Customers · Multifamily
Safer, Smarter Apartment Communities — Without Starting Over
Most DFW communities already have cameras, gates, and fobs. We keep what works, layer AI and cloud management on top, and add the smart-apartment features residents ask about on tours.
Common challenges
What Keeps Multifamily Teams Busy
Key and fob churn
Every move-out means collecting keys, canceling fobs, and rekeying — while vendors wait for an escort.
After-hours incidents
Pools, parking, and package rooms see the most trouble when the office is closed.
Damage discovered too late
Leaks and HVAC failures in vacant units often go unnoticed until the next showing.
Illustrative scenario
A Day at a Connected Community
How the pieces work together on a typical day. Times and events are illustrative.
Vendor code goes live
An HVAC contractor’s code opens the mechanical room and two units until 11:00, then expires.
Move-in without a key handoff
The new resident’s mobile credential and unit-lock code activate on their lease start date.
Leak in a vacant unit
A sensor under the water heater alerts on-call maintenance, who are there before it reaches the unit below.
Self-guided tour
A prospect’s time-limited code opens the building and the model unit; the unit is pre-cooled and lit.
After-hours pool alert
AI detects a person at the closed pool; audio talk-down plays on supported cameras and the on-call manager gets the clip.
Incident documented
The manager searches the night’s footage, exports the clip, and attaches it to the incident report.
Recommended solutions
Solutions for Multifamily
Start with the capability that solves your most expensive problem, then add the rest on the same platform.
Access Management
Keyless entry, mobile credentials, smart locks, and remote door control with a full event history.
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Video Monitoring
AI person and vehicle alerts, plain-language video search, doorbells, and intercoms.
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Safety & Security
Intrusion alarms, environmental sensors, and video-verified alerts with monitoring options.
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Water Leak Detection
Leak and freeze sensors, real-time alerts, and automatic shut-off on supported systems.
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Energy Management
Smart thermostats, vacant-unit schedules, automation rules, and HVAC alerts.
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Resident Smart Home
App control of locks, temperature, and lights for residents — owner-level control for you.
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Self-Guided Tours
Time-limited tour codes, entry logging, and vacant-unit protection behind your touring software.
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Smart Property Platform
One integrator and one dashboard for access, video, alarms, sensors, and smart-home devices.
Learn more →Scope that respects residents
Video covers common areas, perimeter, parking, and amenities — never the inside of residents’ units. In-unit devices are limited to smart locks, thermostats, and sensors. HOA board? See multifamily & HOA security.
By the numbers
What Renters Are Asking For
of renters are interested in, or would not rent without, keyless smart locks.
Source: NMHC & Grace Hill Renter Preferences Survey, 2024want a video doorbell at the unit.
Source: NMHC & Grace Hill Renter Preferences Survey, 2024Retrofit-first
Keep What Works. Layer Smart Capability on Top.
Powerhouse Guardians focuses on retrofitting and enhancing existing security infrastructure with AI integration. We keep the cameras, readers, panels, and cabling you’ve already invested in when they’re compatible and in good condition — and add only what’s missing. No rip-and-replace required.
How we work
From Property Walk to Ongoing Support
Property walk & system review
We document what’s installed — cameras, readers, panels, wiring, and network — and how your team operates.
Design & scope
Itemized keep / enhance / add recommendations, with one-time installation and monthly service quoted together.
Install & integrate
Licensed technicians handle cabling through cloud setup, scheduled around residents and staff.
Configure & train
Roles, schedules, alerts, and access plans configured for your team, plus hands-on staff training.
Support & optimize
Ongoing service, device-health checks, and tuning as your portfolio and policies change.
FAQ
Common Questions
Can we roll this out across our portfolio in phases?
Yes. Most operators pilot one community, standardize the device package and settings, then roll out property by property.
We’re renovating units — is that a good time?
It’s the best time. Rehab schedules let us run new wiring, add unit-door locks, and install thermostats and sensors with minimal disruption.
Will our existing gate operators work?
Many gate operators can be retrofitted with new access readers and controllers. We verify compatibility during the site walk — see gate and vehicle entry control.
How do residents learn the new system?
We provide onboarding materials for your leasing team and residents, and train staff on everyday tasks and exceptions.
Next step
Walk One Community With Us
We’ll document what’s installed, show what can be retrofitted, and price a phased plan — installation and monthly service together.
Powerhouse Guardians Corp · info@powerhouseguardians.com · 7300 State Highway 121, Suite 300 PMB 1008, McKinney, TX 75070 · TX License #B30802201
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[1] 2024 NMHC & Grace Hill Renter Preferences Survey (share of renters interested in, or who would not rent without, each feature), as summarized by BBC Magazine — bbcmag.com