Intercom Systems

[smidsy]

Hei Guys,
Just moved in to a block of units, 3 in the block, an outer door leads in to the door of the ground floor unit and a set of stairs up to the two upstairs - the one issue I have with the place is that once upstairs someone is well out of sight of the street and free to take as long as they like to open the doors to the upstairs units.
What I would like to do is make the outer door lockable, but I will have to pay for it myself - the landlord is good with necessary maintenance but only the bare necessities.

So I am looking for an intercom system, needs to be wireless with a base station to go outside and a receiver for each of the 3 units with a seperate call button so someone call one unit without bugging all three.
I've looked on ebay and all the usual places (Jaycar DSE, Masters, Bunnings) and everything is video with a $500+ price tag for multi channel.
Anyone got any ideas?
Cheers
Paul

[dabbler]

Don't waste your money.

Other people will just block the door to circumvent the security. Even if all current tenants approve there's no guarantee future tenants in the other units agree.

I once spent an entire lease period removing housebricks blocking a main security (remote lockable and intercom enabled) door to 6 units. I would even take them to work so they could never return but obviously another tenant had a never-ending supply. Which is interesting because every other tenant was on the medical staff at a nearby hospital.

And don't get me started on security lighting.

[smidsy]

This is a small complex, only 3 of us.
At this stage myself and one other tenant are in agreement about this but I want to cost it before I speak to the other tenant.

I personally would like to do it because I found out after I took the lease that a former tenant dealt drugs and I wonder if one night I'm going to get a late night visit from a customer who doesn't know they've moved.
As with everything though it will come down to cost.