Cyber-safe parcel management during the holidays: 5 essential tips to prevent parcel fraud at the office

With internet shopping growing more common by the day, the number of parcels being delivered is skyrocketing. In 2021, the average UK family has been receiving 4.5 parcels per month (source: Bringme Delivery Index). When they’re being delivered to residential buildings, they often pile up in entry ways as they await collection. They force people to wait at home for their deliveries to come, make them risk loss or theft if they don’t stay home, and inevitably result in entryways becoming a cluttered eyesore.

Are you struggling to retain your tenants and wondering what strategy to use? Some Google research will quickly give you a list with superficial tips, tricks & how to’s. But in this day and age, you have to come up with solutions that deal with actual problems and respond to the way tenants live today. This is why automated parcel management ticks almost all boxes for building managers. It not only delivers a top notch customer service, it also takes over a great deal of your daily chores and is cheaper than the often used standalone systems. No wonder it is rapidly becoming the new standard. Read on and find out how it will increase your tenant retention rates.

Not every parcel mailbox is the same. And with countless variations on the market, it gets more and more overwhelming to make a choice. Below we summed up 5 key elements to consider when choosing the ideal parcel mailbox for your residential project.

Author: property advisor Alexandra Gevers As a property consultant in the Flemish Brabant region, I am increasingly asked why the sale of our new construction projects runs so smoothly. Many property developers even send a “mystery shopper” to attempt to understand my sales methodology. I lost a lot of time with this, so I decided to share my “success formula”. Although interest rates are historically low and the property market in Leuven is in excellent health, competition is fierce due to the many new construction projects. The reason my “sales velocity” is so high, is as follows:

Buyers of new-build apartments have different priorities to investors, as they will effectively be living in the building. Project developers and architects should therefore bear the following five things in mind to avoid frustrations among buyers.

The very first digital concierge was introduced 4 years ago, but a clear trend can now be seen whereby both small and large property developers are including this as the norm in their residential projects. Following a survey among promoters, these appear to be the underlying reasons why the digital concierge has become so important.

With low interest rates, economic instability and trade wars, investors are turning towards the property market. New apartments are particularly popular, being easy to rent out and sell on. Also, the possibility of personal use in the future is attractive to investors. The offer is vast, so we made a study among investors and wealthy individuals to find out which criteria are behind the perfect investment apartment.

Many apartment buildings still have a traditional doorbell – a doorbell that no longer meets the standards of modern residential comfort. So, if the resident not at home, he has no idea who’s at the door. Online orders end up with the neighbours. Opening the door remotely is not an option. And the safety of residences is more and more jeopardised. That's why property developers invest in smart doorbells. Let's summarize the main benefits.

In a time of constant innovation, is it not surprising that residential building entrances haven’t changed over the last fifty years? The current systems do not communicate with one another with separate letterboxes, a doorbell panel, intercom in the apartments, many keys and locks and a price tag between €1.000 and €1.500 per apartment. Yet despite this considerable investment, the entrance no longer meets the needs of residents.