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Spent $4,500 on a stairlift and wish I'd just moved Mom downstairs instead
I paid for a brand new Bruno stairlift last spring for my mom's house in Cleveland. The installation was fine but she's barely used it because she's scared of the chair moving. The money would have been better spent converting the dining room into a ground floor bedroom. Has anyone else dealt with a parent refusing to use equipment you bought for them?
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lily_cooper4mo ago
My friend Deb spent $5,200 on a fancy stairlift for her dad in Philly and the thing just sat there for six months because he thought it looked "scary." She finally moved his bed into the living room and sold the lift for like a third of what she paid. Now she tells everyone to just rearrange the house first and see if that works before buying any equipment.
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nathankim3mo ago
Man, that's rough... I tried to get my grandpa to use one of those lift chairs and he just called it the "robot throne" and refused to sit in it. Ended up sleeping on the couch for three months before we gave up.
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jake7474mo ago
Tbh that "rearrange the house first" line is solid advice, my aunt did the same thing and saved thousands.
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ray_sullivan4mo ago
Why not just sell the thing and take the hit? People get so hung up on sunk cost they don't see the real solution. I get it though, my uncle had a similar thing with a chair lift in Buffalo. Eventually the guy just gave up and moved his bed into the den. @lily_cooper nailed it - remodeling the living space first is way smarter than dropping cash on equipment people won't use.
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