A local, licensed locksmith for your home or apartment. We open locked doors around the clock, rekey locks so old keys stop working, fit and repair deadbolts and doorknobs, and upgrade the hardware on the doors that matter most. The van comes to you.
A door problem is rarely just a lock problem. It is a key you no longer trust, a tenant who still has one, a deadbolt that turns only with a shoulder behind it, or a child locked out in the rain while you are forty minutes away.
Anne Arundel Lock and Key LLC is a mobile residential locksmith based in Annapolis. One call gets a licensed technician to the door with the tools and hardware to solve the problem on the spot, at any hour.
What we do for homes and apartments
- Emergency house and apartment lockouts, day or night
- Rekeying for new homeowners, new tenants and after a lost key
- Installing deadbolts and doorknobs, or repairing the ones you have
- Keyed-alike setups so one key works across several doors
- Upgrading lock hardware on entry doors, back doors and side doors
- Spare keys cut and tested on site
How a residential call works
- 01
Tell us what is happening
Call or send the quote form with the address and a sentence on the problem. Locked out, a key that will not turn, a lock you want changed after a move: each one gets a different answer.
- 02
Get a price before work starts
We confirm what the job is and what it costs before anything is touched. If the door turns out to be different from what we expected, you hear a revised price, not a bigger bill.
- 03
The lock is sorted at the door
Most lockouts, rekeys and deadbolt jobs finish in one visit. You get the keys, a quick check that every lock works, and a receipt.
Locked out of your own house
It usually happens at the worst possible moment: keys left on the kitchen counter, a latch that clicked shut behind you, a teenager who beat you home and then lost the spare.
Force the door and you turn a locksmith call into a carpenter and a new door. A locksmith opens it without damage in the vast majority of cases, and you keep the door, the frame and the lock you already paid for.
We cover the whole of Anne Arundel County, so a lockout in Annapolis, Edgewater, Arnold, Pasadena, Crownsville or Davidsonville is a normal call for us, not an out-of-area favour.
- Bring identification and something showing the address: we do not open a door for someone who cannot show they belong there.
- Renters: if the landlord is reachable, tell us. We work with both sides.
- Once inside, rekeying is the cheap follow-up that stops the spare key from mattering.
New home, new keys, or keys you do not trust
You do not know who else has a key to your new house. The previous owner, a cleaner, a contractor, a neighbour with the spare, an estate agent. Rekeying makes every existing key useless in one visit and costs far less than replacing the locks.
A rekey keeps your current hardware and changes the pins inside the cylinder so a new key set works and the old ones do not. It is the right answer after a house purchase, a break-up, a lost handbag, or a tenancy change.
If the hardware itself is worn out, or the door has only a basic builder-grade knob lock, we will say so and quote a replacement instead of charging you twice.
Deadbolts, knobs and doors that need help
A deadbolt that grinds, sticks or needs a shoulder is telling you something. Often the lock is fine and the door has moved: the house has settled, the hinges have worn, or the strike plate no longer lines up.
We diagnose that before selling you a new lock. Adjusting a strike, tightening or replacing hinges, or correcting a swollen door often fixes a bolt that seemed broken.
Where the hardware genuinely is the problem, we fit deadbolts and knobs that suit the door and the way it is used, including thumb-turn deadbolts and keyed-alike sets for a house with several entrances.
Upgrading the security you already have
Most break-ins do not involve picking a lock. They involve a door that was easy to force, a frame that gave, or a window beside the lock that nobody thought about.
The useful upgrades are unglamorous: a properly fitted deadbolt with a long throw, a reinforced strike plate and longer screws into the frame, solid hardware on a back door that is out of sight, and keyed-alike locks so the household actually carries and uses them.
We will tell you what is worth doing and what is not. If your entry door is already solid, the honest answer may be that you need nothing.
What affects the price of a residential call
You get the price before the work starts, and it does not change once the van is in the drive unless you ask for more work.
Two houses on the same street can need different jobs. What we quote depends on the door, the hardware and the time of day, not on what a neighbour paid last year.
- How many locks are involved, and whether one or several doors need rekeying
- Whether the existing hardware can be rekeyed or has to be replaced
- The type of lock: a standard knob cylinder, a deadbolt, or a high-security or smart lock
- Whether the door, frame or strike needs adjustment at the same time
- The time of day: an unsociable-hours emergency call is not priced like a booked appointment
We do not publish a price list, because these jobs vary so much. A price on the phone beats a number on a page that does not apply to your door.
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