Firstly, I would like to thank Terri and the staff at Albany Lift for delivering on the stairlift…read more-- my parents seem to be very pleased with the whole installation and the lift is certainly making their lives a lot easier and I sleep easier at night knowing they have a safe(r) way of getting down 12-15 stairs. My father is largely disabled due to muscle loss from a lung disease, and my 5'2" mother supports his weight coming down stairs to the exits of the home. I only wish they had agreed to install it sooner. For context, we just had a Savaria Stairfriend installed in my parents' home, which is a curved stairlift to accommodate the structure of their stairs and requires a custom build. I worked with Albany Lift from June - July -- whole process took a little over a month. Between engineering survey to installation was about 3-4 weeks of parts delivery -- this was the fastest brand that could be delivered. Pros: * Working with Terri and her family was a lot more preferable to working with random telephone consultants and a black box of staff. I had also considered working directly with Acorn and Ameriglide, but was uncomfortable with both as they all wanted deposits or a contract signed up front before the property was even assessed. I loved being able to directly work with the same real person through this whole process. Installing a stairlift is about as much work as installing any home component so having a real person to ask about materials, limitations, * Terri and her team were quick to schedule with, fastidious about arrival time (even though they had to drive a few hours down to our home to assess) and in light of the pandemic, were happy to mask up and wear additional PPE (we gave them disposable booties) as requested. Thanks for being so accommodating given the high risk patient in the home! * Terri and her team were great with answering many questions and honestly breaking down the cost for us so we could see how much all the components would be, along with being very straightforward on warranty / service costs. There was 0 question about the costs from start to finish -- this was extremely important to me and my parents, and I appreciate their transparency. * Ultimately, installation was delivered as promised and more or less in line with the date scheduled. This saved me a lot of grief with very demanding clients (my parents) who get extremely rattled by any schedule change. Cons: Most of these are super minor. * Some rescheduling of things -- if you're pretty time flexible, this is barely a blip in the grand scheme of things. My parents are extraordinarily inflexible about changing a date, time, standing outside their house at various times of the day -- you get the picture, but as the middlewoman communicating all of this with them, it was a stress point. * One component of the lift (an automatic swivel) was found to be unavailable after the initial contract was drawn up / deposit paid, but I'm assuming a lot of things are out of their control at this time, given general problems with supply chain in pretty much every industry. * Some requested information had to be requested a few times (i.e. updated invoice or brochures with specs).

I rarely write reviews unless it 's really outstanding or really bad. I'm writing this honest…read morereview because this company has consistently over the years demonstrated excellence!! The own Terry has always been accommodating, helpful professional. Recently, I purchased another lift chair and worked with Victoria. I was indecisive about the chair that I wanted and kept changing my mind. Victoria remained patient, helpful and professional the entire time. She was so helpful and knowledgeable during my purchase. Thank you Terry and Victoria for being so genuinely nice. I will continue to go back to this company for all of my needs. Thank you for a job well done! Donna B. Albany, NY