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San Mateo Park locksmith service, on the quiet streets toward Hillsborough where the house sits behind a hedge and a gate
The large older houses west of El Camino Real along Crystal Springs Rd and the streets toward the Hillsborough line: 1910s to 1930s houses set back behind hedges, pedestrian gates with a keyed latch, driveway gates on an operator, and households that hand keys to a housekeeper, a gardener and a nanny.
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24 min
Avg. arrival
$89
Service call
24/7
Availability
The first lock in San Mateo Park is often at the sidewalk. A pedestrian gate in a hedge with a keyed latch, or a driveway gate on an operator with a keypad on a pedestal, stands between the street and a front door sixty feet back. The lockout that recurs is the pedestrian gate closing on its spring behind someone walking the dog, $112 to $195, and the gate latch is worked before anything on the house. Driveway operators have a manual release on a small key of its own, and where that key is unknown the technician says on the call whether the gate can be released without damage.
The houses carry mortise sets, some newer multipoint doors fitted in a renovation, and a growing number of smart locks on the door the household actually uses. Keys multiply in a house with staff: the housekeeper has one, the gardener has one for the side gate, the nanny has one, and nobody kept a list. A rekey of every cylinder is $24 to $40 each. Households that want to stop cutting keys put a smart lock at $172 to $445 on the kitchen or garage-side door and issue codes that can be retired. A safe in the study, inherited with the house or installed by a decorator, is opened at $179 to $499 with the door intact in most cases.
The streets are wide and quiet and there is no trouble parking; the van stops at the gate. Arrival is about twenty-four minutes by Crystal Springs Rd or El Camino Real. Replacement of a worn mortise case on a large front door is $112 to $305, and the technician keeps the original trim where it can be kept. Evening supplements are $45 from 8pm and $75 from midnight, written inside the figure on the call, and calls are answered 24/7.
Say whether the technician can reach the front door from the street or must come through a gate, and whether that gate is on a keypad, a key or an operator. If staff hold keys, count them. The rekey figure depends on cylinders, not on people.
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A few blocks over, the same van
FAQ
Asked about San Mateo Park
The driveway gate runs on an operator and nobody knows where the release key went. Can it be opened?+
Usually yes. Most operators have a manual release behind a small keyed cover, and where that cylinder is unknown it can be picked or replaced without touching the gate leaf. That is quoted before anything is tried. If the release will not give without damage, the technician says so on the call rather than at the gate, and the pedestrian gate becomes the way in.
A housekeeper, a gardener and a nanny all hold keys we never counted. How is a full rekey priced?+
By cylinders, not by people. Front door, kitchen door, basement, garage, pool gate and the pedestrian gate at the hedge come to $24 to $40 each, with the $89 visit inside the total rather than added to it. Walk the property before the call and count the locks; the number on these lots is usually larger than the household expects.
Open 24 hours, 7 days
One call, one figure on the work order, the same figure on the receipt
Calls answered 24/7 across San Mateo and the towns beside it. The $89 service call, the labor and the parts are inside the number written down on the call, and the receipt matches it line for line.