Short-Stay Rentals

Stop handing over keys. Guests let themselves in.

Keyless entry, cleaner access and remote check-in for Airbnb hosts, guesthouse owners and property managers — installed anywhere in South Africa.

The problem

Driving across town to meet a guest who lands at eleven at night. Cleaners who need access on a Tuesday and a Friday but not the rest of the week. A key that walks off with a departing guest and costs you a full re-key. And no record of who let themselves in, or when.

What we install

• Keyless guest entry — each guest gets a code that starts on their check-in day and stops working at checkout. Nothing to hand over, nothing to collect.
• Separate cleaner and maintenance codes — your own team on their own codes, with a log of who entered and when. Change or revoke access from your phone without going near the property.
• Video doorbell and remote check-in — see and speak to whoever is at the door from wherever you are, and talk a guest through arrival at any hour.
• Lights, geyser and aircon on a schedule — optional, but it stops you heating water and cooling rooms for an empty unit between stays.
• Noise and occupancy monitoring — optional, for hosts who have had one party too many.

Pricing

From R2 565 per smart lock.

We price per door, because that is how you think about your properties. What a specific door costs depends on the lock specified, the door type and whether the existing hardware can be reused — and whether you want a video doorbell on that entrance as well. You get a written per-door quote, so a single unit and a portfolio of twenty are both easy to budget.

Doing several doors at once brings the per-door cost down, and standardising on one lock across your properties means one app and one set of instructions for your cleaning team.

How it works

1. Site visit — we check your door types, frames and wifi coverage. Not every door takes every lock, and this is the step that stops surprises later.
2. Written quote — priced per door, so you can do one unit or twenty and know exactly what each one costs.
3. Installation — fitted, connected and tested, usually without taking the unit off the market for more than a few hours.
4. Handover — we set up your app, create your first guest and cleaner codes with you, and show you how to issue and revoke them yourself.
5. Support — phone and WhatsApp support during business hours, Monday to Friday.

What happens if it fails?

This is the question that matters at midnight, so here are the honest answers.

• Mechanical key override on every lock we fit. There is always a physical way in.
• Offline codes. Guest codes are stored on the lock itself, so they keep working when the wifi is down. You lose remote code changes, not entry.
• Load-shedding. The locks run on their own batteries and are unaffected. Your wifi and doorbell need backup power if you want them live through an outage — we will tell you what that costs at quote stage.
• Low-battery warnings well before a battery dies, plus an external power point on most locks so a flat battery is never a lockout.

Common questions

What if the wifi goes down?
Codes already issued keep working — they live on the lock. You will not be able to add or cancel a code remotely until it is back.

What about load-shedding?
The locks are battery powered and carry on. Doorbells and cameras need backup power to stay online; we cover that in the quote rather than leaving you to find out.

How do I change a code between guests?
From your phone, in a few seconds. Most hosts set codes to expire automatically at checkout so they never have to think about it.

Can my cleaner have permanent access?
Yes, on their own code, and you can restrict it to particular days and times. Every entry is logged.

What happens if a guest locks themselves out?
You issue a new code from your phone. If everything is down, the mechanical key override is the fallback.

Can you integrate with Airbnb or my channel manager?
It depends on your lock brand and which platform you use. Tell us what you are running and we will tell you straight whether that combination works, rather than promising integration and discovering the problem after installation.

Managing several properties?

If you run a portfolio, or you co-host or manage for other owners, talk to us about doing the whole set at once. Pricing per door improves with volume and standardising on one lock across your properties means one app, one way of working and one set of instructions for your cleaning team.

Related

Smart door locks in detail · CCTV and surveillance · guesthouses and hotels

Get a per-door quote

Tell us how many doors you need done and roughly where they are, and we will come back with a written per-door price.

Call +27 78 797 2186 or 010 746 3674, email info@mazzyautomations.co.za, or send us a message.