We don't want to drill your lock.
We just want to open it.
If you are reading this, you have probably just scrolled past five Google Ads offering to open your door for £39.
Let me save you the trouble of calling them: That price does not exist.
It is a "lead generation" tactic used by call centers in Leeds or Manchester. They dispatch an untrained subcontractor who will arrive at your home in Hampstead, look at your standard Yale lock, claim it is "high security" or "unpickable," and immediately drill it out.
Then they will hand you a bill for £400+ for labour and a cheap replacement lock.
I know this because I have spent the last 30 years fixing the mess they leave behind.
My name is [Name], and I run [Company Name]. We are not a call center. We are not a franchise.
We are physically based at Palace Court, 250 Finchley Road, NW3. You can walk past and see our van. We are your neighbours. We drink coffee at the O2 Centre. We service the locks for the shops you visit.
Visit us at:
Palace Court
250 Finchley Road, London NW3 6DN
In an industry full of cowboys, we operate on three brutal rules:
Drilling a lock is an admission of defeat. It is the last resort, not the first step. We carry advanced picking tools and auto-manipulators. We spend money on training so you don't have to spend money on new doors.
90% of the doors we visit in NW3 are opened without a single scratch.
We do not have hidden "service fees" or "VAT shock." The price we quote you on the phone is the price you pay. If we get there and the job is more complex than described, we stop and tell you the cost before we do the work.
A Banham M2002 on a stucco-fronted house in Belsize Park is not the same as a uPVC mechanism in a new build. We know the difference. We stock the parts. We don't void your insurance by installing the wrong cylinder.
I hope you never need us. I hope you never lose your keys at 2 AM in the rain.
But if you do, don't call the £39 ad. Call the local specialist who will actually get you in, keep your lock intact, and charge you a fair wage for skilled work.
Real Skills. Real Local. Real Prices.
Signed,
[Your Name]
Lead Locksmith, Palace Court