Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Access to common areas

[KAREN A CARLSON (kcarlson2]

Everyone in our community has a key that will work with the outside doors to 
building with the commons.  The commons itself has two doors—one that is locked 
all the time and has keypad entry (it swings open automatically to serve those 
who need help with doors).  The other is key locked—it’s unlocked in the 
morning and locked at night.  We have keypad entry in several places as our 
residents don’t like carrying keys all the time—and the children certainly 
don’t.  (Keypads  expensive to install, esp if door is to swing open, but 
really valued.)

Karen Carlson
Arboretum cohousing
Madison, WI


> On Jan 15, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Beverly Jones Redekop <beverly.jones.redekop 
> [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> We have a lock with a code. We have surprise conflict about whom should
> receive the code: I always assumed the common house would be an extension
> of our homes, but some people wish to limit access to people who are 13 and
> over. Maybe it would be helpful to decide about that in advance.
> 
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 4:52 AM Wim De Saegher <wim.de [at] saegher.be> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> how do you secure the access to the common areas?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Using a key?
>> 
>> Is there one key (with duplicates)? Who gets a key?
>> 
>> Is the key part of a "big key": big key opens house, small part opens
>> common
>> area?
>> 
>> Do all common areas (guestrooms, garden shed, bike shed) share the same
>> key/lock?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Using a code? A lock with code, or an electronic door?
>> 
>> Biometrics? Badge?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We're designing the buildings now and would like to know how other groups
>> tackle this issue.
>> 
>> Thanks a lot!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Wim De Saegher (Belgium)
>> 
>> <mailto:wim.de [at] saegher.be> wim.de [at] saegher.be
>> 
>> 
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