How Dunmore Locksmith Was Born
Dunmore Locksmith came out of a moment we’d rather not relive, but we’re glad we lived through it. Back in 2007, Perry Osgood was working in the security hardware trade in Los Angeles. A homeowner across town called, shaken up after a break-in. The responding company had rekeyed two locks and charged an amount that made her choose between paying the invoice and keeping her grocery budget for the month. The work was fine. The price was not honest. Perry heard the story secondhand, and it sat with him for weeks.
So he wrote down a promise on the back of an estimate sheet: put the price in writing before any work starts, and never make a homeowner fear the bill more than the burglar. That sheet became the founding rule of this company. From one Los Angeles desk, the network has grown to serve homeowners across California and far beyond. The industry hasn’t changed much since 2007. We have.
The name came later. Dunmore, from the old words for a great fort, a stronghold built to keep what is inside safe. It fit the trade. It still does.
Perry Osgood’s Personal Connection to the Locksmith Trade
Perry Osgood didn’t grow up dreaming about locks. Nobody does. He grew up taking things apart to see why they worked. A deadbolt, a padlock, a window latch: each one was a small puzzle with moving parts and a job to do. The first lock he ever opened without the key was his own, on a January afternoon when the key snapped off in the cylinder. He sat on the front steps of the house with a thin pick and a lot of patience. When the cylinder finally turned, the feeling wasn’t triumph. It was relief. A door that had been stuck shut was open again. That feeling never left him.
What keeps Perry in this trade after all these years isn’t the hardware. It’s the moment after the hardware works. The knob turns. The key slides in. The deadbolt clicks. A homeowner who was locked out, or rattled by a lost key, or standing in a house with a lock that won’t catch, breathes out. That exhale is the real job. The metal is just the way to get there.
If Perry weren’t running Dunmore Locksmith, he’d probably still be working with his hands. Wood, most likely. There’s a satisfaction in shaping something true and useful, and it’s the same satisfaction he gets from a lock that works exactly as it should. The smell of graphite in a worn cylinder, the weight of a solid mortise lock in the palm, the click of a Schlage deadbolt seating home: those are the details that get him out of bed in the morning.
Meet Perry Osgood – The Person Behind Every Job
Perry Osgood is the Owner & Founder of Dunmore Locksmith, part of the Threshold Group family. His background is in security hardware: locks, keys, alarms, and the systems that hold a home’s entry points together. He has spent his working life learning how these pieces fail and how to fix them the right way the first time.
What makes Perry different from a corporate franchise technician is how he thinks about the work. He treats every door as if it’s his own front door, and every customer as if they’re about to invite a stranger into their home. Because they are. When he’s off the clock, Perry is a tinkerer at heart. The same habit that taught him locks keeps showing up in a workshop full of half-finished woodworking projects and tools that have earned their scratches. It’s not a hobby he talks about much. It’s just how he’s built.
Perry’s commitment is simple: we tell you who is coming, we prove it at the door, and we stand behind every job like our name is on the work. It is.
Our Promise to Homeowners
The Threshold Standard runs through every Dunmore Locksmith location. It isn’t a poster on a wall. It’s a set of rules we require before anyone works under our name.
Every technician is background-checked and identity-verified. You get the tech’s name and photo before the visit. They show a photo ID badge at the door, every time. They arrive in a clean, marked uniform. And the price goes in writing before any work starts. That last one came from the moment in 2007 that started all of this. A homeowner should never wonder what the final bill will be while a stranger works on her front door.
Every job is covered by Threshold Verified. If anyone arrives who you weren’t told to expect, that visit is on us and we make it right.
Our Credentials
Every Dunmore Locksmith location operates to the standards of the Threshold Group network.
- State-licensed. Every pro working under our name is required to hold the license their state requires.
- Insured & bonded. We require insurance and bonding from every local team, so a homeowner is protected if something goes wrong.
- Background-checked and identity-verified. This is standard before a technician ever sees a service address.
- Threshold Verified. Every job is backed by the written-price rule and the name-and-photo promise.
- Strong local reputation. Each location is an independent local business that agreed to work to this standard.
Why these matter to a homeowner: you’re letting someone into your house, often when you’re home alone or with young kids. Credentials are how you know the person at the door is who we said they were and that the work is covered if it isn’t right. That peace of mind is the point of hiring a professional instead of taking a risk.
Rooted in the Communities We Serve
Threshold Group does not pretend to be from every town. Each Dunmore Locksmith location is an independent local business that chose to work to Threshold Verified. The company was born in Los Angeles in 2007, and it has grown into a network that connects homeowners with local teams across California, Florida, and beyond. Our locations serve Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Miami, Long Beach, Oakland, Anaheim, Riverside, and Irvine. When you call, our team connects you with the local office that covers your address. The face at your door is from your area. The standard behind that face is the Threshold Standard, every time.
Written by Perry Osgood, Owner & Founder at Dunmore Locksmith, part of the Threshold Group family since 2007.