Apartment blocks in Sea Point, Green Point and Three Anchor Bay often still have intercom panels installed decades ago. Buttons stick, the audio crackles and half the units don’t ring. On sea-facing homes in Bantry Bay and Camps Bay, salt corrodes gate stations. Holiday-let owners want to see and let in visitors from their phone.
We install intercoms that suit each type of building. See our main intercom system installation service.
We count the units, check the existing riser cabling, choose weather-rated door stations and decide whether a two-wire, IP or app-based system makes most sense.
Hikvision, Commax, Kocom or Accentronix systems with a door station that calls every unit.
Video door stations with phone app answering, so you can let visitors in from anywhere.
Corroded stations, dead units and failed door releases fixed or upgraded.
Green Point, Mouille Point, Three Anchor Bay, Sea Point, Fresnaye, Bantry Bay, Clifton, Camps Bay, Bakoven, Llandudno and Hout Bay, along the Atlantic Seaboard. See the full Atlantic Seaboard area.
A modern multi-unit system fixes it, often over the existing riser cables. Contact us to book an assessment.
Cape Smart Automation has more than ten years of security installation work in Cape Town. We give trustees a clear scope and quote in writing. About us.
Old apartment systems and salt cause most call-outs.
Faulty riser wiring or dead handsets. We trace and fix. See our intercom troubleshooting guide.
Salt damages buttons and speakers. We fit weather-rated stations.
Lock or relay faults. We repair the lock, power supply or wiring.
Experience with apartments and coastal homes.
Hikvision, Commax, Kocom and Accentronix.
Clear scope and quotes for body corporates.
What trustees and homeowners ask us most.
Often, yes. Many modern two-wire systems work over the existing riser cables, which avoids chasing walls in every flat. We test the cabling first. If some runs are damaged, we can replace just those, or recommend an IP system if the building already has network cabling.
Yes, with an app-enabled intercom. When someone presses the button, the call comes through to your phone. You can see them, talk and open the door or gate from anywhere. It’s ideal for holiday lets and for owners who travel often.
Choose a weather-rated, vandal-resistant station, mount it out of direct spray where possible and wipe it down with fresh water occasionally. We specify stations built for outdoor coastal use, seal the cable entry so moisture doesn’t get inside and check them during routine services.
Yes. Residents use tags or codes to get in, while visitors use the intercom to call a flat, and both can release the same door lock. It’s the most common setup we install for apartment blocks along the Seaboard, and CCTV can be added to record who comes through.
Call 083 518 5545, WhatsApp us or use the form below. Tell us your suburb and what you need.
