What to do with Stair Lift?

billywilly

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

Sorry for your loss. I can't offer any practical advice re the stairlift, but if the debts were in the sole name of your husband and he has no other assets, then it is my understanding that the debts do not require repayment.

I have and always will be a great believer in keeping debts well away from assets.
On paper I own nothing and have nothing - in fact all I have are debts. On the other side, my wife has all of the bank accounts, assets and the home in her sole name AND no debts. If I go first the debts die with me, if she goes first, everything will be transferred into an existing Discretionary Trust and nothing to me. Obviously I am the beneficiary of that Trust.

Parva

billywilly wrote: »

I have and always will be a great believer in keeping debts well away from assets.
On paper I own nothing and have nothing - in fact all I have are debts. On the other side, my wife has all of the bank accounts, assets and the home in her sole name AND no debts. If I go first the debts die with me, if she goes first, everything will be transferred into an existing Discretionary Trust and nothing to me. Obviously I am the beneficiary of that Trust.

And this has precisely what to do with the original question Andy? Please go and do one.

dori2o

billywilly wrote: »

In most cases selling a house with a stair lift in place plus the grab handles at every door inside and out does put people off. The estate agent told me that the property should be put back into what a non disabled person would want to buy - there are more non disabled buyers than there are disabled ones! She was right - it was sold within 2 weeks at over the asking price to a young couple.

This is partly what has so far stopped me from having permanent fixtures installed.

I can't have a stairlift installed, the council came round and said that the return/landing on the stairs is too small to accomodate a stairlift and also the stairs are too narrow (I'm not suprised, we really do live in the house that Jack built). Therefore I have to go up and down the stairs by shuffling on my backside.

I have grab rails in the bathroom but they are the suction type ones which are stuck to the tiles with an incredibly strong suction fitting and can easliy support all 18 st of me.

The only thing I'd love is a hoist above the bed so that I can pul myself up and support myself getting in and out of bed, rather than having to have help from my wife or eldest daughter.

I also worry that having grab rails at the front door provides a message to the scumbags in this world that we/I are a vulnerable household ripe for attacking.

silverwhistle

Difficult times, and it's not something you would want to worry about.

I can't help feeling there must be some sort of second-hand market. I've a disabled friend who found it difficult to get help with all the cuts at the moment and she installed a second-hand one off her own bat. Perhaps an email or two to social services and/or disabled support groups might yield you a bit, but I think people would entirely understand if it's not something you feel like doing at the moment.

colin13

same happened to us when father died,,they sell u these things ,and leave u with them,,if a straight stair lift ,,no reason y it couldnt be used again,,they are just money grabbers

Bernard19

When my husband became very disabled we bought two stair lifts from Acorn as we live in a 3 storey house with a "granny" flat on the top floor. Acorn rang him virtually every week after installation asking how things were, all they were after was to sell the expensive extended warranty. Do not buy from Acorn they are very "hard sell".
Sadly my husband died only 15 months later and I too find no way to get more than a couple of hundred pounds for kit that cost £10K. I have loads of disability aids and this month they will probably go to the dump as no one will accept them...so very sad when they are so expensive

Mojisola

Bernard19 wrote: »

When my husband became very disabled we bought two stair lifts from Acorn as we live in a 3 storey house with a "granny" flat on the top floor. Acorn rang him virtually every week after installation asking how things were, all they were after was to sell the expensive extended warranty. Do not buy from Acorn they are very "hard sell".
Sadly my husband died only 15 months later and I too find no way to get more than a couple of hundred pounds for kit that cost £10K. I have loads of disability aids and this month they will probably go to the dump as no one will accept them...so very sad when they are so expensive

Have you offered them on Freegle/Freecycle? Horrible waste to take them to the tip.

If you rehome a stair lift, it's really important that people know it should only be installed on the same side of the stairs as it is now. The sensors that stop the chair if something gets in the way are only on the upwards side.

carole.uk

Bernard19 wrote: »

When my husband became very disabled we bought two stair lifts from Acorn as we live in a 3 storey house with a "granny" flat on the top floor. Acorn rang him virtually every week after installation asking how things were, all they were after was to sell the expensive extended warranty. Do not buy from Acorn they are very "hard sell".
Sadly my husband died only 15 months later and I too find no way to get more than a couple of hundred pounds for kit that cost £10K. I have loads of disability aids and this month they will probably go to the dump as no one will accept them...so very sad when they are so expensive

Like someone said free cycle or what about facebook selling sites I just asked for some disabled aids and wasbgiven them free by someone PLEASE do not skip them