Pricing

Every price we charge in Palo Alto, published.

Every job is priced from the list below. One figure is said on the call, with the visit, the labor and the parts inside it, and the receipt shows the same figure. The ranges below are what these jobs cost across Palo Alto, Stanford and the towns beside them; the call turns a range into one figure.

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Emergency Locksmith

Overview

House LockoutA front door, an atrium door or a side gate opened by picking or decoding, $129 to $219, the visit inside the figure.$129–$219 Car LockoutKeys inside a car at Stanford Shopping Center, a Caltrain lot or a driveway, opened without a mark for $105 to $179.$105–$179 Business LockoutA shop, an office or a lab opened once the lease or the manager's confirmation is shown, $139 to $255.$139–$255 Post Break-In Lock RepairForced cylinders, split jambs and pulled strikes rebuilt and reinforced the same day, $169 to $449.$169–$449

Residential Locksmith

Overview

Lock RekeyingYour existing lock with new pins, so every old key stops working, $27 to $45 per cylinder, the visit inside the total.$27–$45 per cylinder Lock Replacement & InstallationDeadbolts, levers, mortise bodies and sliding-door locks fitted from the van, $125 to $329, grade named first.$125–$329 Smart Lock InstallationKeypad and app locks fitted, paired and coded for houses, rentals and guest units, $189 to $479.$189–$479 Safe OpeningLost combinations and stuck bolt work opened where the safe stands, by manipulation wherever the safe allows, $195 to $539.$195–$539

Commercial Locksmith

Overview

Master Key SystemsOne key for the owner or manager above a set of keys for each door, quoted per building once the doors are counted.custom quote Panic Bars & Exit DevicesExit devices fitted or repaired for restaurants, shops and back-of-house doors, $305 to $789 per door.$305–$789 Access ControlReaders, keypads and fobs for offices and labs that have outgrown metal keys, quoted after the doors are counted.custom quote Storefront Door LocksAluminum deadlatches, hookbolts, cylinders and closers for the glass doors on University and California Avenues, $159 to $479.$159–$479

Automotive Locksmith

Overview

Car Key ReplacementKeys cut and programmed at the car for most makes, hybrids and EVs included, $155 to $419.$155–$419 Key Fob ProgrammingRemotes and proximity fobs paired where the car is parked, $89 to $195.$89–$195 Ignition RepairIgnitions that will not turn, or turn without starting, rebuilt or replaced at the curb, $185 to $459.$185–$459 Motorcycle KeysKeys cut and transponder chips programmed for motorcycles and scooters, $125 to $289.$125–$289

Inside the range

Why a range on the page becomes one figure on the call

A range is what a job costs across a city of very different doors. Three things come up on the call, and together they turn the range into one figure.

What is on the door now

A 1910s Professorville mortise set, an Eichler slider with a hook latch and a builder-grade deadbolt in a campus rental are three different openings. The lock that is there decides whether it is picked, decoded or, rarely, drilled, and that is the first thing talked through.

What goes on the door

Rekeying what is there costs less than a new deadbolt, and a grade 1 deadbolt costs more than a grade 2. The grade is named on the call, before it is fitted. Original hardware is kept and rekeyed wherever the lock allows it.

The hour

Evenings from 8pm carry $55 inside the figure, and the hours after midnight carry $90. You hear the total, not a surcharge, and weekends and holidays run at daytime rates.

What is never added

No mileage to Barron Park or the hills, no fee for a side gate or a second door, no line for a second attempt, and drilling never costs more than picking would have. If the plan changes at the door, it changes with your yes, at the same figure.

FAQ

What people ask about the bill

What does the figure on the call include, and what could move it?+

The $89 service call, the labor, the parts fitted and any evening or overnight hour, as one figure said on the call. A side gate, a long driveway, a garage level or a building lobby does not change it. The only thing that adds to it is a second job you ask for after the technician arrives, such as rekeying the back door once the front door has been opened. That is quoted as its own figure and started only when you say yes.

Is it more after 8pm, on a weekend or on a holiday?+

Weekends and holidays are charged at daytime figures. Arrival between 8pm and midnight adds $55, and between midnight and 7am adds $90. Both are already inside the figure said on the call. A house lockout that would be $129 during the day is said as $184 in the evening and $219 overnight, and that is the figure on the receipt.

24/7 — nights, weekends & holidays

One call, one figure, and the lock kept whole

Calls answered 24/7 across Palo Alto, Stanford and the towns beside them. The $89 service call, the labor and the parts are inside the figure said on the call, the lock is opened without drilling wherever it allows, and the receipt repeats the figure.

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