Swift Lite home lift, Holland Park Brisbane
A Swift Lite home lift in Holland Park, Brisbane, running through all 3 levels of the house. It travels 5.6 m, is rated at 400 kg, opens with automatic bi-fold glass doors and sits on the concrete slab behind a standard ramp. We completed it in May 2025. The Swift Lite is engineered in Sweden, and we install and service it from Brisbane.
Project overview
Three levels on one Swift Lite, completed May 2025
Holland Park, Brisbane, Queensland
This Holland Park house, on Brisbane's south side, is spread over 3 levels. The lift links all of them, so moving between floors no longer depends on the stairs. It is a Swift Lite, the compact Swift, with 5.6 m of travel from the lowest landing to the highest.
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Three levels, one lift
Three levels is where a staircase starts to decide how a house gets used. A lift that runs the full height keeps every floor in reach, whether the trip is with a basket of washing, a suitcase or the weekly shopping.
The Swift Lite serves from 2 to 6 levels and up to 12 m of travel, so 3 levels and 5.6 m sit well inside what the model is built for. It moves at a rated 0.3 m/s, with a soft start and a soft stop rather than a jolt. Of its load ratings, from 250 kg (2 persons) to 400 kg (5 persons), this lift has the highest.
No pit in the slab
Many lifts need a pit, a recess cut into the floor so the car can sit level with the landing. The Swift Lite takes a 50 mm pit or none at all. Here it is none. A standard ramp at ground level leads up into the car, and nothing was recessed into the concrete slab.
That means no excavation, and excavation is usually where the cost and disruption of putting a lift into a house come from. The ramp shows in the ground level photograph, low and white in front of the glass door.
Why a Swift Lite
The Swift Lite is the compact Swift. It shares the Swift Pro's Swedish drive and shallow pit, with a push button panel in place of the touch display and a shorter finish list: Traffic White or Jet Black, a Resin Board wall panel and black vinyl flooring. The drive is a screw and nut EcoDrive with Dynamic Charge, run by a Thor Engineering control system.
It runs on ordinary 230v single phase power, so there is no three phase upgrade, and it is AS1735 compliant. It is engineered in Sweden and imported; we supply, install and service it here, with parts stocked in Australia. The Swift Lite for this home was manufactured in just six weeks. See how it compares with our other home lifts.
Doors and safety
The doors are automatic bi-fold glass. They fold back as they open, and the glass lets light into the car. Sensors watch the doorway and hold the lift still until it is clear.
The lift carries its own battery, so a power cut does not leave anyone stuck between floors: it keeps running long enough to reach a floor and open the doors. Braking is doubled, with two independent brakes, and a stop button inside the car lets the passenger halt it at any time.
Specifications
| Model | Swift Lite, engineered in Sweden |
|---|---|
| Rated load | 400 kg |
| Levels served | 3 |
| Travel | 5.6 m |
| Doors | Automatic bi-fold glass |
| Pit | None, standard ramp at ground level |
| Drive | Screw and nut EcoDrive with Dynamic Charge |
| Power supply | 230v single phase |
| Rated speed | 0.3 m/s |
| Compliance | AS1735.15 |
Home lifts in Brisbane
We service this Swift Lite from Acacia Ridge, on the same south side of the city as Holland Park. It went in on the slab in May 2025, so it is a good one to look at if your home sits on a concrete slab you would rather not cut into.
We have installed 7,000+ lifts since 1995. Our page on home lifts in Brisbane covers the Acacia Ridge showroom and servicing across the city. For another Brisbane job, see the Swift Lite XL lift at Jenga House in Highgate Hill. Further afield, the Swift Pro home lift in Fannie Bay, Darwin stands in the open as a feature, in a Jet Black shaft with glass panelling.
Questions about this lift
Did this Holland Park lift need a pit?
No. It sits on the concrete slab, and a standard ramp at ground level leads up into the car, so no pit was recessed into the concrete. The Swift Lite takes a 50 mm pit or none at all, and this job used none.
How far does this Holland Park Swift Lite travel?
It travels 5.6 m across 3 levels and is rated at 400 kg. The Swift Lite serves 2 to 6 levels and up to 12 m of travel, so this house uses it well within its range.
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Updated 6 October 2026
