A straight stair lift in New Jersey runs about $3,200 to $6,000 installed in 2026. A curved lift, with the rail bent to the exact shape of your staircase, runs about $10,000 to $18,000. Straight rails are cut on site and most are running that same afternoon. Curved rails are measured, built for your stairs, and installed two to five weeks later.
We're a general contractor, not a lift-only sales office. That matters, because a lift usually needs a new outlet, sometimes a handrail moved, sometimes a landing or a stoop repaired first — and that's the same crew and the same price sheet.
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A straight stair lift in New Jersey runs about $3,200 to $6,000 installed in 2026. Typical price: $3.2K – $18K. Licensed & insured, written itemized price before work starts, no deposit, one dedicated crew. Serving all 21 New Jersey counties from Paramus. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free estimate.
One flight, no turn, no mid-landing. Stock rail, cut to your run, installed in about four hours. This covers most center-hall colonials, capes and ranches.
Any turn at all — a 90-degree landing, winder treads, a flight that wraps a newel post. The rail is digitally measured, manufactured for your staircase and shipped. Two to five weeks, and it fits one house: yours.
Front stoop, deck stairs, a raised split-level entry. Sealed drive, weather cover, marine-grade seat, anchored into solid masonry or framing — not into a loose brick step we should have rebuilt first.
Rent if the need is honestly temporary — a hip, a knee, a stretch of treatment. A rented straight lift runs a few hundred a month in New Jersey plus install and removal at each end, and it only exists for straight stairs. Nobody rents a curved lift, because that rail was built for your house and can't go on the next one.
Buy if you're staying. You own it, it carries a manufacturer warranty, and a straight rail holds some resale value. We'll tell you plainly which side of that line you're on — if renting is the right call, we'll say so instead of selling you a lift.
The lift plugs in, and a plug-in appliance doesn't need a permit. The outlet does. A new circuit at the top of the stairs is electrical work under the NJ Uniform Construction Code — it gets an electrical permit and an inspection, we pull it, we meet the inspector, and it's a written line on your price. Rebuilding a landing or a masonry stoop can pull a building permit too, depending on your township. Either way you don't stand at a counter in Hackensack or Bloomfield on a Tuesday morning.
Pre-war North Jersey housing stock is beautiful and it is not friendly to stair lifts. A 1920s Bergen or Essex colonial often has a stairway 32 to 34 inches wide instead of 36, a tight winder at the bottom, and a plaster wall on one side with a radiator riser hidden inside it.
In practice: a folded lift eats about 12 to 15 inches of width, so a 32-inch stair still leaves a usable walking path, and the seat folds flat when nobody's riding. Winder treads force a curved rail — no way around it. And before we anchor anything we find out what's behind the plaster, because a lag bolt through a cast iron riser is an expensive afternoon. We measure all of it at the free visit, with the person who'll ride the lift there if they're able.
Run, width, headroom at the top, landing, nearest circuit, tread movement. Itemized price on the spot: lift, rail, options, electrical, stair repair, permits.
Straight lifts come off the shelf. Curved rails are manufactured to your stairs, two to five weeks. No deposit — you pay as work gets done.
The dedicated outlet goes in and passes inspection before the lift arrives, so install day isn't a scheduling problem.
The rail bolts to the treads, not the wall. Half a day straight, one to two days curved. We ride it, then you ride it — obstruction sensors and battery backup tested with the breaker off before you release final payment.
Paramus-based, installing stair lifts across all 21 New Jersey counties. Most families call us after a fall, not before one — call before noon and we're often out to measure the same day.
Send photos of your staircase to (201) 676-3099 or email them to info@firstcallcontractingnj.com and we'll tell you straight away whether you're looking at a straight rail or a curved one.
typical fixed-price range — your exact number goes in writing after a free visit
How we beat the big chains: National lift brands run a commissioned salesman through your living room, and the price is built to survive a discount at the kitchen table. No franchise fees, no commissioned salesmen, no rented subcontractors — that's typically 15–30% under national-brand quotes for the same or better spec. Bring us any written quote and we'll match the scope line by line.
“The salesman quoted a straight lift over the phone. The installer showed up, saw the turn at the bottom, and the price doubled.”
“They installed the lift and left it running off an extension cord down the upstairs hallway.”
“My mother's lift died in a power outage and she was stuck at the top of the stairs.”
You found a crew that is actually near you. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus, in Bergen County, and our own licensed techs handle stair lifts in all 21 New Jersey counties — no call center, no subcontractor sent from two states away. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies go to the nearest crew, 24/7.
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Call (201) 676-3099, text us a photo, or book a free in-home estimate — you get a written price before any work starts.
A straight lift is about $3,200 to $6,000 installed. A curved lift, with the rail built for your staircase, is about $10,000 to $18,000. Outdoor lifts land around $4,500 to $9,000. A new dedicated outlet, if you need one, is a separate line of a few hundred dollars.
A straight lift is a half-day job and you ride it that afternoon. A curved lift is one to two days on site, after two to five weeks of manufacturing time for the rail. The electrical is finished ahead of install day so nothing waits.
Usually. A folded lift takes about 12 to 15 inches of width, so even a 32-inch pre-war stairway keeps a walking path, and the seat and footrest fold flat. We measure headroom at the top too — that's the thing that actually kills a job, not width.
The rail bolts to the treads, not the wall, so nothing hangs off your plaster and there's no structural damage. If the lift ever comes out you're left with small filled holes in the treads. On stained hardwood we'll talk through how that will look before we start.
The lift runs on rechargeable batteries that top up whenever the chair is parked top or bottom, so it keeps working through an outage for a number of trips. There's also a manual release so the chair can be moved by hand if it ever has to be.
Yes. Seat, arms and footrest fold flat against the rail. On most installs we add a folding bottom rail so the front hall or a doorway isn't blocked when the lift is parked down — an option worth paying for in a tight Jersey center hall.
If you're anywhere in New Jersey, yes. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus and handles stair lifts across all 21 counties with our own licensed crew. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies are dispatched to the nearest crew 24/7. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free in-home estimate.
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