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Quick and simply resolved the problem with a new lock…….nice happy guy who got straight on with it! Recommend him

Stephen

Archie was fantastic. He deserves the five stars given. Not only did he come in at the budget provided, but communicated several times and promptly on text and email. He arrived on time and even though we had supplied him with what a keylock company had said we needed - it was wrong - he went out and got the correct locks that were needed for the job and never charged extra or anything. He sent us an invoice after the job and we paid him. Simple. What a joy to get 5 star service in the current climate.

Amanda

Quick work and reasonable price. Lovely chap. I'm very pleased with the work done.

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How to find a local, reliable emergency locksmith

Looking for an emergency locksmith in your area? Whether you’ve been locked out of your house and need an urgent key replacement, or need a burglary repair specialist to replace your door lock, our emergency locksmiths are here to help.

What can a 24 hour emergency locksmith help with?

A 24 hour emergency locksmith service can help out with a range of urgent lock and key-related issues that need immediate professional attention. This is regardless of the time of day or night. Common emergency locksmith services include:

  1. Emergency lockout assistance to help you get back into your home, office or vehicle if you’re locked out
  2. Lock rekeying, which involves changing the key to your door without replacing the whole lock
  3. Lock repair, for when your lock is broken or functioning badly
  4. Lock replacements, including to upgrade to a sturdier model
  5. Emergency key cutting services, so you can duplicate a set of keys quickly
  6. Broken key extraction to safely remove a key that has broken inside a lock

Locksmiths work on door locks, window locks and patio doors, helping you improve your home security. Not sure what type of lock you need? An emergency locksmith will be able to advise you on some approved models, from euro cylinder locks to mortice locks, and everything in between.

To receive a quick and reliable service for urgent lock repair and lock replacement services, choose a skilled emergency locksmith company in your local area.

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Factors to consider before you hire an emergency locksmith

Whether you’ve been locked out of your home or your key broke inside your lock, an emergency 24 hour locksmith can help you get back inside your home in no time.

It’s really important that you choose a reliable emergency locksmith company to carry out work on your locks. Failing to do this can cause stress and expensive repairs.  

Before you hire, you should do your research to ensure that your emergency locksmiths:

  1. Are an experienced company with a strong history of successful projects
  2. Have all the necessary licenses and insurance needed to protect you and their workers
  3. Have a good range of positive reviews from previous customers vouching for their reliability
  4. Are offering the emergency locksmith work you need, and are available to carry out the work in the timeframe you need it done by
  5. Are quoting a price and payment option that you are happy with, having compared the quote with other local locksmith companies

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How much does an emergency locksmith cost to hire?

How much it will cost you to hire an emergency locksmith depends on a range of factors, including:

  1. When you need the locksmith, with weekends, holiday periods, and non-working hour periods often costing more
  2. The scope of the locksmith installation or repair job, with higher service charges for more complex jobs
  3. The cost of any parts and materials your emergency locksmith might need to fix your problem
  4. Where you live in the UK, with cost of labour rising in London and the South East

On average, you can expect to pay anywhere between £40 and £150 an hour for emergency locksmith services, with additional charges for any lock parts and specialist equipment needed to complete the job.

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Should I change my locks if my keys are lost or stolen?

If you can’t find your keys, and you aren’t sure if you lost them or if somebody stole them, you might be wondering what the best thing to do is. First, retrace your steps and look in surrounding areas in case you dropped them on your way home or left them in a coffee shop or at work.

If you still can’t find them, it’s highly recommended that you change your locks as soon as possible. This is regardless of whether you have a spare set of keys or a family member who can let you in.

You should replace lost or stolen keys because:

  • You may think you lost them but they were actually stolen (with the intention of breaking into your home)
  • If your home is burgled without any sign of entry, not changing your locks could invalidate your insurance policy
  • You won’t have peace of mind that your home security is up to scratch and that your home is protected from a potential break in attempt

When it comes to protecting your loved ones and your belongings, you can never be too careful. Speak to an emergency locksmith today to get a mobile locksmith to replace your locks within twenty-four hours.

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Questions to ask a 24 hour emergency locksmith

Make sure you ask your emergency locksmith these questions before you hire to ensure you’re making the right decision:

Are you licensed and insured?

Make sure to always ask your emergency locksmith company what insurance they have before you hire them. While it’s not a requirement, it’s a good idea for your lock installation specialist to have public liability insurance to cover you and them against any accidental damage done to your home or personal injuries. This will guarantee protection for both parties.

How much will the job cost?

Asking how much your emergency locksmith job will cost will help you budget for your project and will ensure price transparency before you hire. How much you’ll end up spending depends on the scope of your project, and where you live in the UK, so make sure you add plenty of details when you post a job.

How many years of experience do you have?

Knowing how many years of experience your emergency locksmith has will allow you to pick a tradesperson who you are confident has sufficient expertise to carry out a high quality job. When you’re finding a locksmith through Rated People, head over to their profile to check out the pictures on their work gallery and their ratings and reviews.

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AD handyman Services we will undertake/consider any handyman jobs painting flatpack assembly,,shed assembly/removal, roof recovering, reseal of showers/baths/kitchens blinds/curtainso . Any decking and fencing requirements.... and many more internal and external jobs. All works carried out as efficiently and cost effective as possible without a reduction on quality.

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Reviewed by Cheryl on 23/4/2025

Alex and his team were fantastic. The work was carried out to a high standard and was exactly what I wanted. Communication was great and everything was tidied up afterwards. I would highly recommend Alex and his team.

Professional, Reliable Locksmith Services for Home & Business. At BritGuard Locksmiths LTD, we pride ourselves on delivering reliable locksmith solutions for residential and commercial clients. With our team of highly trained professionals, we offer 24-hour local emergency locksmith services, ensuring prompt assistance whenever you need it, alongside pre-booked appointments available across the UK. Key Features of Our Services: Insured Work: All our services are fully insured, providing you with peace of mind throughout the locksmith process. DBS-Checked Professionals: Our team comprises DBS-checked professionals, guaranteeing trustworthiness and reliability in every task we undertake. State-of-the-Art Equipment: Equipped with the latest tools and technology, we ensure precision and efficiency in all locksmith tasks we undertake. British Standard Locks: We use British standard locks, ensuring the highest quality and security standards for your property. 12-Month Warranty: We stand behind the quality of our workmanship, offering a comprehensive 12-month warranty on all our services. Rapid Response Time: With a commitment to urgency, our average response time is 20 minutes from your location, ensuring swift resolution to your locksmith needs. Our Comprehensive Services Include: Lock Change Lock Repair 24/7 Emergency Service Lockouts Assistance UPVC Door & Window Specialists Comprehensive Lock Stock: Our vans are stocked with a wide range of British Standard lock types. Insurance Approved Locks to BS3621 Standard: Ensuring compliance with insurance requirements, and security for your property. Accredited Local Locksmiths: Our locksmiths are accredited professionals with extensive experience and expertise in the field. At BritGuard Locksmiths LTD, customer satisfaction is our top priority. Whether you're facing an emergency lockout situation or seeking to upgrade your property's security, you can rely on us for professional, reliable, and trustworthy locksmith services tailored to your needs. For prompt assistance or to schedule an appointment, contact us today.

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Reviewed by Anita on 14/5/2025

Very quick response and very quick at the job , highly recommend

Nick Welcomes you to Sycamore Property Maintenance. We are a Tameside based company that prides itself on quality of workmanship and working to customers deadlines. We pride ourselves on great levels of customer service and importantly client satisfaction, which we achieve by using the best professionals, ensuring an exceptional finish, delivering on time and importantly within budget. Our aim is nothing short of 100% client satisfaction from conception to completion It is inevitable that any building project can be a very stressful time for clients and their families, whether you are building yourself a new home, an extension or simply require some general maintenance things can be overwhelming. Here at Sycamore Property Maintenance. We will ensure your experience with us will be a comfortable one from start to finish. we pride ourselves on constant quality workmanship and set ourselves high standard throughout each project. We are a company that focuses on customer care. We guarantee that the work will be completed on-time, on-budget, and above all else to an excellent standard. With our dedicated team of friendly qualified tradesmen and our successful relationships with all our clients, you will have peace of mind that you are in safe hands, and you will receive no less than a top quality job that you can be proud of.

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Reviewed by Cassie on 23/5/2025

Excellent and efficient service, turned up on time, carried out the job to a high standard. Very happy customer.

JW Security was established in 1991 by Julian Whitter. The aim was to offer a professional and discreet service that home and business owners could trust in to protect their property.Our service has proved a successful one and our company has grown over the last 20 years to provide an extensive range of locksmith and security related services to South London and Surrey.We like to foster long term relationships with our customers providing high quality services across multiple properties and businesses. Close to half our work comes from repeat business and good word of mouth.JW Security is highly sensitive to customer needs and satisfaction and our whole team is professional and discreet. We have provided services to a number of high profile celebrities, government ministries, NHS services and high street banks who trust in us to get the job done properly and without any risk to privacy or internal security.Everything we do is bespoke. No two jobs are ever the same so every one of our projects starts out not just with a free estimate, but also a free security check and insurance schedule review to ensure you understand the complete security picture of your property or business.

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Reviewed by Philip on 19/6/2020

Highly reccomended Very professional, effective, and polite Reasonably priced, and tidy.

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Ben Samuels

Emergency / 24 Hour Locksmith

Working within the lettings and sales industry we are now offering the same reliable, trusted service to the domestic market.

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Reviewed by Sheena on 14/4/2025

Excellent service. Thank you Ben.

Well trained Locksmith with over 20 years of experience. All sorts of locks fixed or replaced, Aluminium windows and doors, Upvc windows and doors, Timber windows and doors, Bi-Fold doors, Sliding doors, Patio doors, French doors and more.

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Reviewed by Dan on 3/6/2025

Chris The Locksmith rang me within minutes of putting my job on the board which he discussed and gave me a price over the phone. We agreed on that and he was here within the hour from Nuneaton which must be 30 plus miles away. He looked at the door mechanism and kept adjusting until he was completely satisfied. He also could see the door was not hung correctly and adjusted it accordingly.He was very professional, friendly would recommend highly.

M25 Plumbing & Heating is your reliable solution for all your plumbing needs. Specializing in bathrooms, kitchens, and central heating systems, we offer comprehensive services to ensure your home's plumbing is running smoothly. From basic plumbing installations to emergency repairs, our team has plenty of experience to handle any situation efficiently and effectively. With a commitment to quality workmanship and customer satisfaction, you can trust M25 Plumbing & Heating to deliver exceptional service every time.

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Reviewed by Mark on 6/6/2025

Great help with our blocked grey water drain/slipway. Adam & his brother were very thorough and would not give up until the drain, which was in an awkward position was cleared. I'll be contacting them again when needed. Would highly recommend. Thank you guys.

KI ELECTRICAL are fully insured, registered, and DBS CRB police checked. We cover all types of electrical installations from single sockets, lighting, part rewires full rewires, fuse board upgrades, testing and inspection, Electrical Installation Condition Reports to electric vehicle charging points. KI ELECTRICAL are working in line with up to date regulations, which will give you peace of mind. The advantages of using an NICEIC electrician is that we are able to certify and notify local authorities of any work carried out and completed.

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Reviewed by simon on 23/4/2025

Superb work from Kenny who want the extra mile to fit our b and a kitchen adapting and solving problems where they arose. Highly recommended.

Quebuild London Ltd offers a full building service with every aspect of works covered no matter the scale or scope of works to both residential and commercial buildings.We also provide proactive and reactive maintenance packages with 24/7 one hour service for emergency call outs.We pride ourselves on using only highly skilled and courteous tradesmen with all trades in house so as a company we have full control of our projects. From your initial meeting with one of our knowledgeable estimators who provide fixed price detailed estimates to completion of works overseen by amazing management our clients needs are paramount,this ensures a streamlined service with quality controlled finishes beyond the industry standard. We have full public liability insurance with all risk assessments and method statements in place at all times no matter the size of works for peace of mind for us as a company but more importantly you as our client.

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Reviewed by Tom on 3/8/2024

John at Quebuild went above and beyond for us on this job. He completed all the work in a timely manner and for a very reasonable price. He was super knowledgeable and extremely attentive to detail, making sure to leave a high quality finish in terms of decoration - and he came back afterwards to address a few small things that needed doing. He was also a pleasure to have around - and I would highly recommend him for any other work. 10/10.

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JE LOCKSMITH

Emergency / 24 Hour Locksmith

JE Locksmith is a 24/7 locksmith based in Horsham. The locksmith covers areas in Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and London. Both commercial and residential work is covered by JE Locksmith and services include lock replacement and uogrades, burgary repairs, emergency lockouts and key cutting.

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Reviewed by Louise on 10/3/2025

Awful. Asked for a quote and the person wanted to do the job. When told only a quote was required he was rude and abusive.

Full property renovations, extensions, loft conversions, outbuildings & more.

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Reviewed by james on 30/3/2025

Absolutely useless made our life a misery never book these had a bathroom fitted horrible job then when it leak and destroyed my front room ceiling trust when I say don't use them .

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On the Go

Emergency / 24 Hour Locksmith

I have been a local locksmith in the N21, N15 and N17 areas of North London for 12 years. Additionally, I have had a key cutting shop in the N15 area of Tottenham for 20 years. I have been cutting keys and changing locks for local Estate Agents such as Ellis & Co Tottenham for over a decade now. They can certainly recommend my services. I am a trusted and vetted locksmith from the Uk Locksmith Association. Finally, customer service is incredibly important to me and I am always keen to satisfy my clients. I have a friendly approach to my job and provide service with a smile.

I've been working in the maintenance Industry for the past 19 years and i've worked for 6 different councils in London, I've been trading since 2012 with this company.

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Reviewed by juliet on 11/5/2025

The quote from Sebastien/A and L ever ready was competitive. They were willing to tailor the job to what I could afford. They filled me with confidence, unlike some others, and did more than I expected for the price. The team couldn't have been nicer. I really can't praise them enough for the work they did on my Jungle/garden.

We are a small development company moving into property maintenance to keep our trusted tradesman busy. We can provide trusted, qualified and experienced tradesman to carry out the work required and are contactable 24 hours a day.

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Reviewed by Ricky on 10/3/2025

Friendly professional team, thank you very much for your hard work and speed of which you all worked

Lightelectrics.co.uk Light electrics & renovations bring excellence to the electrical industry whether thats changing a socket, installing spot lights to a full house rewire! We cover everything! With our latest expansion we are now able to offer complete refurbishments on properties as well as construction and building requirements. With a combined 30 years experience across these industries, there’s nothing we can’t handle!

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Reviewed by YeSeung on 16/4/2025

Despite the competitive pricing, the lack of professionalism makes their services impossible to recommend. For the first appointment (11am-1pm), they texted after 12pm to say they couldn't arrive before 1pm. For the rescheduled appointment, they did not show up. This kind of unreliability is deeply frustrating, especially when customers plan their day around appointments.

Clearwater Fencing & pressure washing was established in 2018. Wiltshire Based Company Fully Insured We currently have 5 Employees with over 30yrs experience in Landscaping & Fencing Service We Provide. All Aspects of Fencing Pressure Washing Decking Bespoke Gates We also run a small Flat Roofing Company with work staff with over 50yrs experience between them Offer 24/7 Handyman Service and plumbing call outs to water leaks

We are B&F pristine construction ltd partnership, build and renovate residential construction projects in London United Kingdom. We work in this field since 2001, our priority is always client to be happy and our job to reach high standard always.

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Reviewed by David on 18/12/2024

Prompt efficient and the tenant was super happy. Full marks all round

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Reviewed by Rated on 29/10/2024

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We are a family business that covers all type of building work : Flooring, Electrical and Plumbing installations, Painting and Decoration, Bathroom and Kitchen installations, Extensions and Loft conversions, etc. All our work is certified and guaranteed.

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Reviewed by Sean on 1/7/2024

Alion and the team worked tirelessly to compelete our bathroom in what was a tight schedule, achieving a stunning result, and for a fair price. I couldn't recommend them enough.

Im a plumber with 18years experience, i do not touch heating systems as im not gas registerd, im reliable and respond with in 24 hours to view/fix problem. Carry most materiels on van unless its a specific item then that can be arranged.. I also do pvcu, door lock/cylinder lock changes

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Reviewed by Patricia on 11/1/2025

Tomas was very pleasant and punctual and repaired my toilet flush quickly and efficiently. I will have no hesitation in requesting his services again should I need him. I highly recommend him.

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