Pricing
Every rate we charge in Oakland, published.
Every job is quoted from the list below. The rate you hear on the call is locked, written on the work order and repeated on the receipt. The ranges below are what jobs cost across Oakland and the inner East Bay; the call turns a range into one locked rate.
Emergency Locksmith
OverviewResidential Locksmith
OverviewCommercial Locksmith
OverviewAutomotive Locksmith
OverviewInside the range
What the call settles before the van rolls
A range is honest until the call; then it becomes one number. Three things settle where inside the range your job lands, and all three are answered on the phone.
Which lock
A 1910s mortise case, a modern cylinder and a smart deadbolt are three different jobs. The tech asks what is on the door before the rate is named.
Which hour
Evening and overnight calls carry a flat surcharge that is already inside the number you hear. Weekends and holidays run at the standard rate.
How much of it
One front door or a whole storefront, one key or a fleet of fobs. Fixing the count on the call is what lets the van arrive with the parts.
Where in town
Flatlands and Downtown are the fastest; Montclair and the hills take longer. Arrival changes, the rate does not.
FAQ
What people ask about the bill
What exactly is locked in with The Locked-In Rate?+
The full amount for the job you described: the $89 service call, the work itself and any evening or overnight surcharge, all read from the published list and stated as one total. That total is what the card is charged. It changes only if you ask for something extra once the technician is there, such as a rekey after a lockout, and that addition is quoted and approved as its own line before it starts.
Is there a surcharge at night or on weekends?+
Weekends and holidays are billed at weekday rates. Arrivals between 8pm and midnight add $35 and arrivals between midnight and 7am add $70. Both are folded into the total on the call, so a $105 house lockout is $140 in the evening and $175 overnight, and nothing further is added when the van pulls up.
Will the lock be drilled?+
Not unless you agree to it. Residential deadbolts, apartment cylinders, most storefront locks and most car doors open with picks, decoders, bypass tools or air wedges, and the hardware keeps working afterward. When a lock is damaged, high-security or seized to the point where picking fails, the technician explains the drilling option and the replacement cost before touching anything, and the rate for that stays inside what was locked on the call.
I own rental units near Lake Merritt. How does a turnover rekey work?+
Rekeying swaps the pins inside the existing cylinders so old keys stop working, at $21 to $36 per cylinder plus the $89 service call. Unit door, deadbolt, mailbox and any storage locker can be keyed alike so the incoming tenant gets one key, and a building master can be kept working if you already run one. The itemized receipt lists each cylinder by door, which is what most property files and management software want.
Do you come into the airport, Coliseum and BART parking lots?+
Yes. Car lockouts, key replacement and fob programming are done in the OAK economy and daily lots, the Coliseum and Arena lots, and BART parking at Coliseum, Fruitvale, MacArthur, Rockridge, West Oakland and Lake Merritt. Tell the call which lot and roughly where the car is parked, and expect the technician to ask for registration before the door is opened. Lot entry fees, where they exist, are shown on the receipt at cost.
24/7 — nights, weekends & holidays
One call, one locked rate, anywhere in Oakland
Calls answered 24/7. Quoted from the list, locked on the call, unchanged on the receipt. The $89 service call is applied toward the work.