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Home Signal14 September 2026Who this is for
Since April 2024 an indoor camera gets your listing removed. Most hosts know that. Fewer know what to put in instead.
Read the host forums and the same problems come up again and again: keys that never come back, more guests than the booking said, a flat left running for a week, and no proof of any of it.
Here are five things that fix those. The first two cost almost nothing. Numbers three and four together come to 86.45 euros, once.
Start with the free one.
Since April 2024 an indoor camera gets your listing removed. Most hosts know that. Fewer know what to put in instead.
Read the host forums and the same problems come up again and again: keys that never come back, more guests than the booking said, a flat left running for a week, and no proof of any of it.
Here are five things that fix those. The first two cost almost nothing. Numbers three and four together come to 86.45 euros, once.
Start with the free one.
Since April 2024 an indoor camera gets your listing removed. Most hosts know that. Fewer know what to put in instead.
Read the host forums and the same problems come up again and again: keys that never come back, more guests than the booking said, a flat left running for a week, and no proof of any of it.
Here are five things that fix those. The first two cost almost nothing. Numbers three and four together come to 86.45 euros, once.
Start with the free one.
One printed page by the door and the same text in the booking messages: number of guests, quiet hours, no parties, where the stopcock and the fuse box are, and who to call. It is the first thing a platform asks for in a dispute, and most hosts do not have it written down.
Cost: nothing. Saves: the argument about what the guest was told. Do this one tonight.
Many countries require a working smoke alarm in a let property, and every guest review mentions safety sooner or later. A basic alarm on the ceiling and a first aid kit in the kitchen drawer cover both.
Cost: about 30 EUR together. Saves: a failed inspection and a very bad review.
You are not allowed to watch the flat. You are allowed to know it is in use. A radar presence sensor tells you a room is occupied, and when, with no picture and no sound, which is why it is lawful where a camera is not. The Shelly Presence Gen4 sees a person sitting still, which a motion sensor does not, and records nothing about them.
Cost: 69.90 EUR. Saves: the 3 a.m. surprise, and the monitored-alarm contract at 300 a year. It does not count people. Nothing lawful does.
The cheapest item on the list and the one that makes the other two useful. A time on every open and close. Three opens after midnight is a fact, not a feeling, and a fact is what you need when the deposit conversation starts.
Cost: 17.90 EUR each. Saves: the deposit dispute that comes down to your word against theirs. Two of them, one log.
Most hosts have at least one key out in the world they cannot account for. A smart lock ends that: each guest, cleaner and tradesperson gets their own digital key, it ends on the day you set, and the log says whose key opened the door. The LOQED Touch 2S mounts over the euro cylinder you already have.
Cost: 248.90 EUR. Saves: a cylinder change (80 to 150) every time a key goes missing, and the argument. Offered straight after the kit, below its shop price.
One and two cost almost nothing. Three and four are the kit that tells you the flat is in use. Five answers who can get in.
Because Airbnb bans every indoor camera, anywhere in the listing, even off, since 30 April 2024, and because privacy law stops covering you the moment the flat is let, whether for a weekend or three years. A guest who finds one leaves a review that says so, and that review is worth a season. The presence sensor exists because of exactly this. It gives you the fact without the footage.
The digital key was created on Tuesday and ends Sunday at eleven. The cleaner has her own. The last guest's key stopped working the moment they checked out.
No picture of anyone. No sound. A time on each event, on your phone, on Saturday morning, while you decide whether to send a message.
What the two sensors write down over a weekend. This is the whole record. It is enough.
Numbers three and four as a kit, at the kit price
What hosts pay now, against the kit
The presence sensor tells you the flat is occupied, and when. The two door sensors put a time on every open and close. 86.45 EUR against 101.70 bought separately, no monthly fee. The smart lock is offered on the next page, below its shop price.
The sensor does not count people and nothing lawful will; it tells you a room is in use and when.
"The Presence Gen 4 is fast and accurate, the interface is convenient."
"It is very responsive and tracks all objects perfectly. The temperature is a little "warm" during use, but not excessive. I'm using 3 of them in my home, and they are perfectly integrated into HA. Very Good."
"The best presence senzor U can get. Until now."
"After one month of use, I can say that the LOQED lock works consistently and reliably. However, the interior handle could be improved: there should be a little more space between the handle and the main LOQED unit, and the handle itself could be longer and shaped more ergonomically to fit the hand better. The display is also rather dim, and the text is not always easy to read through the dark cover. I would appreciate alternative handle designs being offered as accessories."
"Easy setup and works reliably"
"Works as advertised"
The door sensor has a mixed record: several buyers report slow or unreliable updates, and support suggests a firmware update. The lock's reviewers want a fully touch-sensitive screen. The full, unfiltered reviews are on the manufacturer's store.