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Garage entry check-in instructions template

Getting in through the garage is handy, especially with luggage or bad weather, but it adds steps: the garage keypad or remote, which side to park on, the inside door that may have its own lock, and remembering to close everything at night.

This template covers each step in order and includes the safety basics, such as checking nothing is under the door and never leaving a car running in a closed garage. Note your garage's clearance height if guests might arrive with roof boxes or tall vehicles.

The template

Replace anything in [brackets] with your own details.

Before you arrive

Check-in is from [Check-in time].
Your garage code will arrive by [Day and time the code is sent].

1. Find the place

The address is [Address]. Look for [Landmark, e.g. the house with the two-car garage and a basketball hoop].

[Photo: the house and garage from the street]

2. Open the garage

The garage keypad is [Keypad location, e.g. on the right side of the garage door frame].
Enter [Garage code], then press [Enter button].
The door takes a few seconds to open. Please wait until it stops before driving in.

[Photo: the garage keypad]

3. Park

Please park on the [Side] side. The [Other side] is for [Storage or other use].
Clearance is [Clearance height]. Please check roof boxes and bike racks.
Turn off your engine once you're parked. Never leave a car running with the garage door closed.

4. Into the house

The door into the house is [Door location, e.g. up three steps at the back of the garage].
[Inside door entry, e.g. it's unlocked during your stay / keypad code [Door code]].

[Photo: the door from the garage into the house]

5. Close the garage

Press [Wall button location] to close the garage door.
Make sure nothing is in the doorway. The door stops if something is in the sensor path, so check the floor if it reverses.
Please keep the garage closed overnight and whenever you're out.

6. Coming and going

Use the keypad, or the remote in [Remote location].
[Opener app, if any].

7. First things inside

Lights: [Light switch location]
Wifi: [Network name] / [Wifi password]
Thermostat: [Thermostat location]

8. Who to call

[Host name]: [Host phone]. If the garage won't open: [Backup entry, e.g. lockbox at the front door, code [Lockbox code]].

Tips

Test the garage door's safety reverse before guests arrive; it should stop and reverse if something is in the way.
Keep a working carbon monoxide alarm in the house near the door from the garage.
Clear one side of the garage completely so guests aren't squeezing past your storage.
Have a front-door backup for power cuts, when most garage doors won't open from the keypad.
Change the garage keypad code between guests, just like a door code.

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Questions

Is it safe to give guests a garage code?

Yes, if you treat it like a door code: unique per booking where your keypad allows, changed between guests and paired with a locked or coded door into the house.

What if the power goes out and guests can't open the garage?

Most garage openers won't work without power. Give guests another way in, like a lockbox at the front door, rather than asking them to use the manual release.

Should the door from the garage into the house be locked?

Many hosts keep it locked or coded so the house stays secure if the garage is left open. Tell guests how it works in your check-in steps.

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