Mobile Locksmith in Southdowns Estate

Through the main gate on Karee Street

The estate's main gate sits on Karee Street, directly across from the shopping centre, and its security control room is staffed day and night. Let the control room know a locksmith is on the way and give them your street and house number. Keep your ID or proof of residence ready at the door.

Houses on the pasture, units on Bakwena Avenue

Southdowns isn't only big houses. Of the properties on Property24 when we checked, most were freehold homes, but the estate also has sectional-title complexes, such as The Gables at 122 Bakwena Avenue and The Paddocks at 100 Bakwena Avenue, which are sold as simplexes, apartments and lock-up-and-go units. If you live in one of these, you answer to two sets of rules: the estate's HOA for the estate gate, and your body corporate for the complex gate and shared areas. In most complexes, the lock on your own front door and any security gate on it are yours to deal with. A broken complex gate motor or a faulty lock on a shared door usually belongs to the body corporate, so check with your managing agent before you book that kind of job.

Two front doors on one stand

Some Southdowns listings describe dual-living homes: two independent houses on one stand, or a family home with a private one-bedroom flat. When the second home is let to a tenant or family member, it should have its own keys, so the main house's key doesn't also open the flat. We fit separate locks, or new cylinders, so each home has its own set. We don't copy keys, but every new lock comes with keys of its own. If the flat's tenant moves out, changing that one cylinder is a quick and inexpensive job.

Glass doors that open onto the views

Plenty of homes here face the pasture or the bushveld edge and are sold on their "pasture views from every room". That usually means wide sliding or stacking glass doors and a lot of windows. If a slider latches but won't lock, a window handle spins without closing, or a stacking door's bolt no longer reaches the floor keep, call us before forcing anything. Our guide to window locks and handles that won't close has safe things to check first.

Safes, garages and the gate motor

We also open and repair home safes, work on roll-up garage doors and their motors, and fix driveway gate motors and gate locks on stands that have their own gate. For a safe, we'll ask to see proof that it's yours before we open it.

What you'll pay

We charge a 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. EFT, cash and card are all fine. Wherever we can, we get you in without damaging the door or lock.

Locksmith services available in Southdowns Estate

• 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.

• Lock replacement

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Car keys & lockouts

  Keys locked in the car, a car key snapped, or every key gone? The technician meets you at the car: driveway, mall parking or the Gautrain station.

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

Useful guides

• Window Locks and Handles That Won't Close
• Upgrading the Locks in an Estate Home
• Changing a Safe Combination or Code

Nearby areas we cover

• Centurion Golf Estate
• Irene
• Highveld

All Centurion areas