For rental properties

The stairwell notice you change from your desk

You manage rental properties and decide about the building without waiting for an assembly. That is what this page is for: what the screen in the stairwell changes about your day, and what it costs.

Quartiero screen mounted on a stairwell wall

What is always included

  • Delivered pre-assembled, a socket is enough
  • Internet through the built-in cellular modem
  • Content through a portal in your browser

fromCHF 30.00per month per screen

What Quartiero is, in one paragraph

A digital notice board for the stairwell: a touch screen in an apartment building that you maintain through a portal in your browser. It shows notices, house rules and everyday services, and a change is in the building a few minutes later. The device arrives pre-assembled, goes on mains power and brings its own internet through a built-in cellular modem.

Does any of this sound familiar?

  1. Short notice does not work by post

    The situation

    A letter takes two days. The lift is down today, the water goes off at 2pm, the contractor moves to tomorrow. Paper is too slow for all of that, and so is a notice someone has to drive out to post.

    What changes

    You change the notice in the browser and it is in the stairwell a few minutes later. No trip, no printout, even for a single line.

  2. Names on paper hang in public

    The situation

    A notice addressing a single household hangs behind glass for everyone to see, often for weeks. Under the revised data protection act that is more delicate than it looks.

    What changes

    You take the notice down the moment you decide to, not the next time someone drives out. The screen itself records no people: no camera, no resident login.

  3. Proving that people were informed

    The situation

    When there is a dispute about a water shutdown or a deadline, it is one word against another. Nobody remembers who took the notice down or how long it hung.

    What changes

    You set the period the notice runs for when you enter it. The deadline is on record before anyone asks about it.

  4. Missed contractor appointments cost twice

    The situation

    The second call-out gets invoiced. Meter readings nobody knew about get estimated and come back as a complaint about the service charge statement.

    What changes

    The appointment is in the stairwell, where everyone passes daily, and can still be moved the evening before.

  5. The laundry room

    The situation

    The schedule has hung for years, has been written over, and half the calls you get are about who may use it when.

    What changes

    The schedule is on the screen and it is current there. It is the point where residents start using the screen by themselves.

  6. Every tenant change starts it over

    The situation

    In a rental building someone is always moving in. The house rules go out once with the move-in papers, in the stairwell they hang yellowed behind glass, and after a few years nobody is sure which version applies. The question lands with you.

    What changes

    The house rules and the waste calendar are permanently on the screen, in the version that currently applies. Whoever moves in finds them on day one, with nothing for you to send.

From the notice board to the screen

Classic notice board in a stairwell, paper notices behind glass

Today

  • Print, drive out, post it
  • Every correction costs a trip
  • Last spring’s notice is still up
  • Nobody knows afterwards what hung when
Quartiero screen showing the building information

With Quartiero

  • Change it in the browser, done
  • A correction costs half a minute
  • Expired items disappear on the date you set
  • The deadline is on record before it is asked about

The questions that come before the contract

What does the device need in the building?

A socket in the stairwell. Nothing else. It arrives pre-assembled and brings its own internet through a built-in cellular modem, so no connection in the building is needed. Mounting and plugging it in is a caretaker job, no technical knowledge required.

What if someone damages the screen?

In the all-round package the device stays our property and we cover maintenance and replacement. If an unknown person damages or steals it, we replace it once you report the incident to the police and send us a copy of the report. On a purchase the statutory warranty and the manufacturer guarantee apply.

How long am I tied in?

You cancel to the end of the month, there is no minimum term. A purchased screen stays yours, only the monthly licence ends. The details are in the terms.

Choose screens

Purchase or all-round package, and you pick the size. One-off amounts and the monthly one are shown separately so the figure holds no surprise.

One-off CHF 1'800.00 per screen, that is the purchase price.Then CHF 30.00 per screen and month.Amounts are net, VAT is added on top.

You can fill the basket now. To order we then need an account, an organisation and your billing details; the basket survives all of that.