Mobile Locksmith in Bramley

Which Bramley?

This page is about Bramley in Johannesburg's Region E, laid out on the old Syferfontein farm in 1904 and named after a landowner, Edward Bramley. The name turns up in a few other places, so if you're giving directions, a cross street saves a lot of confusion. The two that most people know are Corlett Drive and Louis Botha Avenue; the Rea Vaya Corlett station sits right at that corner.

We also cover two small census areas on this page:

• Winston Ridge, the residential pocket on the western side, around Atholl Oaklands Road, Marjan Avenue and Desborough Avenue. In 2011 it had about 1,030 residents in 483 households.
• Raumarais Park, a small strip on the northern side along Louis Botha Avenue, with 435 residents counted in 2011.

Bramley itself had 1,770 people in 653 households at the 2011 Census, spread over about 1.4 km².

Shops, offices and the Corlett Drive strip

Bramley isn't only houses. Along Corlett Drive you'll find the Bramley Gardens Shopping Centre at number 280, travel and courier offices, car showrooms and service stations, with more trade along Louis Botha Avenue. For a business owner, the lock that lets you down is usually one of these:

• a shopfront door or security gate that won't lock at closing time;
• a back-office or storeroom door after a staff member leaves with a key;
• a small office safe whose lock or keypad has stopped responding.

All of these are ordinary call-outs for us. See business and office locksmith work and safe opening. If the problem starts after hours, our office lockout guide covers who to phone before we arrive.

Houses on the side roads

Away from the main roads, Bramley is mostly freestanding houses, with some sectional title units in between. A typical home here has a front door behind a security gate, a kitchen door, sliding patio doors and a garage, which is a lot of keys on one ring. If that ring goes missing, think about every door it opened, not just the front one. Replacing locks or cylinders is the usual answer when you can't account for every key.

Older doors in established houses wear in predictable ways: worn latches, frames that have shifted, deadlocks that need the door pushed before they turn. Our guide to older doors and locks explains what to watch for.

After a break-in

If someone has forced a door or gate, report it first. Bramley police station is on Louis Botha Avenue, on the Raumarais Park side, and your insurer will usually ask for a case number. Don't tidy the damaged lock away before it has been photographed.

Once the police are done, we can make the door secure again, repairing the frame strike or fitting a new lock as needed. See break-in repairs.

What happens when you call

Tell us the street, the nearest cross road and what's wrong. The technician comes to you, asks for proof that you live or work there before opening anything, and tries a non-destructive way in first. R250 call-out fee. The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree. You can pay by EFT, cash or card.

Locksmith services available in Bramley

• Residential locksmith

  Door locks, gate locks and home safes at houses, flats, townhouses and cluster homes, sorted at your front door.

• Commercial locksmith

  Offices, shops, practices and storerooms: lockouts, lock repairs, lock changes and office safes, done at your premises.

• Emergency lockouts

  Keys inside, a lock that refuses to turn, or someone stuck behind a deadlocked door. Phone any hour and we drive out to you.

• Lock replacement

  New cylinders, deadlocks, nightlatches, multipoint gearboxes and gate locks, supplied and fitted at your door.

• Break-in lock repairs

  After a burglary or an attempt: damaged locks replaced, doors made lockable again, and keys that may be compromised taken out of use.

• Car keys & lockouts

  Locked car with keys inside, a sheared-off car key or a lost one: we meet you wherever the vehicle is.

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

Useful guides

• Locked Out of the Office After Hours
• Older Doors, Older Locks: Lock Care in Established Suburbs
• Lost or Broken Car Key: Your Options

Nearby areas we cover

• Waverley
• Savoy Estate
• Kew
• Birdhaven

All Johannesburg areas