Mobile Locksmith in Parkhaven & La Como Estate

Which Parkhaven, and which estate?

Parkhaven is not a unique name in Gauteng, so if you search for a locksmith, make sure you've got Boksburg's one: La Como is listed at the corner of Atlas Road and Park Road. Inside it there are two estates people talk about, and the names on a map don't always match:

La Como isn't marked on OpenStreetMap at all. That map draws one area labelled "Clear Water Estate" over both sets of streets, and the census put La Como's streets in its "Clearwater Estate" area. So a navigation app may well send the technician to the wrong gate. When you book, give us the estate name, the street and the house number.

Getting through the La Como or Clearwater gate

Listings for La Como describe a guardhouse staffed around the clock, security gates and smartphone-linked access. Clearwater listings also describe a secure estate. The guards take instructions from residents, not from us, and we have no standing arrangement with either estate. Before the technician sets off:

1. Load the visit on your estate's app, or phone the guardhouse, and give our business name: Mobile Locksmith Boksburg.
2. No phone, no tag, no remote because it's all inside? Go to the gate on foot. Once the guards have seen you, they can open for the technician.
3. Guards normally record the technician's ID and the vehicle registration. Allow a moment for that at the boom.

Our guide on being locked out of a security-estate home has the full checklist.

New homes: who still has a key?

A lot of La Como's stock is new: Property24 lists houses sold direct from the developer and bespoke building packages on empty stands. During a build, keys pass through many hands: the builder, subcontractors and the selling agents. Once you've moved in and the snag list is done, changing the cylinders on the outside doors is a cheap way to be sure. That also goes for the garage's inside door and any pivot or sliding doors with keyed locks.

Big glass sliding doors and stacking doors are common in newer homes. If one won't lock, or the handle turns without engaging, don't force it. Sliding door lock problems explains the usual causes. Estate architectural rules often cover anything visible from the street, so ask your HOA before a new security gate or a different handle set goes on a front door.

Safes in estate homes

Larger houses often have a safe in the main bedroom cupboard or the study, and a firearm safe if someone in the house holds a licence. A forgotten code, a dead keypad battery and a lost override key are all routine for us. Have proof of ownership ready. See safe opening and what the rules require for gun safes.

Parkhaven Ext 3 and the Atlas Road frontage

Further north, Parkhaven Ext 3 had nobody living there in the 2011 census. Today the map shows company premises, a filling station and a church there, along Silver Wings Boulevard and Merlin Rose Road. If you run premises along this stretch, we also handle office doors, roller-shutter padlocks and office safes. See commercial locksmith work.

Call-out fee and payment

R250 call-out. The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree. Payment by EFT, cash or card. The technician starts with the gentlest way in that will work, and checks that the house is yours (or that you live there) before opening it.

Locksmith services available in Parkhaven & La Como Estate

• 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.

• Residential locksmith

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

• Lock replacement

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

• Safe opening

  Lost the code, lost the key, flat keypad or a jammed handle: home, business and gun safes opened on site, with damage avoided wherever possible.

• 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.

• Commercial locksmith

  Logistics warehouses, factories, offices, shops and restaurants: lockouts, shutter padlocks, lock changes, key control and office safes, on your premises.

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

Useful guides

• Locked Out of a Security-Estate Home: What to Do
• Sliding Door Lock Problems and What Causes Them
• Gun Safes in South Africa: What the Rules Require

Nearby areas we cover

• Atlasville
• Impala Park
• Bartlett

All Boksburg areas