Rekey Locks in Los Gatos - Flat Per-Lock Price, Quoted on the Phone

Fast, Reliable Rekey Locks Across Los Gatos

If you’ve just picked up keys to a Los Gatos home, waved goodbye to a tenant, or realized a spare key has gone missing, a rekey is the fastest way back to knowing exactly who can open your door. Rekeying a standard lock in Los Gatos typically costs $35 – $65 per cylinder, with mid-century mortise locks and high-security brands like Medeco running $60 – $95 per cylinder. We confirm the full written price before we dispatch anyone, and it is the same price on the invoice. Call (409) 405-4485 and you’ll speak with a live person, not a phone tree.

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Why Preston Locksmith & Security Is Los Gatos’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company

Founded in 2008, Preston Locksmith & Security is part of the Relay Home Co. family, with each location independently owned and operated. Our Rekey Locks team is led by Kevin Yoon, and every technician who arrives at a Los Gatos doorstep is background-checked and uniformed. You will know who is coming, what they look like, and when they will arrive before they knock.

We serve Los Gatos with the Relay Visibility Guarantee: a live arrival time you can track, before-and-after photos of every job, and a written price before a single tool leaves the bag. That price is backed by our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right, and every repair includes a written guarantee with a free second visit if the repair fails.

For a rekey in Los Gatos, we typically reach downtown neighborhoods like the Almond Grove district or homes off Blossom Hill Road within 45 to 70 minutes of your call. Hill neighborhoods along Kennedy Road and near Belgatos Park may run a few minutes longer, but the live arrival time you receive is real, not a four-hour window of hope.

Lock Rekey in Los Gatos

Lock rekey in Los Gatos means swapping the internal pins inside the existing lock cylinder so old keys no longer turn the plug, while the lock itself stays in place. No new hardware. No door prep. For most Los Gatos homes with Schlage or Kwikset deadbolts, we rekey each cylinder to a new key in about 10 to 15 minutes per lock, and the full written price runs $35 – $65 per cylinder depending on the keyway and finish.

This is the job you want after buying a home, ending a rental, firing a housekeeper or contractor, or any time a key that should not work might still work. You keep the hardware you already have, and every old copy of the old key instantly becomes a useless piece of brass.

When Rekeying Beats Replacing

If your lock’s finish matches the rest of the door hardware and the mechanism still turns smoothly, rekeying keeps the look you already paid for. You will not find a new lock that matches a 1960s Baldwin handleset at a big-box store in Campbell or Cupertino, but we can rekey that cylinder on site in Los Gatos without touching the trim.

What We Check Before Quoting

We ask for a photo of the existing lock face and key before we quote. That single step tells us whether we are dealing with a standard 5-pin Kwikset cylinder, a 6-pin Schlage, or something older and less predictable, and it means the price we give you on the phone is the price you pay when we arrive.

Locksmith Rekey in Los Gatos

Locksmith rekey in Los Gatos is the same core job, done by a trained locksmith rather than a handyman with a pin kit. The difference matters when the lock in question is not a modern Kwikset. On mid-century mortise locks common in Los Gatos hillside homes and the downtown core, the cylinder must be removed from the mortise body, the pin and tumbler stack matched to the existing keyway, and the cylinder reassembled without cracking the faceplate or stripping the set screw threads.

For a standard residential deadbolt or entry knob, you are looking at $35 – $65 per cylinder, and we can usually rekey multiple doors in a single visit. For mortise cylinders and older locks, expect $60 – $95 per cylinder because the labor and the pin work are different. Either way, you will see a written price for your specific lock before we dispatch.

On Mid-Century Mortise Locks

A homeowner on Bachman Avenue in downtown Los Gatos called after a tenant moved out. The original 1950s mortise lock on the front door still worked, but they had no idea who had keys. We pulled the cylinder, rekeyed the pin and tumbler to a new key, and left the antique hardware in place, no drilling, no replacement, while adding a keypad entry deadbolt on the back door. Total time on site was about 40 minutes, and the old tenant keys no longer worked the moment we left.

On High-Security Cylinders

Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, and Abloy cylinders are not rekeyed with the same pins you would use on a Kwikset. They require the correct side pins, spool pins, and sometimes factory-authorized key blanks. We carry those pinning kits and are trained on them. A locksmith who treats a Medeco like a standard Schlage will either jam the cylinder or destroy the bump-resistant and key-control properties you bought it for.

Trusted Brands We Service in Los Gatos

Our Los Gatos rekey work covers the brands you are most likely to have on your door. We stock pin kits and key blanks for Schlage and Kwikset, and we carry the specialty pins, sidebars, and factory-authorized blanks needed to rekey Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, and Abloy high-security cylinders on site. That means no shipping your cylinder to a factory and no waiting two weeks for a key. If you have an older Baldwin mortise lock or a Sargent lever set, we can rekey those too. Every rekey leaves the shop and arrives at your Los Gatos door as a written-price job, never an open-ended hourly bill.

Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Los Gatos Homes

• Phone quotes built on assumptions. A quote that assumes a standard Kwikset cylinder falls apart the moment the technician sees a 1950s mortise lock on a hillside home. We ask for a photo of the lock before quoting so the price we give you is the price you pay.
• The front door gets rekeyed, the back door gets forgotten. The garage entry, back slider, or detached studio door keeps the old key, and so does the previous owner or tenant. Every rekey we do in Los Gatos is quoted as a full-home job, not a single-door job.
• Standard pins in a high-security lock. Medeco and Mul-T-Lock cylinders need their own pins and key blanks. Using standard pins voids the key-control feature and can damage the lock. We carry the right parts.
• Old mortise lock cylinders with frozen set screws. Homes in the Los Gatos hills often have mortise locks that have not been serviced in 30 years. The cylinder may need a penetrating lubricant and patience, not force. Our technicians have both.

Pricing for Rekey Locks in Los Gatos, CA

We Also Serve Cities Near Los Gatos

Our rekey service covers homes throughout Saratoga, Campbell, Cupertino, and Santa Clara. If you own a rental property in one of those cities or manage a small business with hardware spread across two or three storefronts, we can set up one phone call for all of it. We schedule across the west valley daily, so a Los Gatos appointment does not mean waiting for a special trip.

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