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Temescal locksmith for Victorian flats, Telegraph Ave restaurant doors and the new mid-rises beside MacArthur BART
Victorians cut into apartments, new mid-rises along Telegraph, restaurant back doors and bike-commuter households that need a rekey the week they move in.
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18 min
Avg. arrival
$89
Service call
24/7
Availability
Temescal has two kinds of housing and both call for rekeys. The Victorians on the side streets between Telegraph Ave and Shattuck were divided into flats decades ago, so one house can have four front doors, a shared entry and a basement with its own key. Move-in rekeys at $21–$36 per cylinder are the most common job, and putting the unit door and the shared entry on one key is done at the same visit. The new mid-rise buildings along Telegraph and near MacArthur BART came with builder hardware and keypads, and the call there is a smart lock that stopped answering the app, serviced or replaced at $159–$410.
Telegraph Ave restaurants and bars keep the commercial side busy. A back door onto the alley with a panic bar that no longer latches is a fire-code problem before it is a security problem, and panic bar work runs $265–$720. Storefront locks on Telegraph and 40th St run $139–$430. Bike-commuter households lose keys the way drivers lose fobs, usually somewhere on the ride home, and a rekey of the front door ends the question the same evening. Arrival is around eighteen minutes, with MacArthur BART and the Hwy 24 ramps close enough that the estimate holds most of the day.
For a divided Victorian, say which door is yours and whether the shared street entry is on a different key, since the tech may need to be let in at two doors.
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Reached from the same van, next door
FAQ
Asked about Temescal
My Victorian was cut into four flats. Which door does the technician need?+
Say which flat is yours and whether the street entry is on a separate key. On the divided Victorians between Telegraph and Shattuck a technician can be standing at an unlocked porch and still be two doors from your unit. If the shared entry also needs work, it is quoted as its own cylinder on the same visit.
Eighteen minutes to Temescal. What would change that?+
Not much. MacArthur BART sits on the freeway interchange, so the van comes off Hwy 24 or I-580 and is on Telegraph in a minute. The two things that stretch it are a backed-up 24 westbound in the evening and the Telegraph street fair weekends, when the avenue is closed and the approach shifts to Shattuck.
What gets called in most from the new buildings near MacArthur BART?+
Keypad and app locks that stopped answering. Builder-fitted smart hardware fails in ordinary ways: a dead battery pack, a motor that no longer throws the bolt, an app account tied to a previous tenant. Service or replacement runs $159 to $410, and if the lock is beyond it, a standard deadbolt goes back on at $99 to $275.
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