Mobile Locksmith in Parkdene

Parkdene, Parkrand, and a school that's on the line

Parkdene and Parkrand are easy to confuse on the phone. They're different suburbs about two and a half kilometres apart: Parkdene sits directly north of Libradene, while Parkrand lies further south-east, beyond Cinderella. If you're in Parkrand, use our locksmith in Parkrand page instead.

Two more things trip up directions here:

• Trichardts Road is written that way on the map, but the Shell on it gives its address as Trichardt Road, and you'll see "Trichards" too. It's all the same road, and there's a Trichards Service Road beside part of it.
• Boksburg High School on Albu Road often shows a Parkdene address in map apps, but by the census boundary it's just inside Boksburg South. If you use the school as a landmark, add your street name.

The older streets: houses with a few decades of locks

Of the 159 Parkdene properties on Property24 when we checked, 133 were houses. In the established streets around McGaghey Street, Southvale Road and Lunderstedt Road, many of those homes have been through several owners. That usually means a mix of hardware: an original mortice lock on the front door, a newer cylinder on the kitchen door, a security gate added later, and padlocks on the side gate.

The common calls in houses like these are locks that have worn until the key sticks or spins, a key snapped off in a gate lock, and owners who simply want everything on one standard after buying. We repair what's worth keeping and replace what isn't, and explain which is which. Repair or replace a lock? covers how that decision is made.

New homes on Riverbend Drive

West of the older streets, a new residential area has grown up along Riverbend Drive. Listings name Urbika Lifestyle Estate and Urbika Lake Village there, and Parkdene Manor is another new development sold under the Parkdene name. Many of these homes are sold new with no transfer duty. Smaller sectional-title complexes, such as Falcon Gardens, round out the mix. This part is newer than the 2011 census boundary, so older maps may not show your street.

A few points for new owners:

• during the build, keys may have passed through contractors and show-house staff, so changing the cylinders on your own unit after handover is a reasonable step;
• the estate gate, fence and common areas are run by the developer or body corporate, not by us, so tell the gate a locksmith is coming;
• give us the estate name, the unit or stand number and the Riverbend Drive entrance you use.

Landmarks that help us find you

In the older part, Parkdene Primary School is on McGaghey Street, Parkdene Medical Centre is on Trichardts Road, and Bokkie Park is on Southvale Road. At the south-western corner, a BP garage and a Pick n Pay Express stand on Rondebult Road. Any of those, plus your cross street, gets the technician to the right gate quickly at night.

Paying for the call-out

The call-out costs R250. The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree. We take EFT, cash or card. Because we're opening a home, the technician checks that you live there or own it, for example ID together with a lease or municipal account, and tries non-destructive methods before anything else. We don't cut or copy keys; new locks come with their own keys.

Locksmith services available in Parkdene

• Residential locksmith

  Family houses, estate homes, townhouses and flats: door and gate locks repaired or replaced, home safes opened, all done at your property.

• Emergency lockouts

  Keys inside and the door locked behind you, at home, in an estate or at the business. Any hour: we drive out, quote at the door and get you in.

• Lock repairs

  Sticky cylinders, dragging deadbolts, sliders that won't hook and gate locks fighting back: we repair them in the door when repair is the sensible call.

• Lock replacement

  Fresh cylinders, anti-snap upgrades, deadlocks, nightlatches, gate locks and heavy padlocks, brought to you and fitted in the existing door.

• Broken-key extraction

  Snapped key in a front door, gate or padlock? We take out the stuck piece and test whether the lock still works properly.

• Break-in lock repairs

  Burglary or attempted break-in at home or work: forced locks replaced, doors, gates and shutters made lockable, and stolen keys taken out of play.

All of these are part of our mobile locksmith service in Boksburg.

Useful guides

• Repair or Replace a Lock? How to Decide
• Broken Key Stuck in the Lock: Do's and Don'ts
• Locked Out of a Security-Estate Home: What to Do

Nearby areas we cover

• Libradene
• Boksburg South
• Parkrand

All Boksburg areas