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Montclair locksmith for hillside homes above Hwy 13, with an honest arrival time for the winding roads and long stairs
View homes above Hwy 13 with gates, long stairs and garages under the house, and the longest honest arrival estimate in Oakland.
4.9 / 5· 687 reviews from Oakland & the inner East Bay
28 min
Avg. arrival
$89
Service call
24/7
Availability
Montclair is the part of Oakland where the arrival number on this page is set at twenty-eight minutes on purpose. The roads above Montclair Village wind, house numbers hide behind hedges, and many homes sit up a flight of stairs or down a driveway from the street with a gate before the front door. The rate does not change for the hill; the service call is the same $89 and the price is the one from the published list. Typical jobs are a whole-property rekey after a purchase, with the gate, the side door and the garage put on one key at $21–$36 per cylinder, and smart lock installs at $159–$410 on doors that the keypad at the gate never covered.
The garage under the house is the Montclair lockout. The door from the garage into the house locks behind someone who went down to the car, the front door is two flights up and bolted, and the way back in is the tech at $105–$185. Home safes are common in these houses and open at $165–$475 when a dial stops tracking or a combination left with the previous owner. Montclair Village shops on Mountain Blvd and La Salle Ave call for storefront work at $139–$430. Above Skyline Blvd and out toward Joaquin Miller Park and Redwood Regional Park, add a few minutes to the estimate, and more when the fog is in.
Give the gate code or plan to open the gate when the tech texts from the street, and say whether the door is at the top of the stairs or down by the garage, because on these lots that decides where the van parks.
Nearby
Reached from the same van, next door
FAQ
Asked about Montclair
Why twenty-eight minutes when Rockridge is twenty?+
The grade and the switchbacks. Above Hwy 13 the roads stop running straight, house numbers hide behind hedges, and the last half mile can take as long as the climb. Twenty-eight is the number quoted rather than a hopeful twenty. Above Skyline Blvd, or in fog, the window given on the call is longer still.
There is a gate before the front door. What should I have ready?+
Either the code, or a plan to open the gate when the text arrives from the street. Many Montclair lots put a gate, a flight of stairs and a garage between the curb and the door, and the technician needs to know which of them is the locked one. Say that on the call and the right tools come up the stairs once.
Does the hill cost extra?+
No. The service call is $89 up here the same as it is Downtown, and the price for the work comes off the same published list. What the hill changes is the arrival window, not the rate, and that window is stated before the van leaves. Evening and overnight surcharges are the only additions, and they apply citywide.
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.