For Apartment Buildings & Residents' Associations

The door entry system that rings the resident's phone

One panel at the entrance replaces the ageing intercom. The visitor rings, the resident sees on WhatsApp who is there and opens the door, at home or away. No handsets in the flats, no new wiring through the building.

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1 panel

at the entrance, for the whole building

0 handsets

nothing to fit inside the flats

Photo + video

of the visitor, via WhatsApp

Existing door release

or Paxton / Salto stays in use

Sound familiar?

"The intercom is 25 years old and parts are no longer made"

A failed handset means searching second-hand sites or a flat that no longer hears the bell. The manufacturer has moved on and the installer has no stock left.

"Replacing it means a new handset in every flat"

A conventional replacement needs an engineer in every flat, new cabling through the risers and a residents' vote on a large sum. So it gets postponed year after year.

"The courier is standing at a closed door"

Residents are out during the day. Parcels go back to the depot, the carer rings three neighbours, and the main door is wedged open because that is easier.

Ring at the entrance, open from the phone

The panel at the entrance has a camera and a list of flats. The visitor picks a flat and rings. The resident receives a photo on WhatsApp of who is there, can take a short video call, and opens the door with a single reply. Every opening is recorded in the building's log against the flat number.

If your building already uses a Paxton or Salto installation for the car park or the entrance, the panel drives that. If there is only an electric strike, we connect to it.

WhatsApp
Someone is ringing flat 4C. 📷 [photo of the visitor] Open the door?
Who is it?
The visitor says: "Parcel from Royal Mail for Davies." Start a video call or open now?
Open
Door opened at 14:12 ✅ Recorded in the log for 4C.

What the building and the resident get

Photo and video when someone rings

The resident sees who is there before the door opens. A short video call is available if the visitor is unfamiliar.

Open from anywhere

At home, at the office or on holiday: the message reaches the resident's phone and the door opens with one reply.

Temporary access for couriers and guests

The resident creates a code in advance for a courier, a carer or house guests, valid within a time window. It expires by itself afterwards.

A log per flat

When the bell rang, who opened, with which code. After an incident the managing agent has a record instead of a guess.

Keys and fobs keep working

Residents who prefer not to use WhatsApp come in as they always have. The panel replaces the intercom, not the key.

Images only when someone rings

There is no continuous recording of the entrance. An image is captured at the moment of ringing and goes only to the flat being called. The building sets the retention period.

How the replacement goes

Schuurman Technology, our permanent installation partner, fits the panel and the door release and connects them to the Revtek platform. Because no handsets are needed, nobody has to enter the flats, and the existing intercom keeps working until the moment of switch-over.

Maintenance afterwards falls under the service level the building chooses, with response times per territory.

1
Survey at the entrance

We look at the current intercom, the door release or strike, the power supply and the distance to the building's network.

2
A quote for the board

One price for panel, fitting, connection and commissioning, in a form the board can put to the residents' meeting.

3
Fitted in one visit

Panel, door release and network connection are fitted in a single day. The old intercom keeps working until switch-over.

4
Residents sign up

Every flat receives a sign-up link. Whoever signs up receives calls on WhatsApp from that moment. Whoever does not, uses the key.

Replacing the intercom in an apartment building

No. WhatsApp is the route for residents who want to open the door remotely. Anyone who prefers not to keeps using their own key or fob. The manager can also set a fixed visitor code per flat, or a temporary access for couriers and carers.

In most cases, yes. The panel drives the existing electric strike or door release, or connects to a Paxton or Salto installation if one is already there. Schuurman Technology assesses during the site survey what is present and what is still usable.

An image is captured only at the moment someone rings, and it goes solely to the flat being called. The building sets the retention period and receives a data processing agreement. There is no continuous recording of the entrance.

Schuurman Technology, our permanent installation partner, in Greater London, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The panel, the door release and the connection are fitted in a single visit. Maintenance afterwards falls under the service level the building chooses.

The installation is quoted after the site survey, because the price depends on the number of entrances, the condition of the door release and the distance to the network. Ongoing use falls under the Revtek subscription per site. Because no handsets and no wiring to the flats are needed, the investment is usually well below that of a conventional door entry replacement.

Replacing the intercom in your building?

Book a demo or request a site survey. You get one quote for panel, fitting and platform.

Or email us at info@revtek.nl