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Key safes or alternatives

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aggie Sun 02-Oct-22 14:32:48

We have a key in a metal box beside the front door , it was necessary for carers to come and go and family knew the code too !
The carers weren’t allowed to write down the code , so very occasionally I would get a phone call asking for the code , anyway it was / is useful
The box is sturdy but small and hidden by the post box , neither of these entailed any building work , just a drill to put in the screws

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SueDonim Sun 02-Oct-22 14:29:16

I’ve just had one installed for my mother for when she’s discharged from hospital with carers. It hasn’t actually been used yet but the people I bought it from were very helpful in choosing and the installation was done smoothly.

It seems an ideal solution, to me.

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crazyH Sun 02-Oct-22 14:25:17

I think it’s a good idea, but I guess, it will need some building work, which will be both disruptive and expensive.
My family and one of my neighbours has a key to my house.
My advice is to get a mobile phone and keep it with you at all times. Mine is always in my trouser pocket.

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rowyn Sun 02-Oct-22 14:16:20

I'm rapidly approaching 80 and am not that secure on my legs, thanks to arthritis , poor balance and gout. I live on my own and if I fall, I know I will have the utmost difficulty getting up. Even if I can get to a phone, the problem will be that I have a deadlock on the front door so no one can get in. There is a key buried in the front garden, but it would be difficult to explain all that.
So I am thinking of getting a key safe. I mean a heavy metal box which would be attached to the outside wall, and a number code set by me would be the only way of opening it.

I have been looking online and in particular at one called "police approved Supra P 500ProKeysafe" ( P - not C which is a less superior version)
I would be interested in hearing if anyone has got this model, or indeed if anyone recommends a different one.

(Incidentally I have a very good neighbour who I would trust with a key, but her husband has dementia and has a tendency to squirrel away items which she then has great difficulty finding, so I know it would worry her to have the responsibility.

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