Mobile Locksmith in Irene

Which Irene do you mean?

Irene began as a farm and was proclaimed a township in 1902. Since then several newer estates have grown up around it, and many of them still give "Irene" as the suburb in their address. Each has its own page on this site, because the gates and the housing are different:

• Irene Farm Villages and Irene Village Mall, north of Nellmapius Drive: see locksmith in Irene Farm Villages;
• Cornwall Hill Country Estate, further east along Nellmapius Drive: see locksmith in Cornwall Hill Estate;
• Southdowns Estate, by the Southdowns Shopping Centre: see locksmith in Southdowns Estate.

If you live in the village streets, Irene Glen, Twin Rivers, Rietvlei Ridge or out on a Doornkloof plot, you're in the right place.

The booms on the village roads

The village isn't one walled estate. OpenStreetMap shows closed gates across several side roads (Wellington Road, Theiler Lane, Chatham Road and Stanley Road among them) and booms at the main entrances. It tags the King Street and Queen Street booms as open around the clock, and the Stopford Road boom as open only from 06:30 to 18:00. So when you phone us late, tell us which boom is nearest your house and whether a guard is on duty there. If you can, wait at that entrance so the technician can follow you in.

Older houses on big erven

Village houses for sale on Property24 sit on stands of 1,500 to 2,700 m², several with a flatlet or a second cottage. A property like that usually has more locks than people expect: front and back doors, a kitchen door, the flatlet, a garage, a storeroom and a pedestrian gate in the wall. On older homes the problems tend to be wear rather than failure:

• a lever lock that only turns if you lift the door handle first;
• a wooden door that swells after a summer storm until the bolt won't meet the keep;
• a handle that has worked loose on its spindle.

Most of these can be repaired rather than replaced, and the technician will tell you which applies before quoting. Our articles on doors that stick after summer rain and loose or broken door handles cover what you can safely check first.

Doornkloof plots and farms

South and east of the village, the Doornkloof land is mostly smallholdings and small farms, from about half a hectare to well over ten. Listings there mention electric perimeter fences, automated entrance gates and separate outbuildings. Out on a plot the usual call-outs are a gate motor that won't open the long driveway gate, a seized padlock on a store or a borehole room, a broken key in a workshop door, or a roller shutter that has dropped off its spring. We handle all of those, including the motors.

Plot addresses can be hard to find at night, so drop a location pin when you call and leave a light on at the gate. Our guide to lock security for smallholdings and plots goes through padlocks, gate locks and outbuilding doors.

Irene Glen, Twin Rivers and Rietvlei Ridge

A few private estates also come under this page: Irene Glen, on Hennops Drive and Cornwall Drive south of Cornwall Hill; Twin Rivers, in the Doornkloof area; and Rietvlei Ridge Country Estate, on the eastern side near the freeway. Before we arrive, let the guardhouse know a locksmith is on the way, and have your ID or proof of residence ready at the door.

Price and paying

R250 call-out. 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. We always try to open a door without damage first, and we'll ask to see that the house is yours or that you live there before we open it.

Locksmith services available in Irene

• Residential locksmith

  Golf-estate homes, family houses, townhouses and smallholdings: door, window and gate locks, gate motors and home safes, all handled at your property.

• Emergency lockouts

  Keys inside and the door shut, at home, at work or in the car, or someone stuck behind a deadlock? We come out at any hour and get you back in.

• Lock repairs

  Drooping handles, keys that only turn if you pull the door, window catches, gate locks and tired roller shutters: repaired in place when that's the sensible fix.

• Lock replacement

  Cylinders, deadlocks, nightlatches, window and gate locks, shutter locks and shrouded padlocks, chosen to suit the door and fitted on the spot.

• Break-in lock repairs

  Burgled at home or at work? Doors, windows, gates and shutters made to lock again the same night, and anything the stolen keys still open changed.

• Safe opening

  Code forgotten, safe key missing or keypad dead? Home, office and firearm safes are opened in place, and we aim to leave the safe in working order.

All of these are part of our mobile locksmith service in Centurion.

Useful guides

• Lock Security for Smallholdings and Plots
• Doors and Locks Sticking After Summer Rain
• Loose or Broken Door Handle: What's Behind It
• Gate Motor and Gate Lock Faults: Safe Checks

Nearby areas we cover

• Cornwall Hill Estate
• Southdowns Estate
• Irene Farm Villages
• Centurion Golf Estate
• Doringkloof
• Route 21 Business Park

All Centurion areas