Services
Sixteen jobs we run across Palo Alto, each with a published range
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.
Emergency Locksmith
Front doors in Crescent Park, atrium doors on the Eichler tracts, apartments above University Avenue, shop doors on California Avenue and cars in the Stanford Shopping Center lots, opened when the key is lost, inside, or snapped off in the cylinder. Picks and decoders come out first, so the lock goes on working afterward. When a door has been forced, the jamb, the strike and the cylinder are rebuilt on the same visit.
Emergency overviewHouse Lockout
$129–$219A front door, an atrium door or a side gate opened by picking or decoding, $129 to $219, the visit inside the figure.
Car Lockout
$105–$179Keys inside a car at Stanford Shopping Center, a Caltrain lot or a driveway, opened without a mark for $105 to $179.
Business Lockout
$139–$255A shop, an office or a lab opened once the lease or the manager's confirmation is shown, $139 to $255.
Post Break-In Lock Repair
$169–$449Forced cylinders, split jambs and pulled strikes rebuilt and reinforced the same day, $169 to $449.
Residential Locksmith
Rekeys between tenants in College Terrace, mortise sets from the 1910s in Professorville serviced rather than swapped, sliding-glass and atrium-door locks on the Eichlers in Greenmeadow and Fairmeadow, keypad deadbolts for houses whose owners travel, gate and garage cylinders for the large lots in Old Palo Alto, and safes in home offices. Rekeys are quoted per cylinder and hardware per door, each grade named before it is fitted.
Residential overviewLock Rekeying
$27–$45 per cylinderYour existing lock with new pins, so every old key stops working, $27 to $45 per cylinder, the visit inside the total.
Lock Replacement & Installation
$125–$329Deadbolts, levers, mortise bodies and sliding-door locks fitted from the van, $125 to $329, grade named first.
Smart Lock Installation
$189–$479Keypad and app locks fitted, paired and coded for houses, rentals and guest units, $189 to $479.
Safe Opening
$195–$539Lost combinations and stuck bolt work opened where the safe stands, by manipulation wherever the safe allows, $195 to $539.
Commercial Locksmith
Aluminum storefront doors on University Avenue and California Avenue, exit devices for restaurant kitchens, master key systems for buildings where one manager holds the top key, and readers and keypads for offices and labs in Stanford Research Park. Master keying and access control receive an itemized quote after the doors have been counted, and the count is done on site.
Commercial overviewMaster Key Systems
custom quoteOne key for the owner or manager above a set of keys for each door, quoted per building once the doors are counted.
Panic Bars & Exit Devices
$305–$789Exit devices fitted or repaired for restaurants, shops and back-of-house doors, $305 to $789 per door.
Access Control
custom quoteReaders, keypads and fobs for offices and labs that have outgrown metal keys, quoted after the doors are counted.
Storefront Door Locks
$159–$479Aluminum deadlatches, hookbolts, cylinders and closers for the glass doors on University and California Avenues, $159 to $479.
Automotive Locksmith
Keys cut and programmed in the Stanford Shopping Center lots, the Caltrain lots on Alma Street, Town & Country Village or a driveway in Barron Park. Many cars in Palo Alto are hybrids and EVs with proximity fobs, and the van carries the programmers for them. Ownership is checked against the registration before a key is cut, and the technician stays until the car has started twice.
Automotive overviewCar Key Replacement
$155–$419Keys cut and programmed at the car for most makes, hybrids and EVs included, $155 to $419.
Key Fob Programming
$89–$195Remotes and proximity fobs paired where the car is parked, $89 to $195.
Ignition Repair
$185–$459Ignitions that will not turn, or turn without starting, rebuilt or replaced at the curb, $185 to $459.
Motorcycle Keys
$125–$289Keys cut and transponder chips programmed for motorcycles and scooters, $125 to $289.
Not sure which one fits? Describe it on the call; the price is named either way.
(650) 252-160424/7 — 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.