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5 Reasons to Hire A Certified Locksmith

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Real Estate Agent with Richmond Home Sales At EXP Realty 0225221617

In every home, there will always come a time that you would get locked out or that your door lock would malfunction. This situation often happens when a lot of things are happening to you that your focus or attention on the simple things are pretty much reduced. Mind you that being in this type of situation isn’t just annoying but it is a hassle.

 

          When this situation occurs, it is advised that you do not deal with it by yourself because you might not just destroy your lock, you might also damage your door. Hiring a certified locksmith who can fix this problem would be the best solution. If you will hire a professional locksmith, make sure that he/she is a certified one. There are a lot of reasons to hire a certified locksmith, here are the five main reasons:

 

1. Expertise

- Basically, certified locksmiths have the expertise you need for your home or property. They have the knowledge and experience of the security systems up to the latest technological advancements. With this knowledge, they can perform their services properly and efficiently. This is the most important reason because a certified locksmith has more in-depth training compared to other locksmiths. This gives them the edge. After going through training sessions, they will eventually complete those sessions and get the certification. The certification also requires experience and other qualification benchmarks.

 

2. Availability

- Worst case scenario, you get locked out in the middle of the night. And you call upon your local locksmith but he/she is already sleeping. Calling a certified locksmith can provide you with assistance in no time. Calling their agency or company will be followed up by them sending a vehicle with their certified locksmith along with all the necessary tools they use. This is to provide you with the service you need in your emergency situation.

3. Insured

- There are lock repairs that also lead to damages to your doors, broken glasses, and other property damages. These are truly unavoidable. Hiring a certified locksmith in these situations will be favorable to you. They would not just be certified but they are also insured. This means that any damages that resulted from the lock repair will be covered by their agency.

 

4. Security

- There are a lot of incidents where a hired locksmith makes a copy of your home keys and break in your home when you are there or not around. This is a traumatic experience since your lock problem leads to a much more unnecessary event that makes you lose not just your belongings but the memories with those belongings. These mishaps could be avoided by hiring a certified locksmith. Of course, one can say that hiring a certified locksmith will not mean that those mishaps won’t happen, but they will be less likely to happen. Certified agencies or companies provide their customers with reliable, authentic, certified locksmiths. They will be responsible if the certified locksmith they dispatched to you would break in your home. They will be liable since they were the ones who provided the service with a certified locksmith they did not even check. In the end, certified locksmiths are safer than the regular locksmiths since not only are they trained rigorously but they are also backed by an agency or company that can give you the insurance and assurance you need.

 

5. Safety

- We all know that when we buy a property from a home seller, we can never be one hundred percent sure that the home seller would never keep a spare key. This has happened a lot of times from the past until the present. There are home sellers who have other plans after they sell their property. It is a significant risk that you would not want to have right? Hiring a certified locksmith can ease your way with this risk and remove it. They can guide you thoroughly with regards to the changes in the locks you have in your new property and also can give insights for you regarding re-key options so that you can have a much safer property in the long run.

Posted by
Francisco Peot Richmond Home Sales @ ClockTower Realty Group 1561 E Main St Richmond, VA 23219 Cell- 804-617-3397 Office - 804-505-4274 Francisco@richmondhomesales.com Richmondhomesales.com Henricohomesales.com Licensed realtor in the state of Virginia

Comments (3)

John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Francisco Peot very good reasons to hire a certified locksmith.

Oct 17, 2019 03:25 PM
Dan Hopper
Dan Hopper - Gold Way RE - Westminster, CO
Colorado Broker / Referral Services

No doubt,  , this should be part of a fixed expense when setting up the property for a new resident.

Oct 17, 2019 03:29 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, Francisco Peot every new homeowner should call a locksmith and change all the locks on each door to be keyed to one key.... and to be assured there are no previous keys that will work... one never knows who was given a key!

Oct 18, 2019 04:32 AM