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Integrated access control means your door entry system works as part of your wider security rather than in isolation. In our installations, a door event triggers a Hikvision CCTV snapshot for visual verification, the Ajax alarm arms or disarms automatically based on who enters or leaves, and Loxone can run lighting scenes on entry. You manage everything from one app instead of juggling separate systems for the intercom, alarm, and cameras. It is our standard approach rather than an upgrade, because retrofitting the links afterwards costs more than designing them in.

Our base is Hatch End in HA5, which puts Harrow, Pinner, Northwood, Moor Park, Stanmore and Edgware within twenty minutes and usually means a same-week survey. Beyond the home patch we work across Greater London, with a good deal of the integrated access control we have fitted going into Victorian terraces and mansion flats in Hampstead, West Hampstead and Kensington, where the hardware has to be discreet enough to leave original doors and joinery alone. The survey takes about an hour wherever you are.

Yes, and it is a large part of what we do. The usual situation is a building with a Paxton or similar system where the installer has moved on, nobody has the software or the engineer password, and the fobs of former tenants or staff are still live. We survey what is actually fitted, recover or rebuild the database, hand you documented administrator access, then support it from there. If the existing hardware is sound we keep it — a takeover is normally a fraction of the cost of a replacement, and we will tell you honestly when a platform is too old or too proprietary to be worth keeping.

Yes. Driveway gates, rising arm barriers and communal entrance doors run on the same access system as the internal doors, so one fob or one code works everywhere it should. Where a gate motor is already installed we interface to its controller rather than replacing a motor that works. Vehicles are handled with a fob reader on a post, a keypad, an intercom call to the house, or a ground loop for automatic free exit, and everything is configured to release safely in a fire or for emergency services.

It is decided per door, deliberately, at design stage. Escape routes are fail-safe: they unlock when power is lost, because a locked fire exit is far more dangerous than an open door. Doors protecting valuables are usually fail-secure, staying locked and needing a mechanical override. Either way the control equipment sits on a battery backup that rides out a normal London power cut, and the mechanical thumbturn or key override on the inside always works, so nobody is ever shut in.

Different people arriving in different ways need different credentials, and one system can carry all of them. Fobs suit anyone who arrives daily and keeps keys in a pocket. PINs suit occasional visitors and trades, because you can issue a code for a fortnight without handing over hardware. Phone credentials suit family and staff who always have a phone and will never carry a fob. Fingerprint suits front doors and secure rooms where you want no credential to lose or lend at all. In practice most properties end up with fobs for the household, codes for trades and deliveries, and a fingerprint or phone on the main entrance.

Mechanical access control uses physical hardware — push-button code locks, key-suited cylinder systems, and mechanical digital locks that need no power. Electronic access control uses powered readers (keypads, fobs, biometrics) with electric strikes or maglocks, giving you remote management, audit trails, and instant code revocation. Mechanical suits low-traffic doors and listed buildings where wiring is difficult; electronic is right for main entrances and anywhere you need control and accountability. We install both, and often combine them across one property.

Yes. All our electronic access control systems include app-based management. Add or remove users, change codes, set time-based schedules, and unlock doors from anywhere in the world. You can give a cleaner a code that only works on specific days and times, and revoke it instantly if needed.

Yes. We work with existing doors in most cases — electric strikes, maglocks, or smart cylinders can be fitted to standard residential and commercial doors without replacing the door itself. For period properties in Hampstead, Kensington, and Chelsea, we use discreet hardware that preserves the original character and joinery.

It is driven by the doors rather than the readers. What moves the figure is how many doors you want controlled, what each one is made of and how it is used, whether cable can reach the frame or the door needs a battery cylinder, whether a gate motor or an intercom panel is involved, and whether the system has to be managed from software or can stand alone. A single keypad on a side door and a six-door building with video entry are different projects, so we survey first and itemise the quote door by door — you can see what each entry point costs and take any of them out. The survey is free anywhere in London.

Absolutely — this is where our approach stands out. We integrate access control with Hikvision CCTV so every door event triggers a camera snapshot for visual verification. Combined with Ajax alarms, the system automatically arms when the last person leaves and disarms when an authorised user enters. All managed through one app via Loxone.

Yes — offices, retail units, HMOs, and managed residential buildings across London and the West London commercial corridor. Commercial systems include centralised user management, full audit trails with exportable compliance reports, anti-passback rules, and integration with fire alarm systems for emergency egress. We scale from two doors to multi-site estates.

Yes, and it's increasingly popular in London's luxury residential market. Fingerprint readers are discreet, fast, and eliminate the risk of lost keys or forgotten codes. We install biometric access on front doors, garage entries, and internal secure rooms. The system stores encrypted biometric data locally — nothing is sent to the cloud.