Non-destructive entry first, always - and we re-key Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin locks on the spot while you watch
You get a price before we start. It does not change when we arrive. No surprises.
Fast, Reliable Rekey Locks Across Sunset
Rekeying a lock in Sunset typically costs $18 – $30 per cylinder, plus a trip fee of $55 – $85, and most house rekeys wrap up in under an hour. The price you get on the phone is the price on the invoice, written down before our tech ever rolls a truck. If you just bought a place off SW 72nd Street, ended a lease, or lost a key somewhere between Sunset Place and the Palmetto, call (409) 405-4485 and we’ll walk you through exactly what it will cost.
Sunset sits in Miami-Dade County, where Florida Building Code and most HOAs require impact-rated doors. Many of those doors carry multi-point or mortise hardware rather than the builder-grade cylindrical knobs a standard rekey kit is built for. That means a Sunset rekey often means sourcing cylinders by hand rather than grabbing a universal pin kit off the shelf. We know which hardware shows up on the condos along Sunset Drive and which deadbolts are common on the single-family homes north of Miller Drive. That local familiarity means fewer surprises on the quote and fewer return trips.
Need it done today? Calls are answered by a live person, 24/7. You get a trackable arrival window, a written price, and before-and-after photos of the work. Call (409) 405-4485 for a free estimate.
Why Preston Locksmith & Security Is Sunset’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Preston Locksmith & Security has built our reputation in Sunset on one thing: the number we quote is the number you pay. No “starting at” bait on the phone, no swollen bill once the tech sees the mortise cylinder. We write the full price, item by item, before any work begins. That’s The Relay Visibility Guarantee, and it’s on every job, no exceptions.
Kevin Yoon leads our team, and he’s the reason our techs arrive in uniform, background-checked, and ready to show company ID at the door. You know who is coming, what they look like, and when they’ll knock before they ever get there. In a city like Sunset, with its mix of condos, rental turnovers, and impact-rated doors, knowing the person at your door is legitimate is not a small thing. It’s the difference between a real locksmith and someone who saw your address on a dispatch board.
Our Sunset customers tell us they value the sequence: call, get a written price, track the tech on the way, see photos of the completed work, get a digital invoice. No phone tag, no four-hour windows, no anonymous van. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every repair with a written guarantee. If it’s not done right, we make it right. If a repair fails, the second visit is free. No charge, no argument.
Rekey House in Sunset
A Rekey House job in Sunset means we re-key every keyed entry lock on the property so all doors work off a single key. This is the most-requested service we get in Sunset, and for good reason: this neighborhood cycles through key-holders fast. Winter visitors, short-term tenants, house sitters, cleaners, dog walkers. Every hand-off puts another copy of your key in someone’s pocket. A house rekey pulls every cylinder, replaces the internal pins, and hands you keys that make every old copy useless. In most Sunset homes, that means working through six to ten lock cylinders in under an hour.
Cost for a full house rekey in Sunset runs $100 – $260 when combining the trip fee and per-cylinder pricing, based on the lock count and hardware type. That’s a written number, confirmed before we send a tech.
Turnover Rekeys for Rentals
Sunset’s rental market moves year-round, and turnover rekeys are the single most common job we do. When one tenant moves out and another moves in, the old key situation is rarely clean. Former tenants hand keys to friends, keep spares in desk drawers, or forget them entirely. A turnover rekey takes every exterior door back to a fresh key, and we can key the front and back to the same key or keep them distinct.
We can also set up a master key system, like the one we built for a homeowner on SW 72nd Street near Sunset Place. Her rental turnover left three sets of keys floating among former tenants. The front door had an ANSI Grade 1 Schlage deadbolt with a Kwikset knob. We rekeyed both cylinders to one new key in about 20 minutes, no hardware replaced. Two weeks later, the same owner had us add a keypad entry smart lock on the side door and a master key setup so the cleaner’s key only opens the rear entry. Both jobs were quoted in full before we dispatched anyone, and the owner knew the exact number before the truck rolled.
Lock Rekey in Sunset
A Lock Rekey in Sunset is a cylinder-level job rather than a whole-house job. Maybe you only need the front door done, or the side door by the carport, or a single lock on an impact-rated door that the HOA won’t let you replace. We pull the cylinder, swap the pins to match a new key, and reinstall it. Your hardware stays in place. The old key stops working, and the new one starts.
In Sunset, a single lock rekey typically runs $18 – $30 per cylinder plus the $55 – $85 trip fee. If the lock is a mortise cylinder, common on impact-rated entry doors and many condo units along Sunset Drive, the price lands at the higher end because the cylinder needs individual sourcing and the internals are tighter. We’ll tell you the number on the phone, before anyone is dispatched.
Mortise and Impact-Door Cylinders
Sunset’s building stock includes a lot of impact-rated doors, and those doors often have mortise locks. A mortise lock body is not a round knob you can rekey with a standard kit. The cylinder slides out of the lock body, and the pins get matched to a new key. We maintain a full range of mortise cylinders, including Medeco and Mul-T-Lock profiles, and can rekey them in the field. No door replacement, no “we can’t do that” call after a dispatcher told you it would be easy.
Trusted Brands We Service in Sunset
We’re trained and equipped to rekey Schlage, Kwikset, Medeco, Yale, Baldwin, and Mul-T-Lock hardware, from standard residential deadbolts to high-security commercial cylinders. In Sunset specifically, we stock common Schlage and Kwikset pin kits on the trucks, along with mortise cylinder kits for Medeco and Baldwin profiles found on impact-rated doors. What we can’t carry on the truck, we source same-day from local suppliers. If you have a Baldwin mortise set on a condo door or a Medeco high-security cylinder on a commercial unit near the Palmetto, we can handle it without sending you to a specialty shop.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Sunset Homes
- Teaser pricing on the phone, a bigger bill at the door. The bait-and-switch pattern is real in this trade. A caller is quoted a low “starting at” rate, then the on-site price jumps once the tech sees a mortise lock or impact-door hardware. We quote the full price up front, and that price does not change when we arrive. No added call-out surcharge, no “premium hardware” upcharge invented on the spot.
- Rekeying the knob but not the deadbolt. On a turnover job, the point is to kill every old key. We’ve seen other providers rekey the knob only, leaving the deadbolt on its old key. That means an ex-tenant’s key still opens the most secure point on the door. In Sunset’s rental market, that’s a security problem, not a minor detail. We always confirm every keyed cylinder on the door is on the new key before we leave.
- No identity verification at the door. You called a locksmith, but the person at your door could be anyone with a work order. Our techs carry company ID, wear Preston Locksmith & Security uniforms, and confirm the dispatch reference you got on the phone. You can match the tech to the photos in the tracking link before you open the door.
- Hardware mismatch on impact-rated doors. Sunset’s HOA and code requirements mean many entry doors are multi-point or mortise. A tech who only carries a standard pin kit will either try to force a rekey and damage the lock, or tell you to replace a perfectly good door. We stock the right cylinders for Sunset’s housing stock and rekey them in place.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Sunset, FL
Rekey pricing in Sunset breaks down cleanly: a trip fee of $55 – $85 to cover dispatch and travel, plus $18 – $30 per cylinder, depending on hardware type. A single front-door lock typically lands around $73 – $115 all-in. A full house rekey with six to ten cylinders runs $100 – $260. Mortise and high-security cylinders like Medeco run at the higher end of the per-cylinder range because the work is tighter and the cylinders are sourced individually. Every price is in writing before the work starts, and the price you confirm on the phone is the price on the invoice. Call (409) 405-4485 and we’ll give you an exact number for your specific doors.
We Also Serve Cities Near Sunset
Our Rekey Locks team covers Sunset and the surrounding South Florida communities, including Miami, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, and Homestead. If your property sits near the Sunset line or you manage units across multiple nearby cities, one call covers it. We dispatch locally to Sunset and the neighboring markets with the same written-price policy and trackable arrival times.
Serving Sunset, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Sunset area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Rekey Locks in Sunset
We rekey mortise locks in place, no door replacement needed. The cylinder comes out of the lock body, the internal pins get swapped to match a new key, and the same hardware goes back in. Mortise and impact-rated door hardware is common in Sunset, especially in condo units and homes built to Florida Building Code. Call (409) 405-4485 and tell us the brand stamped on the lock face; we’ll quote it before we dispatch anyone.
A standard Sunset house rekey takes 30 to 60 minutes for six to ten cylinders. Mortise cylinders or high-security locks like Medeco add a few minutes per lock, and if we need to source a specific cylinder profile, we’ll tell you on the phone before scheduling. You’ll get a trackable arrival window and before-and-after photos, so you know the work is done and done right. Call (409) 405-4485 for a time estimate based on your exact lock count.
Every Preston Locksmith & Security tech arrives in uniform, carries company ID, and confirms the dispatch reference you received when you booked. You also get a live tracking link with the tech’s photo before they arrive. That’s The Relay Visibility Guarantee, and it’s standard on every job. If someone shows up without ID or can’t confirm your dispatch number, don’t open the door.
Rekeying replaces the internal pins inside the lock cylinder so the old key no longer turns it. The lock’s exterior hardware stays exactly as it is. The new key operates the same lock, the same deadbolt, the same handle, just with a fresh internal configuration. For homeowners and landlords in Sunset, this is the lowest-cost way to invalidate every key that was ever handed to a tenant, sitter, or contractor. Call (409) 405-4485 to get a per-cylinder price for your specific hardware.
Yes, and this is something we do regularly for Sunset rental owners. We can build a master key system where the owner’s key opens every door, the tenant’s key opens the unit and common areas, and a cleaner’s or contractor’s key opens only a designated entry. We built exactly this setup for a homeowner near Sunset Place whose cleaner needed rear-entry access only, and the full quote was in writing before the truck was dispatched. Call (409) 405-4485 with your door list and we’ll price the master key configuration over the phone.
Call Preston Locksmith & Security for Rekey Locks in Sunset
You’ll get a live person on the phone, a written price before any work starts, a trackable arrival time, and before-and-after photos of every job. No voicemail trees, no anonymous techs, no bill that grows after the quote. Call (409) 405-4485 now for a free estimate, and we’ll rekey your Sunset property on your schedule.
Written by Kevin Yoon, Owner at Preston Locksmith & Security, serving Sunset, FL and the surrounding South Florida area. Founded in 2008, part of the Relay Home Co. family, with each location independently owned and operated.