Built for the way your building actually runs.
Whether it’s a borettslag where the board changes every year or a property company managing thousands of leases, most residential garages still run on physical remotes, GSM call-to-open, and a binder someone keeps. Parqio replaces that quietly — and lets every resident keep using what works for them.
Some patterns we keep seeing.
From housing co-ops and sameier across the Nordics.
Boards turn over. Sometimes every year, sometimes every twenty.
The new chair inherits the previous chair’s system, the previous chair’s spreadsheet, and the previous chair’s understanding of who has which key.
The remotes are getting old. So are the people who remember which ones are out.
Battery changes, lost units, new orders at 200 kr a piece. The cost lands in the annual budget. The friction doesn’t.
Residents want it to feel like 2026.
They open their car without keys. They open their apartment without keys. The garage is the one place that still asks for a remote.
Pedestrian access through the vehicle gate.
People walk in when they could use the side door. The motor cycles more than it should. The repair bill arrives, eventually.
Stop running access from a binder.
The chair’s spreadsheet works until the chair changes. Parqio holds the records and the rules so they don’t depend on who’s in the role this year.
- The system knows who has access right now.Not who had access two years ago. Not who the previous chair thought should have access. The actual current state, exportable, auditable.
- Tenancy changes don’t require human memory.When someone moves out, their access ends with the date in the contract. When someone moves in, theirs begins. The handover happens whether or not the chair is paying attention.
- The new board inherits a working system, not a binder.Continuity is built into the product, not into the chair’s note-taking.
Let every resident keep using what works.
Younger residents want app-based opening. Older residents want what they’ve always used. Parqio doesn’t make them choose.
- Automatic opening for residents who want it.The gate opens as they approach. Phone in pocket, hands on the wheel.
- The app or a remote, for the residents who prefer them.Manual control, available the way it always has been.
- Call-to-open for residents who don’t use smartphones.A dedicated number, the same flow as a GSM system. No one has to install anything to keep using the garage.
A gate that lasts longer because it moves less.
Pedestrian traffic through the vehicle gate is the biggest hidden cost in a residential garage. Parqio reduces both the cycles and the surprises.
- The gate stays open during busy windows.Morning rush, evening rush, school run – the motor stays at rest while traffic flows. Closes only when the pattern says it can.
- Pedestrians get nudged toward the side door.When a resident is approaching on foot, the app guides them to the pedestrian entrance. Subtle, not preachy.
- The repair budget shrinks.Fewer cycles, fewer breakdowns, fewer 200 kr remotes per year, fewer angry messages in the chair’s WhatsApp at 22:00 on a Sunday.
How a 240-apartment co-op regained control, cut costs, and turned its garage into revenue.
They started knowing who parked where. The bills for lost keys and worn-out remotes disappeared. And the daytime visitor spaces started paying for themselves.
See what it looks like for a residential co-op.
A 20-minute walkthrough mapped to a co-op like yours — your gates, your residents, your board’s actual workload.
