A key lockbox is a small secure safe box where you can store a spare key in order to give access to authorized personnel like prospective buyers or Airbnb guests when you’re not around.
Do not hide your spare key in ridiculous unsafe spots like under mat or in a flowerpot, you can lock it in one of those designated metal boxes which is protected with a digit code that you only share with the people who have your permission to get in..
A key lockbox can be attached to a wall or the door itself. Most lockboxes are shaped like a padlock and are usually hung on the front door’s doorknob.
They’re commonly are being used by real estate agents and Airbnb hosts, but it can also serve the elderly people not only to dismiss the need to carry a key that can get stolen or lost, but as a backup key reserved to paramedics and emergency response teams if something bad happens to them.
Key lockbox come in different size and has quite few designs, but work in 3 main ways:
Push-button model
Where you enter a code by pressing buttons on the lockbox.
Wheel model
This design has 3 or 4 rotating wheels like any common bike combination lock.
Dial model
This one uses a spinning dial like the one we had at school on our locker.
Is a key lockbox secure?
Older lockbox designs were working with just one code that could not be changed and if owners wanted to use a different code from safety issues they had to get a new one.
New lockboxes fix this problem and in modern designs owners can reset the code and create a new one anytime they want to.
Old lockboxes also had a rust problem which made them jam and not open which led the guests getting locked out when it happened.
New lockboxes solve this by using high quality stainless steel, a material that don’t rust.
So after all of that being said we say in unison that lockbox is the most secure solution for your spare key.
