Franklin Lakes' estate homes near the lakes have wide center-hall staircases, plenty of room for a straight rail. Older homes a few streets over, like the Van Houten and Aaron Winters houses, need a narrower, custom curved fit instead. Tell us which staircase you have and we'll schedule the walkthrough around your calendar and finish without dust in a house you just had redone.
Why a stairlift installed in Franklin Lakes, NJ is planned around the way this specific community lives, not stamped out from a one-size-fits-all template.
The borough sits at about 522 ft elevation in Bergen County's glacial hill country, dotted with water bodies including its namesake lakes plus Bakers Pond, Hopper Lake and Shadow Lake, with I-287 along its western border.
Source ↗Franklin Lakes is a low-density estate community with large lots across its 9.88 sq mi and a median home price around $1.3 million (Forbes ranked its ZIP 146th most expensive nationally); it also retains early historic homes such as the Van Houten House and Aaron Winters House.
Source ↗One of New Jersey's wealthiest towns (median household income about $159,883, more than double the state median), Franklin Lakes is home to Fortune 500 medical-technology firm Becton Dickinson and had a mature median age of 46.3 as of 2020.
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Compare your options honestly. A stairlift is the only choice that keeps you in the home you love, at a fraction of every alternative.
| Your option | Upfront cost | 10-year total |
|---|---|---|
| Stairlift Installation Best value Professional install by All American Stairlifts, Franklin Lakes NJ | $3,150 – $16,800 One-time | $3,150 – $16,800 Lifetime use |
| Moving to a single-story home Selling, buying, closing, moving costs in the Bergen market | $50,000+ Plus relocation stress | $50,000+ Loss of community ties |
| Assisted living facility Bergen County average, private room | $4,500/mo Recurring | $540,000 And rising annually |
| In-home caregiver (8 hrs/day) Licensed home health aide, Florida market rates | $6,000/mo Recurring | $730,000+ Before wage increases |
| Home elevator installation Requires shaft construction, permits, months of work | $25,000 to $50,000 Plus renovation | $28,000 to $55,000 Includes maintenance |
Sources: AARP Cost of Care Survey 2025, Genworth Cost of Care Study, and New Jersey Department of Elder Affairs. Figures reflect Franklin Lakes metro averages.
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Eligibility: Veterans & surviving spousesHome & Community-Based Services Waiver may cover up to 100% of installation for income-qualified residents.
Eligibility: Medicaid + medical needWith a doctor's letter of medical necessity, the full cost is deductible on Schedule A as a qualified medical expense.
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What a stairlift project looks like for families in Franklin Lakes and nearby Bergen County. Drag to scroll, or use the arrows and dots below.
Luis measured our Urban Farms split-landing staircase with a laser — the original builder used 13-inch open treads and a glass balustrade nobody wanted to drill through. He spec’d the Bruno Elan, confirmed the rail path on paper first, then ordered. Six weeks to manufacture, installed in one full day. The upper-landing seat position is exactly where my mother needs it.
High Mountain ridge at nearly 880 feet — our outdoor driveway-entry install needed IP55-sealed stainless fasteners because the freeze-thaw cycles up here are brutal on exposed hardware. Luis specified the right components and came back in March for a bracket re-check at no charge. Two winters in, zero issues with the rail or the motor.
Crystal Lakes lakefront cottage — humid summers, hard winters, and a driveway-entry stair exposed to everything. The IP55 outdoor unit Luis put in handles both seasons. He came back in April after the first nor’easter for a bracket re-check at no charge, just to confirm the stainless fasteners were holding. Very thorough, very professional.
Two-run colonial in Bakers Pond with a 90-degree turn at the upper landing. Luis drew the rail path on paper first, walked us through the laser measurements, then confirmed the bend geometry before ordering. Install was seven hours including the final calibration walk-through. My mother rides it three times a day — no hesitation at the curve.
Pulis Mills 1950s ranch — straight run, no complicated geometry, but original framing from 1952. Luis hit the joists instead of trusting the drywall, came in under his quote by $80, and the anchor bolts are rock solid two years later. Follow-up visit in January was on time and professional. No upsell, no surprises on the final bill.
Shadow Lake custom estate with a heavy-duty user specification — my father is over 300 pounds. Luis configured the 600-pound-rated rail, reinforced the seat frame, and spec’d wider armrests. Install took a full day. The VA HISA paperwork came through two weeks later — $6,800 toward the total — exactly as Luis said it would.
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(800) 965-0350 Call Now. It's FreeFranklin Lakes installs cluster across named enclaves inside the borough. Urban Farms — the original 1920s Dutch development — holds custom 4,000–10,000 sq ft estates with split-level and open-tread stairs that need laser-measured curved rail. High Mountain sits at nearly 880 feet adjacent to the 1,260-acre High Mountain Park Preserve, catching every nor’easter; outdoor units here get IP55-sealed stainless fasteners for freeze-thaw. Crystal Lakes lakefront homes need weather-sealed rail treatments and often curved runs. Bakers Pond and Hopper Lake provide traditional colonials with two-run staircases requiring 90-degree curved rail. Pulis Mills (named for 1922 first mayor William V. Pulis) has older 1950s ranch stock with straight runs. Shadow Lake and Campgaw mountain enclaves spec heavy-duty rail for larger users.
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VA HISA, Medicaid waivers, IRS medical deduction, state grants, and 0% financing, with the actual forms you need.
What Original Medicare and Advantage plans actually pay toward a stairlift, and the legitimate workarounds when they don't.
Straight vs curved, standard vs heavy-duty, indoor vs outdoor. A read that saves you from buying the wrong model.
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Stairlift Types
Most common · From $2,800
Straight-rail fits the rare straight-run stair found in Pulis Mills 1950s ranches and some newer Shadow Lake builds. 2-4 hour install, bolted to treads, DC motor with battery backup for Bergen County outages.
vs Curved: 3x less expensive and installed in one visit. vs Home elevator: 10-15x less cost and no construction. vs Moving bedroom downstairs: Keeps your home exactly as it is.
Custom-built · From $9,000
Urban Farms, High Mountain, and Bakers Pond custom estates almost always need curved rail — split landings, open-tread risers, 90-degree turns at the upper floor. Custom-bent rail from Elite or Bruno, 4-6 weeks, 5-8 hour install.
vs Straight with landing break: One smooth ride instead of transferring seats. vs Home elevator: Half the cost, no construction permits, no shaft needed. vs Moving: A fraction of what selling and relocating costs.
Weatherproof · From $4,000
IP55-rated outdoor units handle Franklin Lakes nor’easter exposure and Bergen County freeze-thaw cycles — stainless fasteners rated to -20°F. Common on High Mountain and Crystal Lakes driveway-entry installs.
vs Standard stairlift outdoors: Won't rust, seize, or void its warranty. vs Exterior ramp: No permits, no concrete work, no lost yard. vs Home entry renovation: Installed in a single day.
600 lb Rated · From $5,050
For users over 300 lbs or bariatric mobility needs. Reinforced rail, wider seat, same 2-4 hour install on straight runs. Common spec in Urban Farms and Shadow Lake larger homes.
vs Standard stairlift: Extra capacity and wider seat for maximum comfort. vs Custom furniture lift: A fraction of the price with faster install. vs Home elevator: Much lower cost with the same weight confidence.
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The wider center-hall staircases common in Franklin Lakes' estate section usually run a straight rail, which keeps the job toward the lower end of the national price range. A handful of the borough's older homes — think the era of the Van Houten House — have a landing or turn partway up, and that pushes the job into curved-rail territory, priced higher because the rail is custom-bent to the exact staircase. We quote off photos or a walkthrough, not a phone call.
Pricing is set by the staircase, not the ZIP code — a Franklin Lakes install and one two towns over cost the same for the same rail length. That said, with median household income around $159,883, more than double the state median, we see a larger share of Franklin Lakes homeowners buy outright rather than stretch the purchase over financing or lean on county assistance to close the gap.
For the straighter runs in the newer estate homes, a reconditioned straight-rail lift can save real money and hold up fine. It's a harder match for the borough's older homes with a turn in the stairway, since a used curved rail rarely fits an existing bend closely enough to reuse without modification.
A straight rail in one of the newer estate homes near the lakes is typically a half-day job, start to finish. Homes closer to the older core of town, including streets near the Van Houten House and Aaron Winters House, can run longer if the staircase has a turn or narrower treads that need custom measuring first.
No — the rail bolts into the treads themselves, not the drywall, and comes off later without leaving structural damage. Worth knowing in Franklin Lakes, where a lot of the estate-section staircases are finished in hardwood or custom millwork homeowners don't want touched.
Yes, and it comes up more in Franklin Lakes' older homes than in the newer estate construction — anything built before the borough's postwar growth is more likely to have a landing or a turn partway up. A curved rail gets custom-built to that one staircase, so budget more lead time than a straight-rail job.
HIP offers an interest-free loan — up to $17,500 for a one-family home or condo, up to $25,000 for a two-family — repaid only when the home sells or the title changes hands, no monthly payment. The published eligible-work list names heating, plumbing, electrical, roofing, siding, windows, doors and similar categories, but it doesn't name a stairlift specifically. Call the county at 201-336-6999 and confirm before assuming it applies to your project.
MAP is a grant, up to $1,800, built around home accessibility modifications — the county's published list names ramps, railings and wheelchair lifts — and it reaches roughly 70 Bergen County towns, Franklin Lakes among them. Call 201-996-9100 to confirm how a stairlift request fits alongside those categories before you apply.
Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving (JACC) is a state-funded program for NJ seniors who aren't on Medicaid, capped at $929.88 a month or $11,158.56 a year total across all JACC services combined. NJ Medicaid MLTSS can fund a stairlift through its HCBS waiver with no fixed dollar cap, based on what the approved Plan of Care allows. Veterans have a separate route: VA Prosthetics covers a stairlift with no set cap when it's medically prescribed, and HISA grants add up to $6,800 for service-connected veterans or $2,000 for non-service-connected veterans toward the structural work around it.
Franklin Lakes Stairlift Specialist · 15+ yrs
I've measured staircases in Franklin Lakes twice as wide as anything I see in the older Bergen County towns closer to the city — big open center-hall runs in the estate section near the lakes, plenty of room to work without moving furniture. Becton Dickinson keeps a good number of families here on a corporate schedule, so people want the walkthrough booked around a calendar, not squeezed in whenever. What I hear most from homeowners in this town isn't "can I afford it" — it's "how fast can this happen without dust in a house I just had redone."
Franklin Lakes rewards custom-grade stairlift work. Urban Farms and High Mountain builders layered open-tread stairs, split landings, and glass balustrades that reject the off-the-shelf straight rail most suburban installers try to force in. We laser-measure every run and factory-order the bent rail to match the exact stair geometry — no shortcuts on curved installs in Bergen County custom builds.
Call or text Luis directly for a free in-home measure. Written quote inside 48 hours, installs scheduled within the week. We service what we sell — no outside contractors, no phone-tree routing to Paramus or Newark. Crystal Lakes, Shadow Lake, High Mountain, Pulis Mills — we know every enclave in this borough and we stand behind every install.
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