Intercom & Access Control in Storrington

An electric gate without an intercom is a gate you have to walk down the drive to open every time someone arrives. On Storrington's rural properties — the converted farmhouses around Washington, Sullington, and Thakeham, and the detached homes off long single-track lanes — that walk can be 20 or 30 metres in the damp Downs air. An intercom lets you see or hear who is at the gate and open it from inside the house, or from your phone anywhere in the world.

We install, repair, and upgrade intercom and access control systems across the Storrington area. From simple audio intercoms to full video systems with app control, your engineer matches the system to the property and the client's requirements.

Intercom installation: from £1,250+VAT

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Intercom and Access Control Options

Audio Intercom

The simplest option. A call station at the gate with a handset or speaker unit in the house. The visitor presses the button, you answer, and you press a button to release the gate. Reliable and cost-effective. A good fit for the period flint and brick cottages in the village centre, where the gate is close enough to the house that you mainly just need to know who is there before opening.

Video Intercom

A camera at the gate shows you who is there on a screen inside the house. We fit video intercoms on many Storrington properties — particularly the rural homes and smallholdings towards Pulborough and on the edge of the South Downs, where the gate sits well back from the house and is not visible from the windows. Being able to see the visitor, not just hear them, is a significant security upgrade on isolated properties.

App-Based Systems

Modern intercom systems can connect to your smartphone via Wi-Fi or mobile data. When someone presses the gate call button, you get a notification on your phone — wherever you are. You can see the visitor on camera, speak to them, and open the gate remotely. These are particularly popular with Storrington homeowners who are out during the day and want to let in deliveries or tradespeople without anyone needing to be home.

Keypad Access

A keypad at the gate allows entry with a PIN code. Common on properties with regular visitors — cleaners, gardeners, dog walkers — who need access when the homeowner is not in. This suits the retirement-age homes along Manleys Hill and Amberley Road, where a gardener or carer may call regularly. We can programme multiple codes and set time-restricted access where needed.

Key Fob and Proximity Systems

For properties with multiple regular users — family members, farm workers, tenants — a proximity fob system allows each person to have their own token. Fobs can be added or deactivated individually, which is useful for managing access on smallholdings and farm entrances where several people come and go through the same galvanised field gate.

Common Intercom Problems in Storrington

The sheltered position at the foot of the Downs means mist and moisture linger around Storrington into mid-morning. That persistent damp gets into gate-mounted call stations and corrodes speaker units and contacts faster than on higher, drier ground. On rural properties the cable run between the gate and the house can be 30 metres or more, often down a single-track lane — poor-quality original installations use lightweight cable that degrades over time and causes intermittent faults. Your engineer replaces these with properly rated cable designed for outdoor burial.

Intercom Pricing

The installation price covers a standard single-gate audio or video intercom with one internal handset or monitor. More complex installations — multi-handset, app integration, keypad add-on, extended cable runs down long drives — are quoted individually after the site survey.

Why Storrington Properties Need Good Access Control

Storrington's property types create specific requirements that a generic intercom system will not meet:

Long, single-track approaches. Properties down the lanes towards Pulborough and on the edge of the Downs routinely have driveways well over 15 metres. The intercom cable run needs to be planned properly, and any wireless or app-based system needs to cope with patchy mobile signal — which your engineer can advise on before fitting.

Rural isolation. Smallholdings and converted farmhouses around Washington, Sullington, and Thakeham are not overlooked. An intercom with video is the only reliable way to identify visitors before opening the gate on a property set well back from the road.

Delivery management. Parcel deliveries to rural RH20 addresses often end up left at the gate because the driver cannot get in. An app-based intercom lets you open the gate from your phone, even if you are out, and speak to the driver directly rather than finding a card on the mat.

Visitors for older residents. Many of the detached homes along Manleys Hill and Amberley Road are owned by retirement-age residents with carers, gardeners, and family calling regularly. A keypad or fob system gives controlled, named access without handing out gate remotes to everyone.

Areas Covered Near Storrington

We cover intercom and access control across these nearby areas:

• Intercom & access control in Horsham

Also covering: Washington, Sullington, Thakeham, West Chiltington, and Pulborough.