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At Ideal Lifts Service, we cut through the complexity with expert support, clear pricing, and flexible maintenance plans tailored to you.
We take care of the details so your lift runs smoothly – Making it one less thing to worry about.
We offer five contract types designed to suit your lift equipment and operational needs—each fully customisable to match your exact requirements.
During every scheduled service visit, our qualified lift engineers will inspect, clean, lubricate, and adjust key lift components to ensure optimal performance. On completion you’ll automatically receive a detailed digital report outlining all work completed.
Whether you need a short-term solution or a long-term partnership, our contracts are built to fit your business and budget. We can even lock in pricing for multiple years, giving you cost certainty and peace of mind.
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| Regular service visits | |||||
| Adjustment and lubrication for optimum performance | |||||
| Your own dedicated service coordinator | |||||
| On site risk assessment and documentation | |||||
| Digital job reports and invoices sent automatically by email | |||||
| Immediate warning of weak or faulty components | |||||
| Priority access to our 24-hour callout support service | |||||
| Regular cleaning in the lift shaft, pit and motor room | |||||
| Replacement LED lamps and VRLA batteries | |||||
| No charge lift fault callouts in normal working hours | |||||
| Repair and replacement of faulty components | |||||
| No charge for lift fault callouts 24/7 |
We believe the maintenance of lifts should be simple, flexible, and transparent.
Unlike some lift service companies, our maintenance contracts give you complete freedom with:
See how we compare below:
We believe the maintenance of lifts should be simple, flexible, and transparent.
Unlike some lift service companies, our maintenance contracts give you complete freedom with:
See how we compare below:
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Ideal Lifts Service Maintenance Contracts
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Typical Contracts from Other Companies
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Minimum Contract Length |
✅ No minimum contract Need a short-term contract? No problem |
❌ 12-month minimum commitment
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Notice Period |
✅ One-month notice Fair and easy to change should you need to |
❌ Three-month notice period |
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Contract Flexibility |
✅ Full flexibility Change contract type or service frequency anytime |
❌ Fixed contract terms with little to no flexibility |
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24/7 Autodialler Call Monitoring |
✅ No extra charge Included as standard with all lift contracts |
❌ Additional charges for having access to their call centre |
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Visit Planning |
✅ Contact before every visit
You're in control of when an engineer can attend
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❌ No option to pre-book visits |
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Service Schedule |
✅ Thorough servicing We operate a comprehensive 12-phase service plan |
❌ Basic service schedules with hidden extra charges such as cleaning and oil top ups |
Ideal Lifts Service Maintenance Contracts
Typical Contracts from Other Companies
Minimum Contract Length
✅ No minimum contract
Need a short-term contract? No problem
❌ 12-month minimum commitment
Notice Period
✅ One-month notice
Fair and easy to change should you need to
❌ Three-month notice period
Contract Flexibility
24/7 Autodialler Call Monitoring
✅ No extra charge
Included as standard with all lift contracts
Visit Planning
Service Schedule
Your lift should be regularly serviced to ensure it remains safe and reliable to use.
Lift owners or duty holders have a specific responsibility to ensure the safety of others, while using the lift. In particular they are responsible for the safe use of the lift, which includes its safe operation, condition (maintenance) and compliance with relevant statutory requirements.
They may be required to explain to the authorities how these responsibilities have been discharged. This is usually by way of providing evidence of a regular servicing and maintenance regime together with a record of periodic thorough examinations by a competent person (see LOLER examinations).
This depends on a number of factors including how old it is, how much it’s used and what condition it is in.
On average, six service visits per annum is adequate for most lifts.
Our maintenance contracts start from £150 + VAT and can be customised to suit your own requirements.
We offer a number of different levels of contract cover depending on your own requirements.
Contact one of our team today to discuss your options. More information can be found here.
Ideal Lifts Service have local engineers to provide full coverage in the following areas:
• Bedfordshire • Berkshire • Birmingham • Bristol & Bath • Buckinghamshire • Cambridgeshire • Cornwall • Derbyshire • Devon • Dorset • East Sussex • Essex • Gloucestershire • Hampshire • Herefordshire • Hertfordshire • Kent • Leicestershire • London • Northamptonshire • Nottinghamshire • Oxfordshire • Rutland • Somerset • South Wales • Suffolk • Surrey • Warwickshire • West Midlands • West Sussex • Wiltshire • Worcestershire
We have expertise in all types of lifts including passenger, goods and disabled access platform.
We don’t offer our services on dock levelers, sky-jacks, tail-lifts, cherry-pickers or 2/4 post vehicle lifts.
You can contact us by phone or email to book a service. Alternatively our Operations Team can provide you with dates in advance so you know exactly when your local lift engineer will be attending throughout the year.
Whilst most customers choose a 12 or 24 month contract, there’s no minimum term and we are happy to provide short-term contracts for our customers.
Yes, we can offer fixed-price contracts for up to five years, giving you extra control over your budget.
No, we don’t believe it’s right to charge customers extra for being able to phone us outside of normal office hours. You can phone us at any time on 01837 659 734.
Thank you! You guys are a joy to work with 😊
You have been very efficient; you’re the only company to come back to me and therefore got our business. Well done on customer service.
Quick responses. Very thorough. We enjoy working with Ideal Lifts and are grateful for the amazing service they provide to us.
Great service and very friendly, helpful engineer. Thank you.
Our experiences so far is that you are far more professional than our previous lift maintenance provider and far more focused on customer service.
Just started using Ideal Lifts and had our first service/repair, I can't fault them at all - From Claire's efficiency in the office, sourcing parts and keeping me updated to Adam who visited, his attention to detail, finding a fault of a poor connection which had not been solved by our previous lift company.
We'd like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your support this year. We very much appreciate your help, quite often at the last minute, ensuring the College estate is ready for our students.
I am delighted with the way Ideal Lifts have looked after our lift equipment during the past 2 years and pleased to approve their Bronze contract for another year.
We've just started a new contract with these fine folks to look after our building's lift. They are far better (quicker and more thorough) at communicating than our previous service contractors. The service engineer was very polite and punctual.
[Your engineer] always does an excellent job, with little or no interruption to our business, he is a real credit to your company.
I would like to tell you that I was impressed with how well your service is explained and detailed.
[Your engineer] was a pleasure to have on site and most helpful.
Super-efficient, very quick responses, and very reliable, highly recommended. Thanks to all team members and we hope to continue to have a good relationship with us.
As a local Managing Agents, we use Ideal Lifts across many of our sites to service and maintain the lifts. They are efficient and organised and always make sure that the lifts are maintained up to standard and respond to call out requests in a timely manner. Pleasure to have working alongside us.
Anytime we have had an issue they have always responded quickly and sorted the issue or came up with suggestions.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank Ideal Lifts and especially the engineers who have nursed our lift for the last couple of years. I will be passing on your details to our buyer and recommending your services to them.
Thanks for your excellent responsive quality service.
I experience major problems re lack of response from [other lift companies] and I am happy to say your company always respond and deal with matters.
I have recently changed our business to you from a national company whose customer service was not good. I chose you because you were local and all my dealings with you have been professional and efficient - you have responded to us quickly and provided all the information we need without having to chase it.
We can’t praise your company enough. We get through with no problem and your response is great.
Your service is first rate and, having endured years of sub-standard expensive service from a competitor, it is a relief and a pleasure to deal with you.
We changed to [your] company approximately 3 years ago and are very pleased with the service. Your service engineer has good manners and got to the fault straight away.
We have site visits twice a year, which are arranged through the office efficiently. Providing us with good continuous, no hassle, service.
The engineer who visited worked really hard and was determined to find the faults.
…really glad we moved to you to look after our lift. The service is already a 100% improvement on the last people we used!! Thanks again for the great service we have received so far.
Your engineers do a wonderfully thorough job, and the six services a year give me a secure feeling about the reliability of the lift.
The engineer that carries out our services is very polite and efficient.
Response time is always quick from our local engineer.
We very much appreciate your help, quite often at the last minute, ensuring the College estate is ready for our students.
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