Mobile Locksmith in Observatory

Landmarks that get us to your street

The golf course takes up a large part of the suburb, so the streets wrap around it. Useful reference points when you call:

• the Observatory Golf Club on Steyn Street;
• Sacred Heart College on Eckstein Street;
• Observatory Avenue, south of the golf course;
• Observatory Girls' Primary School.

"Next to the golf course" covers a lot of houses. Tell us which side you're on and the nearest cross street.

Character homes, old and updated

MyProperty describes the architecture here as ranging from vintage character homes to modern renovations, and when we checked, nearly all the homes listed for sale were houses rather than townhouses or flats. Older houses usually mean older doors: solid timber, sometimes with original mortice locks, sometimes with a newer cylinder lock added beside them. When those locks wear, the key starts to catch or the bolt stops lining up with the frame. Before you change anything on a period door, read our guide to locks on older doors. We'll always try to repair before suggesting a replacement.

A note on the census map

If you look Observatory up in the 2011 Census, you'll find a small strip labelled "Observatory" further east along the Linksfield ridge, with just 490 residents. The observatory itself, the golf course and the surrounding streets fall in the sub-place labelled "Linksfield Ridge". We use the name people actually use, so this page is for the area around the golf course and the observatory. Homes on the ridge to the north-east are on our locksmith in Linksfield Ridge page.

Fairwood and Mountain View

Two small neighbourhoods on the western side of Observatory are covered from this page as well: Fairwood, around Goodman Terrace, with 349 residents in the 2011 Census, and Mountain View, with 358. If you're in either, give us the street and the nearest cross street and we'll come to you in the same way.

Payment

Every visit has a 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. We accept EFT, cash and card, and we answer 24/7.

Locksmith services available in Observatory

• Residential locksmith

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

• Lock repairs

  Stiff keys, bolts that catch, doors that won't latch and gate locks that have seized: repaired on site where the fault allows.

• Lock replacement

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

Useful guides

• Older Doors, Older Locks: Lock Care in Established Suburbs
• Door Won't Latch or Close Properly: Common Causes

Nearby areas we cover

• Cyrildene
• Houghton
• Linksfield Ridge
• Linksfield

All Johannesburg areas