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Things About Houses – Keys

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Real Estate Agent with Premier Property Sales & Rentals RS284559

Keys, we all have them, we all need them.

Old KeysWe need keys to open all sorts of things like, the front door to our homes, our cars, a padlock on our bikes, the list can go on and on.

When a buyer purchases a house it is a good idea to change the locks to the house right away. Who knows who has a spare key, maybe a neighbor or a relative who comes into town once in a while. Don’t take any chances, change the locks and get new keys right away. Make a few spare keys for future use as well. Give yourself peace of mind.

I remember years ago my parents house had a simple lock on the front door, an old door. When we forgot our keys, all we needed was a dime to open that latch. We were lucky we lived in a neighborhood that this sort of lock system was okay.

Nowadays, keys are transforming into fobs or cards that a person just needs to press a button or place card on a reader near the handle.

Getting your house re-keyed can be done by hiring a handyman, by yourself, if you are so inclined, or by hiring a locksmith. Most supplies can be purchased at a hardware store like Lowe's or Home Depot. These stores also have an automated machine that reproduces keys. Locksmiths on the other hand will have the supplies for sure.

It might not be a bad idea to have a spare key in a lockbox somewhere on your property, for those times when you are not able to be at the house for a repair, or an unexpected visit from a relative, or when you misplace your keys.

 

For local locksmiths in Delaware County, here are two we have used.

South Penn Locks – Media, PA – They are also good for replacing those expensive remote car keys, much cheaper than a dealer.

Harveys Locks – Milmont Park, PA

Happy New Year!

Old Keys

Other posts in this series:

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Things About Houses - Chimneys

Things About Houses - Doors

Things About Houses - Electricity

Things About Houses - Fans

Things About Houses - Gingerbread

Things About Houses - Home Inspections For Buyers

Things About Houses - Ivy

Things About Houses - Joists

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Bill Salvatore - East Valley
Arizona Elite Properties - Chandler, AZ
Realtor - 602-999-0952 / em: golfArizona@cox.net

great information. Thanks for sharing it.

Have a super fantastic week!

Bill Salvatore, Realtor- Arizona Elite Properties

Jan 13, 2025 10:03 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Gloria - it will be interesting to see how "keys" will be transformed in the future.  

Jan 13, 2025 10:32 AM
John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Hello Gloria Todor very valuable education report for things about houses and keys.

Jan 13, 2025 11:56 AM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Thank you for commenting Bill Salvatore - East Valley .

Have a good week.

Jan 13, 2025 02:33 PM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Michael Jacobs it certainly will.  Have a good week.

Jan 13, 2025 02:34 PM
Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint-Idaho
Sandpoint Realty LLC - Sandpoint, ID
North Idaho Real Estate - 208-255.6227

Even in North Idaho, where locked doors were seldom found, we are now locking more and more doors.   The influx of new people demands it.  m

Jan 13, 2025 03:23 PM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Retired Broker/Owner - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Gloria this a great addition to your series of posts!  For clients we either gifted our locksmith to change locks and/or made sure they knew to do so ASAP.  As in now!

Jan 13, 2025 03:54 PM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

John Pusa Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you are not getting a lot of smoke where you are??  Take care.

Jan 13, 2025 05:27 PM
John Pusa

You are welcome Gloria Todor First  a few days of the fires smoke was very bad, but now it is much lower. Take Care and Have a great week!

Jan 13, 2025 08:07 PM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Mark Don McInnes, Sandpoint-Idaho things keep changing.  Thanks for commenting.

Jan 13, 2025 05:28 PM
Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Anna "Banana" Kruchten That was a thoughtful gift for your clients!

Jan 13, 2025 05:28 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Gloria- this is an excellent reminder about re=keying your home when you move in as well as having a well hidden key should you lock yourself out. 

Jan 13, 2025 06:49 PM
Gloria Todor

Kathy Streib Thank you for commenting.

Jan 14, 2025 06:27 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Gloria Todor changing the all the locks in the house or having them re-keyed is an advice I use to give to all my Borrowers when I was doing mortgages.

Jan 13, 2025 07:10 PM
Gloria Todor

George Souto That was really good advice.

Jan 14, 2025 06:27 AM
Patricia Feager
Flower Mound, TX

Good idea Gloria Todor - FYI, how do you like the key I acquired on Friday night, January 10.

Jan 13, 2025 10:55 PM
Gloria Todor

Patricia, I really like the looks of that key. I'd really like to see the door it was originally intended for. I bet that had a lot of character.  Thanks for sharing.

Jan 14, 2025 06:28 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Keys are fascinating, yet I no longer carry around any keys with me and haven't for at least 5 years, haha.

Jan 14, 2025 04:43 AM
Gloria Todor

Brian England wow you are really ahead in the world of modern technology!

Jan 14, 2025 06:29 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Yes indeed - changing locks should be one of the first things new home owners do. By the way, when you started mentioning things we need keys for, I remember the key needed for a diary I had when I was a teenager.

Jan 14, 2025 05:42 AM
Gloria Todor

Kat Palmiotti I always wanted one of those when younger.  A good way to start a diary/writing.

Jan 14, 2025 06:30 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

What a great series, Gloria. As for keys, I recently changed my front door lock to an electronic lock and am very happy with it and delighted I don't need a key.

Jan 14, 2025 05:43 AM
Gloria Todor

Nina Hollander, Broker makes life easier, I'd imagine.  Enjoy!

Jan 14, 2025 06:31 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Gloria Todor I love being able to walk my dog, lock the door and not need to carry keys. 

Jan 14, 2025 06:33 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

It is very important for home buyers to change the locks as soon as they take possesson of their new home.

Have an outstanding week.

Jan 14, 2025 07:30 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Gloria, I have keys like this for my wine jail, not the front door key.  So essential to get the locks rekeyed after closing.

Jan 14, 2025 08:48 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Not sure how I missed this great post, ironically one of my listings the one for lease has passcodes to go thought the main entrance, then combination code to go through the elevator and another combination code to get to the unit... go figure...Endre

Jan 14, 2025 10:30 PM