My mother lives in sheltered accommodation. It's secure in the sense that residents need a key or key fob to get into the building. There is only a yale lock though on each flat, and no mortise lock. There is no CCTV yet although they plan to get it.
I have found out that people are coming into the building who are not residents, relatives, guests, carers or workmen/workwomen. They are not signing in to the book that all visitors are meant to sign in to.
They work for a company that distributes catalogues, putting them under people's doors. Then they come back to collect them. I'm sure that it's convenient for some of the residents to have this, but that's not the point. The point is that people are coming into the building and not signing the book.
I don't know how they are getting into the building. I'm sure they can't have a key. They don't seem to be coming to the front of the building and asking permission to come in. Maybe they're ringing bells at random until someone lets them in.
This company is trying to recruit people, that's in the catalogue. It looks as if they employ casual staff. I don't like the idea of people wandering the corridors who are basically people just coming in off the street. I wouldn't want to live in a place where there is just a yale lock on the door.
Perhaps this company has permission from the landlord to come in, but even then they should be signing in. I could talk to the housing officer but if nobody else thinks there's a problem then I might come across as making a fuss about nothing.
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Kim666 · 16/08/2017 15:46
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