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Locksmith work in Downtown Berkeley, from the suites above Shattuck Ave to the garages that empty out after the last curtain
Shattuck Ave shops behind aluminum and glass, small office suites on the floors above them, two BART garages, and theater nights that run long after the retail doors have been keyed shut.
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12 min
Avg. arrival
$89
Service call
24/7
Availability
Downtown Berkeley is the shortest drive on our map, about twelve minutes. Street level along Shattuck Ave and the cross streets is retail behind narrow-stile aluminum and glass; the floors above hold suites let to therapists, tutors, small firms and nonprofit offices, nearly all of them on a building master key. Two calls repeat. A suite door that will not open once building staff have gone home for the day is a business lockout at $119 to $219. A shop door whose deadlatch has stopped catching its strike is storefront work at $139 to $435, and on most of those doors the fault is a hinge or pivot that has let the leaf sag a few millimeters, not the lock at all.
After eight in the evening the work changes character. The Berkeley Rep and the Aurora let out onto Addison St, dinners on Shattuck run late, and a set of keys ends the night on a passenger seat in the Center St structure. Car lockouts are $89 to $159, with $35 added between 8pm and midnight and $70 between midnight and 7am, and the whole figure is agreed on the call rather than assembled at the curb. Key fob programming at $95 to $169 is done beside the car. If you are trying to describe where you are standing on a garage roof where every level looks the same, the Campanile four blocks uphill is the landmark that settles it.
Give the building and the suite number, say whether the lobby door or the garage stair is locked at this hour, and if you are inside a structure, name the level and the nearest stairwell letter.
Most requested in Downtown Berkeley
Nearby
One street over, the same van
FAQ
Asked about Downtown Berkeley
Why is Downtown the shortest drive you list?+
The vans stage near University Ave and San Pablo Ave, so a downtown address is a few blocks of city street rather than a run across town. Twelve minutes is the working average. The one thing that regularly pushes it out is the theater turnout on Addison St on a Friday or Saturday, and if that is happening you are told on the call.
What comes in most often from the blocks along Shattuck Ave?+
Suite doors on the upper floors that will not open once building staff have gone home, and street-level glass doors whose deadlatch has stopped catching its strike. The second is usually a hinge or pivot letting the leaf sag a few millimeters, so the door is checked for square before any hardware is priced.
Can a technician meet me inside a parking structure?+
Yes, on any level. Give the level number, the nearest stairwell and the make and color of the car, because the decks downtown look identical once you are standing on one. If a stair door has locked behind you, say so, since that changes which side of the building the technician walks in from.
Open 24 hours, 7 days
One call, one figure, agreed before the work starts
Calls answered 24/7 across Berkeley and the north East Bay. The $89 service call, the labour and the parts are inside the number you agree to, and nothing is added to it afterwards.