'TARDIS' lifts appearing in British homes

Remember TARDIS, the time machine from British tv series, Doctor Who?

For people living in a house with more than one storey, stair lifts or home elevators are often a necessity of life as they get older and find it harder to get up and down the stairs. Normal stair lifts have the disadvantage of being a permanent and visible addition to a staircase, while traditional home elevators are bulky and often impractical for most homes.

A company in England is hoping their novel design will fill the gap in the market for a new kind of home elevator. Terry Lifts, based in Cheshire, have built a futuristic-looking elevator that can fit into the corner of a room and ascends through a hole in the ceiling with no lift shaft required.