Option,Basis,Upfront cost (GBP),Ongoing cost (GBP),10-year total (GBP),Equivalent per week (GBP)
Stay put with straight stairlift,Average price paid GBP 3867 (Which? 2025 survey) + servicing GBP 112/yr + electricity GBP 4/yr + one battery replacement GBP 160,3867,116 per year,5187,10
Move house once,Average UK cost of buying and selling incl stamp duty agent fees conveyancing removals (2026),12376,0,12376,24 (spread over 10 years)
Home care 5 hours per week,UK average GBP 32 per hour (2026),0,8320 per year,83200,160
Residential care home self-funded,UK average GBP 1298 per week (2026),0,67496 per year,674960,1298
Nursing home self-funded,UK average GBP 1535 per week (2026),0,79820 per year,798200,1535