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Lake Merritt and Grand Lake locksmith for apartment turnovers, buzzer panels and mailbox locks in the buildings around the lake
Mid-century apartment buildings ringing the lake, the shops on Lakeshore and Grand, and more tenant turnover per block than anywhere else in Oakland.
4.9 / 5· 687 reviews from Oakland & the inner East Bay
16 min
Avg. arrival
$89
Service call
24/7
Availability
The blocks around Lake Merritt are apartment country. Mid-century buildings on Lakeshore Ave, Grand Ave and the streets between them turn units over every month, and property managers call for rekeys between tenants more than for anything else. A one-bedroom is usually two cylinders, a deadbolt and a knob, at $21–$36 per cylinder, and the old pins go back to the manager so the previous keys are truly dead. Buzzer panels and mailbox locks are the second call. A pried mailbox bank or an intercom door that stopped latching is a small job done while the tech is already on the block, and it gets its own line on the same quote.
Grand Lake and the Lakeshore side add shops and restaurants that open straight onto busy sidewalks. Storefront locks run $139–$430, and the Grand Lake Theatre crowd on a Friday night produces lockouts along the side streets when a key slides between the seats. Lake Merritt BART and the lots off 1st Ave are the usual spots for a car lockout at $89–$165. Arrival is about sixteen minutes from most of the city, since the lake sits in the middle and I-580 runs right behind Grand Ave. Renters who were handed one key with no history can have the unit rekeyed the day they move in, and many landlords around the lake will cover it when asked in writing.
Give the unit number and whether the tech should buzz, call up or meet you at the street door, since half the intercoms around the lake ring a phone that no longer belongs to anyone.
Most requested in Lake Merritt & Grand Lake
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Reached from the same van, next door
FAQ
Asked about Lake Merritt & Grand Lake
The buzzer at my building rings a number nobody answers. How does the technician get in?+
Meet the van at the street door, or send a neighbor down. Half the intercom panels around Lakeshore and Grand were wired to phone lines that changed hands years ago, and buzzing a dead line only burns minutes. Tell us on the call which door to stand at and a text goes out when the van is on your block.
Can the mailbox and the storage locker be done on the same visit?+
Yes, and around the lake they usually are. A pried mailbox bank or a basement locker hasp is small work once the technician is already in the building, and each gets its own line on the same quote rather than a second service call. Say how many boxes or lockers are involved when the rate is set.
Sixteen minutes to the lake. Does that hold on a Friday night?+
Usually. The lake sits in the middle of the map and I-580 runs behind Grand Ave, so the drive is short from almost anywhere. What moves the number is the Grand Lake Theatre letting out and the Lakeshore parking crawl on a weekend evening. When that is happening, the window quoted on the call already includes it.
Open 24 hours, 7 days
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.