Multifamily loss almost never comes through the front of the building. It comes through the garage on the back of another car, and it keeps coming because the credential that opened the gate was a code forty units already knew or a fob that left with a tenant in 2022.
The fix is boring and it works: per-unit credentials that die with the lease, a second reader at the pedestrian door where tailgating actually happens, cameras with plates at the ramp, and one directory panel residents can use without calling the manager.
One car in, two cars in. Cameras at the ramp with plate capture make the second car identifiable instead of theoretical.
Shared codes and unreturned fobs are the single most common finding on a multifamily walk.
Mail rooms, laundry and stairwells. Coverage plus lighting to camera spec does most of the work.
Knox box or strike-release at every vehicle gate, egress hardware that never traps a resident.
Pedestrian gates, reach ranges on readers and intercoms, and clear maneuvering space at every credentialed opening.
Photo eyes, edge sensors and entrapment protection on every automated gate — inspected, documented, and on the estimate.
Scoped to the property, not a per-unit rate card. These are the factors that move the number, in the order they usually matter.
Then we phase it. Credentials and the garage ramp first, since that is where the loss is, and the rest across the next two budget cycles. The written scope covers all of it so nothing gets rebuilt.
Codes and fobs keep working. The app is an option, not a requirement, and the directory panel means guests never need one.
We take those over regularly. Your manager gets a walkthrough, written credentials, and admin access in their own name — not ours.
Garage tailgating three nights a week and eleven vehicle break-in reports in a quarter. We replaced one shared code with per-unit credentials, added a reader at the pedestrian door, and put plate-capture cameras at both ramps.
Sometimes. If the existing credentials are a readable standard we can enroll them; if they are cloned copies of a shared card, replacing them is the point of the job.
Your manager, from a browser. We can also hold it under a service plan if turnover is heavy.
Typically two to four days on site once hardware is in, with the gate left operable overnight.
Name, phone and ZIP. We walk it before we price it.
