Mobile Locksmith in Croydon

Croydon the suburb, not Croydon Crescent

Two easy mix-ups. Bonaero Park, on the other side of the airport, has a street called Croydon Crescent, so "Croydon" on its own can send someone the wrong way. And because Croydon borders Isando and Spartan, people sometimes give an industrial address when they mean a home in Croydon, or the other way round. Help us by giving:

• the street and number, plus "Croydon, Kempton Park";
• the nearest main road: Brabazon Road, Zuurfontein Road or Lunik Drive;
• the complex or block name and unit number, if you're in one.

Many of the side streets are named after minerals and gems in Afrikaans (Saffier Avenue, Graniet Avenue, Kromiet Avenue, Toermalyn Road) or after birds (Hadeda Street, Kiewiet Road, Plover Street). Spelling the street out over the phone saves time.

Flats, townhouses and freestanding houses

The 2011 Census counted 5,223 people in 1,645 households on about 2 km². Current listings show flats, townhouses and freestanding houses side by side on leafy streets. The calls we get differ by type of home:

• Flats: a front door that latches behind you, a lost key to the communal gate, or a body corporate that specifies which lock goes on unit doors. Check its rules before we fit anything new.
• Townhouses: sliding-door locks that no longer catch, and garage doors that stick.
• Houses: burglar-bar and security-gate locks that have stiffened, and back doors with long-lost keys.

Our security gate guide covers safe checks you can do first. For a complex lockout, read locked out of a townhouse or estate.

New tenants and new owners

With flats and townhouses changing hands, plenty of people move into a Croydon home without knowing who else has a key. Changing the outside locks is a sensible first job in a new home. We fit new locks that come with their own keys. We don't cut extra copies, so choose a lock with enough keys for the household. Changing the locks after moving in walks through which doors to do first.

Running a business next door?

If you live in Croydon but work in one of the factories or warehouses around it, see our locksmith in Isando and locksmith in Spartan pages. They cover roller doors, padlocks, office safes and getting a technician past a business-park gate.

Before we open a door

We'll ask for proof that you live there, such as ID with a lease or a utility bill, and we always try to get in without damage first. R250 call-out fee. The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree. You can pay by EFT, cash or card.

Locksmith services available in Croydon

• Emergency lockouts

  Shut out of the house, the townhouse, the office or the warehouse, day or night. Phone us and we drive out to wherever you are.

• Residential locksmith

  Locks on freehold houses, townhouses, estate homes, flats and smallholdings: doors, security gates and home safes, sorted at your place.

• Lock repairs

  Keys that stick, bolts that drag, latches that won't catch and gate locks gone stiff: repaired where they're fitted, when a repair makes sense.

• Lock replacement

  New cylinders, deadlocks, nightlatches, multipoint parts, gate locks and heavy-duty padlocks, supplied and fitted on site.

• Broken-key extraction

  Key snapped off in a door, a gate or a padlock? We remove the broken piece and test whether the lock is still sound.

All of these are part of our mobile locksmith service in Kempton Park.

Useful guides

• Locked Out of Your Townhouse or Estate Home
• Changing the Locks After Moving In
• Security Gate Lock Problems

Nearby areas we cover

• Spartan
• Isando
• Cresslawn
• Esther Park

All Kempton Park areas