Simple multi-property visitor communication

Visitor communication across a portfolio tends to be inconsistent. One block has a working entry panel, another has a panel with half the labels missing, and a converted house has nothing at all. Tenants fit their own camera doorbells, which creates a patchwork of devices, drilled door frames, and disputes about who is recording whom in a shared hallway.

Every powered device at a door is also a future job: a battery to charge, a fault to log, a contractor to send out. Multiply that by a portfolio and it becomes a standing maintenance line.

DoorVi standardises the visitor journey without standardising on hardware. Every door gets the same simple method — scan or tap, then video call the occupier — while the sign itself remains a passive object with nothing to fail.

Because there is no camera at the door, it also sidesteps the most common source of complaints in shared entrances, where a tenant-fitted camera overlooks a communal area or a neighbour's door.

• Choose the sign type per door — adhesive-mounted signs for most entrances.
• Register each sign to the occupier's phone number.
• Visitors scan the QR code or tap the NFC sign to start a secure video call.
• The occupier answers on their own phone and sees the visitor.
• When the occupier changes, update the registration rather than the hardware.

• Consistent visitor experience across mixed building stock.
• No electrical work, cabling or intercom specification.
• No batteries, charging cycles or device firmware to manage.
• No drilling for standard sign installation, protecting doors and frames.
• No camera in communal areas, reducing resident privacy complaints.
• No monthly subscription per property.
• Fast to deploy — signs can be fitted during a routine visit.

Suitable portfolios

• Blocks of flats with an ageing or unreliable entry panel.
• Converted houses in multiple occupation with several front doors.
• Build-to-rent and student accommodation with high turnover.
• Mixed portfolios where no single wired system would fit every property.
• Commercial units and small business parks with unstaffed doors.

The sign contains no camera and no microphone. Nothing is recorded in a communal hallway, and no continuous monitoring takes place. When a visitor starts a call, video runs one way to the occupier, so the visitor never sees inside the property and never receives the occupier's number.

Standard signs are adhesive-mounted and take a couple of minutes each, so a rollout can be handled by existing staff on a normal round rather than by a contractor. There is no commissioning step, no network configuration and no power supply to arrange. Registration is done from a phone once per door.