Valley Glen Locksmith
Valley Glen is part college town, part quiet house street. Students and renters need someone fast and fair, and owners want their old locks to finally behave. We do both.
Working in Valley Glen
Los Angeles Valley College sits right in the middle of the neighborhood, and the Tujunga Wash runs past it with the Great Wall mural along its banks. Around the campus and along Burbank Boulevard, Fulton and Oxnard Street, the blocks are full of apartment complexes, fourplexes and older duplexes, many rented by students and young workers. Further from campus, around Coldwater Canyon and the streets toward Van Nuys, it turns into tidy single-story ranch homes on flat lots. Roommates come and go, leases turn over in the summer, and a lot of people are new to their door.
The locks we meet here
Small rental buildings here sometimes have every unit on the same key, set up years ago for convenience and never changed. That is worth fixing. Unit doors are mostly knob and deadbolt pairs, and many renters ask about smart locks they can take with them when they move. In the houses we see older deadbolts, sticky knob locks and interior privacy locks on bathrooms and bedrooms, which are a classic source of calls from parents. Students also tend to have one key and no spare, so cutting a backup is one of the most useful small jobs we do here.
How fast we get there
Valley Glen is about 2.6 miles from Van Nuys as the crow flies, so expect 20–35 minutes in most traffic. Text (657) 478-8248 the street, unit number and a photo of the lock. If the building has a gate or a buzzer, tell us how to get in.
What people in Valley Glen call us for
Common questions
Every unit in our fourplex opens with the same key. Can that be fixed?
Yes, and it should be. We rekey each unit to its own key and, if the owner wants, set up a master key that opens all of them for emergencies. Tenants then hold keys to their own unit only, and the owner keeps one key for the building.
I rent. Can I put in a smart lock and take it with me when I move?
Often, yes, with your landlord's okay. We install the smart lock, keep the original hardware safe for you, and when you move we can swap the original back in. Some leases require the landlord to keep a working key or code, so check before we come.
My toddler locked the bathroom door from inside. Is that something you come out for?
Yes, and it happens more than people think. Keep talking to your child, text us the address, and we come right away. Interior locks almost always open with no damage, and we are happy to explain a safer privacy lock afterward.