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• A smart intercom for the building: how a consorcio decides and approves it

  The entry intercom is common property: replacing it is the owners' assembly's call, not the administrator's alone. What majority Argentina's Civil Code requires, how the cost is split across expensas, and why a retrofit usually gets approved faster than a new entry panel.

  Published 7/23/2026

• Physical button or QR code: what each intercom asks of the visitor

  A QR intercom asks the visitor for a phone with a camera and internet; a physical button asks for nothing. What happened when a building's QR went viral, what quishing is, and when each system makes sense.

  Published 7/20/2026

• How to turn your building's intercom into a smart intercom

  What an intercom retrofit is, how the call reaches your phone, what the visitor needs in order to ring (nothing new) and what happens when the internet drops.

  Published 7/20/2026

• My building intercom stopped working: common causes and what to do

  How to pin down why a building's intercom fails, what a repair costs in Argentina in 2026, and when it makes more sense to modernize than to keep repairing.

  Published 7/20/2026

• Smart intercoms in Argentina (2026): options and prices

  From IP video-intercoms to wireless QR systems and retrofits that reuse the existing panel: Argentina's smart-intercom options, with prices verified and dated in 2026.

  Published 7/20/2026

• Replace the intercom or modernize it? Retrofit vs. new installation

  When a building's intercom is done, there are two paths: replace the whole system or modernize what's already there. Costs, construction work, the façade, and when each one makes sense.

  Published 7/20/2026