Upgrading intercoms for Lombardy's established freestanding homes
Lombardy is about 7 km east of Sandton City. In Lombardy's residential suburbs, many homes sit on large stands with the main house set far back from the street. This distance makes it impossible to see or hear a visitor at the gate from inside. Older intercom systems on these properties may no longer be reliable, or their handsets are inconveniently located in one part of a large home. The main challenge is to effectively screen visitors from a distance before granting access.
For these Lombardy properties, a video intercom is a practical upgrade, allowing you to see who is at the gate. We can install multiple indoor screens, so you can answer from the kitchen, a home office, or an upstairs bedroom. Where running new cables across an established garden is difficult, an intercom that uses the mobile network to call your phone is an effective alternative, provided there is a good signal at the gate.
For anyone moving into a Lombardy home, the first priority is to control who can open the gate. Old remotes and codes from previous owners and their service providers present a security risk. We recommend clearing all old users from the system's memory. For ongoing access, we set up tags or codes for family and staff, which can be individually managed and deleted when someone no longer needs access.
Everything we install and repair, and how a job runs from first call to handover, is on our intercoms and access control page.
Questions from Lombardy
Is it difficult to run a cable for a new intercom across my large garden in Lombardy?
It depends on the garden. We assess the route to see if we can use existing sleeves or trench neatly. If cabling is not practical, we recommend an intercom that uses the mobile network, which only needs power and a signal at the gate.
The previous owner of our Lombardy house used a keypad. Is just changing the main code enough?
No, it is safer to clear the system's memory completely. We can wipe all old codes and remotes from the keypad and gate motor receiver. Then we set up new codes just for you, making sure no one else has access.
Tell us what you have in Lombardy now and what is going wrong, and we will tell you plainly whether it needs a repair, an upgrade or a new intercom system, then put the quote in writing.