owners had received Council approval to extend the home one level higher. As such, additional materials were ordered and the original installation partially...

WITH INPUT from the owners, builders and Lift Shop, the perfect location to provide access between floors with minimal disruption was chosen. In this case the solution was a glass shaft and E1 lift sitting outside the home and tucked into a discrete corner. Making the...

IT WAS a real treat to hand this one over. After several years of discussions and then finally getting things underway to install a lift into an existing penthouse apartment in the prestigious Gold Coast development of Palazzo Versace, the final result could not be...

SITUATED IN the picturesque suburb of Clareville, this contemporary new home is spread over four levels so it was only natural to also include a lift into the design. The ElfoLift 2 installed here has an opposite through car design to best suit the floorplan of the...

WITH A distinctive and prominent position, the ElfoLift 2 takes pride of place inside this new home in Sydney’s Randwick. Being such a focal point, the owners wanted to make sure that first impressions counted and they didn’t disappoint with the beautiful frameless...

DONE TO perfection, this stylish new home in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs spanned four levels so a lift was a necessity, especially as the garage level serves as the sensible entry point to the home. With a very spacious cabin of 1200mm wide x 1300mm deep, the adjacent...

WHEN THE owners of this lovely home in Sydney’s northern beaches started to struggle with the three levels of their cherished family home, a collaboration between Lift Shop and the award winning team at Carter Williamson Architects took care of the problem. Whilst the...

SITTING IN the centre of this modern new 3 level home, the frameless glass shaft and lift takes pride of place with the wraparound timber staircase – the choices to go between floors could not be easier. The ElfoLift in this case included primed steel and glass doors...

AN OVERSIZED estate size block of land with an equally impressive sized residence has been meticulously planned and laid out with the resulting home being nothing short of WOW. With such a high level of design planning and interior/exterior fitout, it was an honour to...

WHEN THE owners first designed and built their home ten years ago, they had the vision and foresight to build a lift shaft at the time. Whilst the owners had the advantage of having extra storage at each level during this period (simple as building false floors at...

FOR A makeover of this charming Queenslander in Shorncliffe, a few original walls were retained but not much else. As such, a complete makeover would not have been complete without including all the mod cons, including a three level opposite through car ElfoLift. A...

Extension Plus WHEN THE owners designed a whole new wing to their character filled home, they ensured that the new 2 level extension also included an E1 home lift as a sensible future-proofing measure. To accommodate the lift installation, a very well-engineered steel...

It is becoming more common to include a lift into the overall design of new homes that span +2 levels. This was the case for this new Brisbane home. With a clean and practical selection of colours and finishes, the lift blends in beautifully and provides both...

Better Late Than Never NINE YEARS after we first started talking to the clients of this modern upscale home in Brisbane’s Teneriffe, we finally installed a three level E1 home lift with a steel and glass shaft. From initial discussions to the final plans, the end...

TO ENABLE easy access between the four levels of this Eastern Suburb’s home overlooking Sydney harbour, a completely customised ElfoLift 2 was just the ticket. With RAL 7001 matt powdercoated doors and wall mounted landing buttons provided by the factory, the rest of...

Inside Outside A COLLABORATION between the design team at C M Hairis Architects, construction by Evidis Construction  and sales/design/installation by the Lift Shop team resulted in a stylish streamlined integration of the lift into this Dover Heights home design. The...

FOR THIS existing home in Melbourne, adding a brick shaft to the rear of the garage to provide access to the upper level was way too easy. To best suit the floorplan, an adjacent through car configuration was the best layout. The ElfoLift has been supplied with...

ENJOYING ALMOST everything about their cherished beachfront home in Black Rock, the owners only problem was coping with the stairs between the two levels. No problem whatsoever – ElfoLift and Steel and Glass shaft and nothing to worry about. The clever design for this...

FUTURE PROOFING was important in the design of this new duplex dwelling in the Melbourne suburb of Hampton so it was only natural that an ElfoLift was also included from the outset. With a modest cabin of 860mm wide x 880mm deep, the still generous load capacity of...

THE SEMI-RURAL town of Plenty in the outskirts of Melbourne lends itself to large spacious lots and equally spacious residences. But for this particular property, the only thing it lacked was easier access between the two levels of the home. With discussions and...

It's always exciting to see new concepts in the building form and this home in Melbourne’s Armadale did not disappoint. The custom E2 home lift fit in beautifully in the centrally located decorative render finished round shaft with wraparound staircase. With a...

WITH A solid structure offered by this former commercial/warehouse building, the owners capitalised on the opportunity to convert the building into an AMAZING private residential dwelling. With an emphasis on retaining the already present dominant features of face...