Private Villa / North Goa
Residential villa elevator retrofit
Residential villa elevator retrofit
Building type
Private Villa
Installation type
Home Elevator
Location
North Goa
Project overview
Residential villa elevator retrofit for a private villa site in North Goa, showing how the solution was shaped around actual planning conditions instead of a standard package.
Site context
This assignment involved a home elevator for a private villa in North Goa. The lift had to sit comfortably inside an existing home layout, respect finish expectations, and support daily residential use without unnecessary civil disruption.
Planning challenge
The villa needed easier floor-to-floor access, but the usable shaft pocket sat inside an existing structure with tight slab and circulation limits.
Eleva approach
Eleva planned a compact home elevator around the available structural window, coordinated finish expectations early, and kept long-term service access practical.
Installation outcome
This retrofit delivered a compact home elevator route that respected the existing structure, suited residential use, and avoided avoidable civil rework.
Project details
- Location: North Goa villa (existing construction)
- Configuration: 1 home elevator, 3-person / 250 kg, hydraulic drive
- Floors served: G+2
- Shaft: 1100 mm x 1200 mm, pitless installation
- Special requirement: Zero excavation on the finished slab
- Compliance: IS 17900
What made this retrofit work
The villa had been occupied for 8 years. The owner needed a lift for elderly parents but could not provide a conventional lift pit because an existing plinth beam ran through the chosen lift area. We therefore installed a pitless hydraulic unit that sits directly on the existing slab, with the hydraulic power unit placed in an adjacent storage cupboard to keep the finished installation visually clean.
Because the lift was being introduced within a rectangular stairwell without enclosing walls, we fabricated a self-supporting steel shaft frame rather than relying on staircase loading. The entire installation took 12 working days from scaffold to handover.
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