Montigny-lès-Metz. Building caretaker Aurélien Skrypko manages 406 residents and 216 apartments on a daily basis.

His sector covers two streets, Rue J.-F. Kennedy and Rue Philippe Colson, where he oversees 21 entrances and provides daily support to 406 residents spread across 216 housing units. Only nine of these are vacant. Aurélien Skrypko himself lives in one of these buildings, in a staff apartment. Among the residents, a large proportion are between 51 and 70 years old (27%), 31 and 50 (23%), or 16 and 30 (23%). Most live alone—single, divorced, separated, or widowed (43%)—or in single-parent households (29%).

Have you always been a caretaker? What was your background before landing here?

“After my vocational certificate in heating and thermal maintenance, I worked as a heating plumber for almost 15 years. But I was starting to get bored, and when an opportunity arose, I jumped at the chance. That's how I became a building caretaker—or concierge, as we...

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