Going up

Once the province of super-luxury homes, the residential elevator is fast becoming a must-have appliance in multistory abodes.

Demand for residential elevators has grown as the population ages. Baby boomers are now caring for their elderly parents in multistory homes and need the lifts to ensure they can age in place.

“Nowadays you're seeing elevators in $300,000 homes,” says John Andrews, a longtime employee of Gulfside Elevator & Cab Interiors in Naples who became a co-owner of the firm with colleague Juston Ticknor last year. Andrews is president of operations and Ticknor is president of sales.