RemoteLock and Smart Locks

[Eve Velasquez]

Hello,

My husband and I are currently househacking a six-bed, five-bath house. We are renting out the rooms individually on a month-by-month basis using Airbnb. We use the Kwikset 912 to lock the rooms, the 914 for the front door, and the 916 for the back doors. We just signed up for the RemoteLock software to connect all of our locks and generate codes. We already use Smart Things as our smart hub.

How do you guys program the locks and send the codes to tenants? We're looking to scale and possibly rent out the house short term in the summer, so I'd like everything to be as hands-off as possible. Would you guys recommend using RemoteLock or attempting to use the Kwikset apps? Or do you have any other app recommendations that would work?

Thank you,

Eve Velasquez

[Andrew Steffens]

Hi Eve!

We use Schlage locks and Lynx automation, so it will be different but I think I can still shed some light on how we set it up as I imagine the locks and software can operate in similar ways.  We have it set up through our PMS so when a reservation comes in, it automatically populates from Streamline (PMS) to lynx.  The reservation then basically goes into a queue and is remotely programmed into the lock.  We have it set to make the code the last 4 of the guests's last 4 of phone number.  So if I make a reservation for myself at one of our properties from Mar 1-5, 0877 (my last 4) will open the lock from 4PM Mar 1 - 10am Mar 5.

I hope that helps you :)