QR code in the stairwell: house rules, bin calendar and repair requests for landlords

Stairwells often hold a jumble: house rules from 2015, a handwritten note about the bins, a caretaker number that no longer works. Every change means printing, driving over, putting it up. A QR code in the notice case takes some of that off your hands. It stays up, and the destination behind it is updated when something changes.

What belongs behind the QR code

• House rules and rules for the cellar, bike room and laundry room
• Collection dates: to the council’s waste calendar, which is published anew every year
• Emergency numbers: caretaker, heating, locksmith
• Report a repair: to a contact page with email address and phone number
• Announcements: building work, meter readings, water shut-offs

So a building needs three to five QR codes. If you manage several buildings, you can put up the same code for general rules everywhere and only separate the building-specific codes.

Fixed destinations instead of changing files

On the free plan the destination of each QR code can be changed twice. For a waste calendar that comes out every year, that will not last long if you link a new PDF every time. So point the code to a fixed page, such as a subpage of your website or a free page of your own, and swap the content there. The same applies to emergency numbers: the code leads to a contact page, not directly to a number.

Privacy in the stairwell

What sits behind a notice code can be seen by anyone standing in the stairwell, including visitors and tradespeople. So do not name tenants, do not list flat numbers with names and do not share access codes. General rules, dates and the management’s contact details are fine.

Are the free limits enough?

A block of flats with 20 households generates only a few scans a month, far below the 1,000 that the free plan includes for the whole account. The 20 dynamic QR codes get tighter when a property manager wants to equip many buildings with their own codes. Then a paid plan with more codes and unlimited destination changes is worth it.

What is free

At Same-QR, 20 dynamic QR codes are permanently free, with no trial period and no credit card, and there are no ads when scanning. In addition there is one page of your own in the standard design, which you can change three times a month. For most notices in a building, that is enough.

Conclusion

A QR code in the stairwell saves trips and outdated notes. Point it to fixed pages, keep personal data out and give each purpose its own code, so the scans show you what tenants actually look up.

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