Abstract: A home elevator system consisting of a combination of a single vertical guide rail consisting of two C-shaped channels that are interconnected along the entire vertical height of the guide rail, an elevator platform having a central portion which is slidably mounted within the single vertical guide rail, a hydraulic jack, and a rope and pulley arrangement interconnecting the platform, guide rail and hydraulic jack comprising a first pulley mounted on the top of the single vertical guide rail, a second pulley adjacent the bottom of the hydraulic jack, a third pulley connected to the outer end of the hydraulic jack and a rope travelling over pulleys.