Selling Stannah Stair Lift

datostar

My father died recently and as executor of his estate I'll be responsible for realising what I can from his stair lift. It's a Stannah, only a few years old and in excellent condition. It's on a standard staircase and is a straight run top to bottom.
Anyone had experience of selling one and any tips?
Thanks in advance

Mojisola

No experience of selling one but have seen adverts for them in our local paper. If you do sell it on privately, make sure that the new owner will be putting it in up the same side of the staircase as it is now. A toddler was killed in our area because a second-hand stairlift had been installed up the other side of the staircase - all the sensors which stop it moving if something gets caught were on the wrong side and the little boy's head got caught between the step and the footrest.

Stairlift companies will buy them back but they usually offer a derisory amount.

ayrforce1

We sold one back to the company. Problem with selling on are removal and installation if you can find a buyer who can adapt the stairlift to suit as in length etc. True you don`t get a lot for them but they will remove it for you.

Savvy_Sue

Sorry for your loss.

did he own his house, and is it one which would be generally good for someone with mobility problems?

If so, is it worth leaving it in place while you try to sell the house and include it in the fixtures and fittings?

I'm suggesting this because once you remove it, you'll have a 'making good' problem, and if it might add to the attractiveness of the property it could be worth leaving in place.

Mum has one, but the rest of the house is not really 'restricted movement friendly', so I don't see that being an option for us when the time comes.

monkeyspanner

We sold my FIL's lift to a dealer who came and took it out. Probably got about 20% of what it cost. We got about £900 but prices of stairlifts have come down a lot since then and a lot a 2nd hand dealers are installing for about £1000 at the moment. Stannah I think customise their track to the staircase rather than use prefabricated track so it may be more difficult to find a match with a potential buyer.

sagalout1954

Try Age Concern and see if they might know of anyone in your area looking for a second hand one - and they may organise the removal/refit, also see if you have a Centre for Integrated Living in your area, they may advertise it for you or know of someone who might like to buy it.

check out ebay as well - you never know!

datostar

The house was in joint ownership between him and my unmarried younger sister, so she'll be staying and doesn't want the lift. I looked on eBay, there's loads on there going with no or very low bids on them so that might not be much of an option. Probably be best to see if Stannah will take it back for whatever it'll fetch. I'd hate the thought of it going to some incompetent bodger and ending up as a danger to anyone!

Agapanthus

I sold my mother's Stannah on ebay a few years back. I rang Stannah but they refused to buy it back as it was a reconditioned one. They offered to take it away if I paid them money!

I put it on ebay and much to my surprise it attracted lots of bids and went for over £500. I put in precise measurements on the listing, which I think helped, but I believe that the real attraction was the track, which had a curve on it.

It was bought by a man who fitted Stannah stair lifts for a living - he wanted it for his mother.

bellathecat_2

We had to scrap the one we had fitted for my mother in law after she died. We tried everything and couldn't even give it away. Very sad as she never got to use it.

SailorSam

My mum had a stairlift fitted by Acorn who had given us the impression they would buy it back, but after she died and we contacted them all they offered were some postcards that we could put into local shop windows, we were going to get peanuts for it so decided it was worth more leaving in the house.