The first lock-and-key steps that give you real control of your new home.
The first thing to do with the locks in a new house is take control of the keys, and the cleanest way is rekeying every exterior door. You rarely know how many copies the previous owners, agents, contractors, or neighbors still hold, and rekeying makes all of those keys stop working at once while giving you a fresh set.
Walk the home and note every way in: front, back, side, garage-entry, and basement doors. Our residential team can rekey them all to one key so you are not juggling a ring. If a door has no deadbolt, that is a good moment for deadbolt installation.
Many new owners add keyless entry with a smart lock, which removes the spare-key problem entirely. If a lock feels rough or sticky, have it checked with lock repair before it fails. For doors you care most about, a high-security lock adds key control and stronger resistance.
Once the locks are set, a spare through key duplication for a trusted person rounds it out, and our house lockout service is there if you ever get shut out. We help new homeowners across Raleigh, Wake Forest, and Garner; contact us to set it up.
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If you only take one thing from this, take this: handling a lock problem on purpose, before it becomes a crisis, is almost always cheaper and calmer than handling it in a panic at the worst possible moment. A little planning, a spare key, a rekey after a move, goes a long way.