How much does a gate intercom cost?

£350 to £1,600 fitted. A keypad is at the bottom of that range, wired audio in the middle, and video entry or a GSM unit at the top.

Can the gates be opened from my phone?

Yes. A GSM unit takes a SIM card and calls your mobile when someone presses the button, and you open the gates with a keypress or an app. Signal strength at the gate gets checked first.

What about deliveries when nobody is home?

A GSM intercom lets the driver reach you wherever you are, and a keypad code you can change gives regular couriers access without leaving the gates open.

Do I need a subscription?

Only a SIM for GSM units, which is a few pounds a month. Keypads, wired audio and wired video systems have no ongoing cost.

Can access control be added to gates I already have?

Yes, though running the cable to an existing installation is the expensive part. Where a driveway cannot be lifted, a GSM or wireless option avoids the digging.

Gate intercoms and access control in Teesside

Adding access control to a Teesside gate costs £350 to £1,600 fitted: a keypad at the low end, wired audio entry in the middle, video entry or a GSM unit that rings your mobile at the top. Cheapest by far when it goes in with the gates.

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The options, and what they cost

Gate access control on Teesside (fitted, 2026)
System	Typical price	Suits
Keypad on the pillar	£350 to £600	Family, cleaners, regular visitors
Wired audio intercom	£550 to £950	Answering the gate from inside the house
Video entry panel	£850 to £1,600	Seeing who is there before opening
GSM intercom to your mobile	£650 to £1,200	Letting people in when you are out
Extra remotes or fobs	£35 to £70 each	Additional drivers
Ground loop or free-exit sensor	£250 to £550	Driving out without pressing anything

Wired or GSM

A wired system runs a cable from the entrance panel to a handset in the house. It is reliable, it has no monthly cost, and it gives you a video image on a proper screen. The catch is the cable, which has to be ducted from the gate to the property, so it is far cheaper to install while the trench for the gate power is open.

A GSM unit takes a SIM card and simply phones you when a visitor presses the button, wherever you are. It costs a few pounds a month for the SIM, and it means a delivery driver can reach you when the house is empty. On long driveways or where digging a cable run would mean lifting a resin driveway, it is often the sensible choice. Reception at the gate gets checked before it is specified, since some rural entrances around the Cleveland villages are patchy.

Deliveries, without leaving the gates open

The most common request on Teesside driveways is not security, it is parcels. The practical answers are a GSM intercom so drivers can call your phone from the panel, a keypad code you can give to regular couriers and change when you like, and an auto-close timer so the gates never stay open by accident. A video panel with a recorded snapshot adds a record of who called. None of it requires an app subscription unless you want one.

Getting out again

Leaving the property is the part people forget. A remote in each car is the basic answer. Better is a free-exit sensor or an induction loop set into the driveway, which detects the vehicle and opens the gates automatically, so nobody hunts for a handset in the dark. Loops go in during groundworks and are effectively impossible to retrofit tidily afterwards, which is the argument for deciding early.

Emergency and service access

An automated entrance must not stop the fire service, an ambulance or a utility crew getting in. Options include a key switch, an approved emergency access box at the entrance, or a code held on file. Where a shared driveway serves several homes, that arrangement should be agreed and documented rather than assumed. It is a five minute conversation at survey stage that occasionally matters enormously.

Doing it at the same time as the gates

Every one of these is cheaper installed alongside the gate work. The duct is open, the control panel is accessible, and the commissioning visit covers everything at once. Retrofitting an intercom to a finished driveway means either lifting a surface or going wireless, which usually costs more than it would have on day one.