Chatsworth is half horse country, half business park. We handle both: a stuck ranch gate on a Saturday morning or a warehouse door that will not lock at closing time.
Chatsworth fills the northwest corner of the Valley, where the rocks of the Santa Susana foothills start. West of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and up toward Chatsworth Lake Manor you get horse properties, wide lots, split-rail fences and long gravel drives. East and south, along Nordhoff, Prairie, Mason and Lassen, there are blocks of light industrial buildings and business parks: small manufacturers, tech firms, warehouses, auto shops. Around Devonshire and near the Metrolink station there are apartment complexes and older single-story ranch houses. So in one afternoon we might work on a barn gate, a roll of office suites and a tenant's front door, all within a few miles.
In the business parks the doors are steel, with commercial lever sets, mortise cylinders and panic bars on the exits. When a company has grown over the years, keys tend to multiply, and nobody knows who still has one. That is where rekeying or a simple master key system pays off. On horse properties the hardware lives outside: gate locks, latches and chains that take sun, dust and the odd kick from a horse, so they rust and bind. In the houses, expect original 1960s and 1970s knob sets that have never been rekeyed. We bring parts for all three on the truck.
Chatsworth is about 10 miles from our Van Nuys base, which means 25–45 minutes in most traffic. Text (657) 478-8248 with your ZIP and a photo of the lock, door or gate. For a business, tell us the suite number and which entrance to use. You get a price and an ETA before we head out.
Start with a rekey of the exterior doors so old keys stop working. If different people need different doors, we can set up a master key system: one key for the owner, limited keys for staff. We walk the building with you and price it first.
Yes. Tell us what kind of gate it is (pipe, wood, chain-link) and send a photo. We carry gate hardware that holds up outdoors, and we can key it to match your house or barn so you carry fewer keys.
Yes, 24 hours a day. Text your location in the lot, the make, model and year, and we send a price and an arrival time. Wait somewhere safe and lit, and we will call when we pull in.