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Our strata block has a number of solo older residents who wish to place individual digital key safes on a sheltered wall near the entrance to the unit block, but our request has been rejected by the body corporate on the grounds it is a safety risk.As some of us have health problems I consider it a safety risk to not have access for help if required.
What action can we take?
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You may be able to fit a keypad type lock to your entry doors without approval depending on your by-laws. Ask the SM to clarify.
I wonder if your owners corp is concerned about a facility that is frequently used for short-term letting. This allows the hosts to “share” their homes without having to be there.
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At our scheme (NSW), partly due to a concern about the potential for short-term letting, we came to an arrangement where concerned residents could leave a key with BM/SM/Neighbour.
We have a key safe for our security guards and certain contractors and after a number of incidents we came up with a ‘safe management plan’ – something that individual residents are unlikely to duplicate.
Anyway, after several conversations with the residents, we all agreed that a key safe has a number of – in particular keeping track of the code and who had it.
And in the case of real emergency (fire or medical) – no-one waits for keys/codes in any case.