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 Temecula
If you just closed on a house off Rancho California Road or you’re renting out a condo near Old Town and the previous tenant still has a key, you need the locks rekeyed, not a sales pitch for new hardware. Rekeying is the process of swapping the internal pins inside your existing lock cylinders so the old keys stop working and a new key operates the door. In Temecula, most of that work runs between $18 and $35 per cylinder, written and agreed before we dispatch anyone to your door. Call (409) 405-4485 and we’ll give you the real number for your house, not a teaser that changes when the tech arrives.
We serve all of Temecula: Rancho Highlands, Harveston, Redhawk, Vail Ranch, Paseo del Sol, Morgan Hill, Crowne Hill, and the neighborhoods tucked along Butterfield Stage Road, Winchester Road, and Margarita Road. Temecula’s housing stock is heavily weighted toward master-planned communities built from the late 1980s through the 2000s, so most front doors here are builder-installed pin and tumbler deadbolts in a handful of common keyways. That usually means a rekey is a single-trip job done on the existing hardware rather than a replacement push. It also means the honest first question is whether the lock is still ANSI Grade 1 or a builder-grade cylinder that will not survive a second rekey. We’ll tell you which one you have before we touch a pin.
Why Preston Locksmith & Security Is Temecula’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
We’re the company that sends a background-checked, uniformed technician whose arrival time you can track live on your phone, and whose price is already in writing before a single tool leaves the bag. That’s the Relay Visibility Guarantee, and it’s stamped on every job we do in Temecula. No anonymous tech in an unmarked van. No price that swells between the estimate and the invoice. You know who is coming, what they look like, and when they’ll knock. Calls are answered by a live person 24/7, so when you call about rekeying a lock on a Friday evening in Redhawk, a human picks up and starts working the problem.
Kevin Yoon leads our team, and he’s built the operation since 2008 around one rule: the written price is the invoice price. Our Temecula customers get a 365-Day Done Right Promise on every rekey. If it’s not done right, we make it right, including a free second visit if the repair fails. That’s a written guarantee, not a verbal assurance. We service Schlage, Kwikset, and Medeco hardware daily across Temecula, from the standard deadbolts in Wolf Creek to high-security commercial cylinders in the business parks off Ynez Road.
Rekey Deadbolt in Temecula
Rekey Deadbolt work in Temecula usually starts with the front door on a home in a community built between the late 1980s and the mid-2000s, which describes most of the single-family stock from Harveston to Morgan Hill. The job involves removing the cylinder from the deadbolt, replacing the internal pin stack so the old key no longer turns, cutting a new key, and reinstalling everything with the tailpiece properly seated. In Temecula, rekeying a standard deadbolt cylinder runs $18 to $35 per cylinder, with most homes having two to four cylinders total. If the deadbolt is a Kwikset SmartKey, the process is different and faster; we can rekey those without removing the cylinder at all. If it’s a Schlage B60 or a builder-grade no-name that’s already been rekeyed twice, we’ll show you the wear on the pins and tell you plainly whether it makes sense to keep rekeying it or swap in a better cylinder.
Single-custody deadbolt rekey
This is the case where you bought the house or took over the lease and you simply don’t know who else has a key. We rekey every deadbolt to a new key that has never been cut before, so no old copy works anywhere on the property. For a standard two-door Temecula home with a single front deadbolt and a garage-entry deadbolt, that’s typically 30 to 45 minutes on site.
Multi-point and high-security deadbolts
Some newer Temecula homes in communities like Crowne Hill or Paseo del Sol came with multipoint locks or higher-grade deadbolts that take specialized pins. Those still rekey fine in most cases, but the cylinder may need to come out differently, and the key blank costs more. We’ll give you the per-cylinder price on the phone before anyone heads your way.
Rekey House in Temecula
Rekey House work in Temecula is the whole-door-set job: front door, back door, garage entry, and usually the side gate padlock if it’s a keyed lock. A typical Temecula home has three to five keyed cylinders, and rekeying them all to a single new key runs $54 to $175 total depending on cylinder count and keyway type, locked in writing before we start. The point is one new key that turns every door, and no old key that turns any door. That matters most right after closing, right after a tenant moves out, or right after a breakup where someone kept a spare on Murrieta Hot Springs Road.
A family closing on a resale in the Harveston area handed over a set of keys that turned out to include two spares the seller had given a neighbor and a contractor, so we rekeyed the front Schlage deadbolt, two Kwikset knobs, and the back door in one visit and handed back a single new set. A few weeks later they added a keypad entry deadbolt on the garage entry, and we matched it to the same new key so the whole house ran on one key again. No drilling, no new hardware on the doors that were still healthy.
Whole-home key alike
This is the version where we set every keyed cylinder in the house to the same key, so one key opens everything. Most Temecula homes built in the 1990s and 2000s share a common keyway family, which makes this straightforward. If some locks are Schlage and others are Kwikset, we’ll tell you what can be keyed alike and what needs a cylinder swap first.
Rekey after tenant turnover
If you’re a landlord with a rental near Old Town Temecula or a condo off Ynez Road, this is the job you need between every tenant. We rekey all cylinders, document the new key count, and hand you a written record of how many keys exist. That written record matters in a dispute, and it’s part of the standard job here.
Trusted Brands We Service in Temecula
We stock pins, springs, and key blanks for Schlage, Kwikset, and Medeco hardware, so a standard rekey in Temecula doesn’t wait on a parts order. Schlage and Kwikset cover the vast majority of what builders installed across Temecula’s master-planned communities. Medeco shows up on higher-security commercial doors and the occasional upgraded home cylinder. We also service Baldwin, Mul-T-Lock, Sargent, and Abloy hardware. If you swapped in a Baldwin smart lock or you moved into a house with an Abloy cylinder on the front, we’re equipped for it. Most rekeys here are done same day, with the parts already in the van.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Temecula Homes
- Builder-grade cylinders rekeyed one too many times. Temecula’s 1990s and 2000s homes often came with basic pin and tumbler cylinders that were never meant for repeated rekeys. After two or three rekeys, the pin stack starts binding, the key sticks, and the right fix is a new cylinder, not another rekey.
- Missing keys on the day of closing. When the seller loses the spare set or the keybox is empty, the house can’t be secured until the locks are rekeyed. That’s a same-day job for us across Temecula, and the price is agreed before we dispatch.
- Mixed keyways across one house. A front door on Schlage, a back door on Kwikset, and a garage entry on a no-name cylinder means you carry three keys. We can consolidate most of those into one key in a single visit.
- Someone on the doorstep quoting a different price than the phone call. This is the most common bait-pricing complaint we hear from Temecula homeowners. The price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. If a lock is worse than described and the scope changes, we stop and get written agreement before adding anything.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Temecula, CA
A standard rekey in Temecula runs $18 to $35 per cylinder. Rekeying a whole house, typically three to five cylinders, runs $54 to $175 depending on the count and the keyway. High-security cylinders like Medeco cost more, usually $30 to $60 per cylinder, because the pins and the key blanks themselves cost more. The price we give you on the phone is the full price, written before anyone is dispatched. There is no call-out surcharge added on arrival, and no markup for the parts that are already in the van.
| Job | Typical Temecula Range |
|---|---|
| Standard cylinder rekey (per cylinder) | $18 – $35 |
| Whole-house rekey (3-5 cylinders, one key) | $54 – $175 |
| Kwikset SmartKey rekey (per cylinder) | $15 – $25 |
| High-security cylinder rekey (Medeco) | $30 – $60 |
| New standard deadbolt cylinder (if rekey isn’t viable) | $40 – $90 |
Call (409) 405-4485 and we’ll quote your exact job over the phone. The estimate is free, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
We Also Serve Cities Near Temecula
Our Rekey Locks team covers the whole Temecula Valley and the surrounding communities. That includes Murrieta, Winchester, Fallbrook, and Wildomar. Whether you’re rekeying a house in Murrieta or a rental unit in Fallbrook, the same written-price guarantee applies. Rekey Locks in Temecula is our core local page, and we dispatch crews throughout the area from our Inland Empire office, serving Temecula locally.
Serving Temecula, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Temecula 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 Temecula
A typical Temecula house with three to five cylinders takes 45 to 90 minutes on site, start to finish. That includes the rekey, the key cutting, and the walkthrough where we test every door with the new key. If it’s a single deadbolt, it’s faster. If the locks are worn and the job shifts to replacing a cylinder or two, we’ll stop, give you the new number in writing, and only proceed after you say yes. Call (409) 405-4485 to schedule.
Yes, in the majority of Temecula homes the existing locks are healthy enough to rekey, and that’s the lower-cost path. The exception we see often is a builder-grade cylinder that’s already been rekeyed two or three times and started binding. If the pins are worn, the cylinder walls are scored, or the key doesn’t turn cleanly after the new pins go in, we’ll show you the wear and recommend a replacement cylinder instead of forcing another rekey. The choice is always yours, and the price is in writing before we proceed.
You’ll have a live trackable arrival time on your phone, so you know when the technician is coming and when they arrive. They’ll be in uniform, with company identification, and they’ll hand you the written scope and price before any work starts. If someone shows up at your door claiming to be from a company you called and they can’t show you the written price you agreed to, don’t let them in. That’s the bait-pricing situation we warn Temecula homeowners about.
In most Temecula homes, yes. If the house uses a common keyway across the doors, we can key every cylinder alike to a single new key in one visit. If there’s a mix of Schlage and Kwikset or an oddball cylinder on the garage entry, we’ll tell you what can be matched and what needs a cylinder swap. You’ll know the exact scope and price before the job starts.
We rekey Schlage, Kwikset, Medeco, Baldwin, Mul-T-Lock, Sargent, and Abloy locks in Temecula. Most homes here run on Schlage and Kwikset, which we stock pins and blanks for daily. Medeco and other high-security brands take specialized pins and cost more per cylinder, but we service them in the field without sending your lock off to a shop. Call (409) 405-4485 and tell us what’s on your door; we’ll give you the per-cylinder price over the phone.
Ready to rekey your Temecula locks? Call (409) 405-4485 now. You’ll get a live person, a written price, and a trackable arrival time. If it’s after hours or a weekend, the same applies. There’s no voicemail tree and no callout surcharge added when the tech arrives.
Written by Kevin Yoon, Owner at Preston Locksmith & Security, serving Temecula since 2008.