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Originally Posted by dhdallas
The average cost for door card reader access control systems is $3,350 per door and as high as $4300 per door. There must be electrical service provided for each door as well as WIFI service. There is an additional annual fee based on the number of users which with TV’s number of residents would be at least $5000 per year. Even adding the card readers only to the pools would cost almost a half million dollars alone! Multiply the installation cost by the 100 pools in TV and the initial cost would be $335,000-$430,000 plus the $5000 due every year Just for the pools.
Now multiply that figure by how ever many other types of activities where you want to have card reader locks installed; now you're talking MILLIONS of dollars.
Anyone want an nice big increase in your amenity fees to cover the door lock system?
What is the big deal anyway? Who cares if a handful of nonresidents use the facilities (if there even are any abuses)? If you know someone is there who shouldn’t be, then go get an employee.
There are no hordes of outsiders using the pools. These complainers (and I think there aren't that many) need to just try and chill out and not act so high and mighty. People complaining about "outsiders" are what gives TV residents a bad reputation as a bunch of entitled uppity prigs.
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I suppose they could buy a system that costs that much. The salesman will laugh all the way to the bank.
Or buy the parts yourself. $100 for a controller, $10 for the reader, $100 for the door release mechanism. Installation 4 hours at $20/hr. Misc hardware and wiring $100.
Total $400 one time cost for the access system. Maybe some cost more, but others are less. Plus the cost of new exit-only gates.
But we all know that's not how money is spent here. High friends&family bidder wins.