Mobile Locksmith in Waverley

Finding you between Scott Street and Athol Street

Waverley's streets are short and many carry Scottish names: Knox, Campbell, Murray, Bruce, Stirling. Two busier roads help anyone find their way in: Scott Street runs through the suburb and Athol Street crosses its southern part. Corlett Drive touches the northern edge and the M1 is close by.

Two well-known schools are here as well, Waverley Girls' High School and St Mary's School. That's handy for directions, but the drop-off and collection traffic around them can slow a car down on weekday mornings and afternoons. If your house is in one of those streets, tell us so we can plan the approach.

Older houses with big gardens

Property guides describe Waverley's homes as traditional suburban houses, often with generous gardens. On a house like that, the lock problems tend to come from age rather than abuse:

• a front-door deadlock that has slowly grown stiff until the key won't turn at all;
• a back or kitchen door that has dropped on its hinges, so the latch no longer meets the strike;
• a garden or side gate padlock that has rusted shut over winter.

Most of these can be repaired rather than replaced. See lock repairs and why a door won't latch.

Newer clusters and controlled enclosures

Some larger Waverley stands have been redeveloped into small complexes. OpenStreetMap, for example, records a residential complex at 21 Campbell Street, and agents advertise cluster homes in controlled enclosures with manned security and visitors' parking. If you live in one:

1. tell the guard or the trustees that a locksmith is coming, with your unit number;
2. let us know whether the problem is your own door or a shared pedestrian gate, because shared gates belong to the body corporate;
3. check the conduct rules before changing your unit's lock, as some schemes specify the type.

A shared gate that sticks or won't latch is covered in pedestrian gate lock problems.

Price, payment and proof

R250 call-out fee. When the technician has seen the lock, you're told what the work will cost. The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree. Payment is by EFT, cash or card. Before opening a locked house or unit, we'll ask for something that links you to the address, such as an ID with the address, a lease or a utility bill.

Locksmith services available in Waverley

• 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.

• 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.

• Broken-key extraction

  Half a key left in the door, gate or padlock? We remove the broken piece and check whether the lock still works.

• Safe opening

  No code, no key, a keypad that's gone dark or a door that refuses to budge. Home, office and firearm safes opened in place.

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

Useful guides

• Door Won't Latch or Close Properly: Common Causes
• Pedestrian Gate Lock Problems at Home and in Complexes
• Older Doors, Older Locks: Lock Care in Established Suburbs

Nearby areas we cover

• Highlands North
• Bramley
• Savoy Estate
• Birdhaven

All Johannesburg areas