Mobile Locksmith in Serengeti Estate

Biometric access: plan the visitor entry first

A property portal's description of the estate mentions card and biometric access for residents, electric fencing, security staff and rangers. That's good for security, but it means your fingerprint or card can't bring anyone else in. Before the technician sets off:

• Register the visit with estate security in the way your estate requires, and give the name Mobile Locksmith Kempton Park.
• If you're locked out and your access card or phone is inside the house, speak to the security staff at the gate yourself so they know who is coming.
• Tell us which entrance you've registered us at. OpenStreetMap shows the main vehicle entrance on Serengeti Boulevard and a second gated point further along it.

We have no relationship with the estate, its management or its security company. Access is always on the resident's say-so. Our guide to lockouts in estates has a short checklist.

A big estate: give us the erf number as well

The census area that covers Serengeti is about 17 km², far bigger than any ordinary suburb, and many of the streets are short closes and crescents. The names follow game, trees and birds: Hippo Hide Crescent, Lions Pride Crescent, Koedoe Koppies Crescent, Milkwood Crescent, Mopani Crescent, Hornbill Crescent, Marsh Owl Drive and dozens of closes. Send us the street, the house or erf number and, if you can, a WhatsApp location pin. If your home is in one of the estate's villages with its own inner gate, mention that too.

A historical note: the 2011 Census counted only 635 people in 177 households here. Property24 now lists well over a hundred properties here, so that old figure says little about the estate today.

Large homes with many locking points

Property24 lists far more houses than anything else in Serengeti, and a big house simply has more locks to go wrong: wide sliding and stacking doors to the patio, multipoint front doors, interleading garage doors, staff and guest suites, and often a safe. Common call-outs at houses of this kind:

• a sliding door that won't lock because it has dropped on its track;
• a multipoint lock whose handle won't lift far enough to throw the bolts;
• a keypad or smart lock that won't respond;
• a safe whose code or key has gone missing.

We try non-destructive entry first and explain before doing anything that would damage a lock. Safe opening and safe repairs are ordinary services for us, and we ask for proof that the safe is yours. If you want to upgrade locks on the outside of the house, check the estate's rules on what may be fitted first.

Car keys and the shops at Olivewood

Olivewood Lifestyle Centre and the Olivewood Village homes sit inside the same census boundary, near the northern end of Serengeti Boulevard. Lost or locked-in car keys at the shops, or at home with the car in the driveway, are handled by our car locksmith service. Have the registration papers or your ID ready. If you've lost keys on the way to or from the airport, see lost car keys near the airport.

The cost

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. Payment is by EFT, cash or card.

Locksmith services available in Serengeti Estate

• Residential locksmith

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

• 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.

• Safe opening

  Lost combination, missing key, dead keypad or a door that won't move. Home, office and firearm safes opened where they stand.

• 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.

• Car keys & lockouts

  Keys locked in the car, a car key snapped off or lost altogether: we come to the car, at home, at work or in a parking lot.

• Lock replacement

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

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

Useful guides

• Locked Out of Your Townhouse or Estate Home
• Lost Car Keys at or Near the Airport: Your Options
• Changing the Locks After Moving In

Nearby areas we cover

• Bredell
• Glen Erasmia
• Glen Marais
• Birchleigh

All Kempton Park areas