Non-destructive entry first, always - and we re-key Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin locks on the spot while you watch
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Fast, Reliable Change Door Locks Across Beverly Hills
Changing door locks in Beverly Hills usually costs between $95 and $320 per lockset, depending on whether we’re rekeying an original 1930s mortise body or installing new hardware. Most jobs in the Flats and the hillside canyons above Sunset are done the same day we hear from you, often within two hours. Call (910) 714-4287 and a live person answers, any hour. We’ll give you the written price before any work starts, and that’s the price on the invoice. No surprises at the door.
Why Dunmore Locksmith Is Beverly Hills’s Preferred Change Door Locks Company
Beverly Hills homes demand something most Residential Locksmith - Beverly Hills competitors never prepare for: original Corbin, Sargent, and Yale mortise locksets set into bronze and brass escutcheons cut directly into 1920s millwork. A generic swap destroys what homeowners spent decades preserving. Dunmore Locksmith has been part of the Threshold Group since 2007, which means every technician who arrives in Beverly Hills has been background-checked, identity-verified, and sent to you by name and photo before the visit. Photo ID badge shown at the door. If someone shows up you weren’t told to expect, that visit is covered at no charge. It’s called the Threshold Standard, and it exists because opening your door to a stranger should never be a leap of faith.
Perry Osgood leads the team that answers calls for Beverly Hills Door Lock Repair, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise rides on every job we do here: if the repair fails within a year, we return at no charge. That guarantee is written on your invoice, not mentioned in passing. Beverly Hills homeowners who’ve had a lock drilled out, a faceplate cracked, or a cylinder swapped without being asked tend to call us the second time. We’re the ones who should have been called the first time.
Our Change Door Locks team knows the difference between a lock that deserves rebuilding and one that’s genuinely done. That distinction matters in Beverly Hills more than almost anywhere else, because the housing stock is older, the hardware is irreplaceable, and the millwork around it was cut by hand.
Door Lock Installation in Beverly Hills
Door Lock Installation in Beverly Hills means something different depending on which side of Sunset you live on. In the Flats, south of Santa Monica Boulevard, a 1928 Spanish Colonial on Crescent Drive often still carries its original Corbin mortise lock body. We don’t replace that unless the body is actually cracked or the internal springs have snapped beyond repair. We remove it non-destructively, hand-fit new springs, rekey the pin-and-tumbler cylinder to a new key, and slide the whole assembly back into the door. The original bronze faceplate never leaves the wood. That’s the job half our Beverly Hills calls are about.
A standard deadbolt installation over a pre-drilled hole runs $150 to $260 in Beverly Hills. If we’re opening a new bore into a solid-core estate door, which is common on Mid-Century homes north of Sunset, expect $220 to $320 including the lockset and labor. New smart lock installation with integrated app setup runs $280 to $420 depending on the brand and whether it ties into an existing gate intercom or security panel.
Period Hardware Preservation
Beverly Hills Flats homes built between the 1920s and 1950s often have original mortise locks where no modern drop-in replacement matches the escutcheon cut into the door. Rekeying the existing cylinder is almost always the right call. We rekey the original body, keep the hardware, and hand you a new key. The door looks like it did the day it was hung, and the old key, wherever it ended up, no longer turns the bolt.
New Deadbolts and Smart Locks
Some Beverly Hills homeowners do want a modern deadbolt above an original lockset, especially on rear entrances or service doors. We stock Schlage and Kwikset deadbolts locally and can key a new deadbolt to match the existing mortise lock key, so one key works both. On hillside estates tied to security panels, we service Yale smart locks and can integrate a new front-door lock with the existing multi-zone access system.
Patio Door Lock Change in Beverly Hills
Patio Door Lock Change in Beverly Hills comes up most often on French doors and sliding glass doors that open onto gardens and courtyards in the Flats, or onto terraces with canyon views above Doheny and Benedict Canyon. The original locks on these doors are usually surface-mounted or mortised into thin stiles, and they wear differently than front-door locks: the bolt gets sloppy, the thumb turn loosens, or the keyed cylinder freezes from years of marine-layer moisture. On hillside homes north of Sunset, exposed brass locksets on terrace doors pick up that nightly dampness and the pins corrode silently until the key stops turning.
A typical patio door lock change in Beverly Hills runs $140 to $280 per door for a standard replacement, including the new lock. If we’re rebuilding an obsolete mortise cassette on a 1940s French door, expect $260 to $400 because the parts come from specialty salvage suppliers and the fitting is done by hand. Sliding glass door lock replacement, including the hook-style latch, runs $120 to $220.
Keyed-Alike Patio and Front Doors
We key your new patio door lock to match the key that already works your front door. That’s standard practice for us in Beverly Hills, not an upcharge. One key turns every exterior lock on the property, which means fewer keys floating around and fewer opportunities for a copy to walk off with a contractor or housekeeper.
Mortise Cassette Rebuilds
On older Beverly Hills French doors, the original mortise cassette is often obsolete. We open the door edge carefully, pull the cassette, and rebuild it with new springs and pins rather than routing out the door for a modern latch that never sits flush. The door closes the way it did eighty years ago. That matters on a door that’s part of the home’s architectural fabric, not a disposable component.
Trusted Brands We Service in Beverly Hills
Most Beverly Hills homes we work on have Schlage, Kwikset, Medeco, or Yale hardware, and we’re factory-authorized to service all of them. We carry a deep stock of cylinders, pins, springs, and faceplates for these brands and can match new locks to existing keys across a property. For Beverly Hills customers, that means fewer return trips and less waiting, because the part you need is usually already on our van when we pull up, not ordered from a supplier.
Common Change Door Locks Problems We See in Beverly Hills Homes
- Obsolete mortise cylinders in 1920s to 1950s Flats homes. The original Corbin or Sargent body still works fine, but the cylinder is worn and the old keys are floating around. We rekey the original cylinder rather than replace the body, which preserves the bronze faceplate and the millwork around it.
- Corroded pins and springs on hillside canyon estates above Sunset. The marine layer that sits heavily in the canyons at night leaves exterior locksets damp. Brass hardware tarnishes fast, and pin springs corrode until the key won’t turn. We clean, re-lubricate, and rekey these cylinders during a routine change instead of just swapping keys.
- Drilled or damaged cylinders from previous cheap callouts. We see estate doors where a generalist drilled the lock because non-destructive entry took too long. The original bronze faceplate is ruined and nothing on the market matches it. We salvage what we can and rebuild the cylinder around the surviving hardware.
- Sliding glass door locks that have sagged out of alignment. In Beverly Hills, sliding doors on older homes shift over decades as the framing settles. The lock hook misses the strike, or the keyed cylinder binds. We align the door, replace the lock, and key it to match the rest of the house.
Pricing for Change Door Locks in Beverly Hills, CA
Here’s what change door locks actually costs in Beverly Hills. Rekeying a standard knob or deadbolt runs $95 to $150 per cylinder. A new deadbolt installation over an existing bore runs $150 to $260. Patio door lock changes run $140 to $280 for standard hardware, and $260 to $400 for mortise cassette rebuilds on older French doors. Smart lock installation, including app setup, runs $280 to $420. Full house rekey, where every exterior cylinder is rekeyed to one new key, runs $180 to $350 depending on how many doors you have. That’s the honest range. What changes the price is whether we’re building a cylinder by hand or dropping in a new lock, and how much of the original hardware we’re preserving. Call (910) 714-4287 for an exact quote. The price we give on the phone is the price on your invoice. No call-out surcharge added at the door.
We Also Serve Cities Near Beverly Hills
Dunmore Locksmith handles door lock changes and rekeys across the broader west side of Los Angeles. We serve Beverly Hills, plus West Hollywood, Culver City, Santa Monica, and Marina del Rey. Scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our Los Angeles office, and crews serve Beverly Hills locally with the same written pricing and background-checked technicians.
Serving Beverly Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Beverly Hills area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Change Door Locks in Beverly Hills
Yes, and that’s exactly what we do in most cases. We remove the original Corbin mortise lock body non-destructively, rekey the existing cylinder to a new key, and rebuild the internals if needed. The bronze escutcheon and millwork stay untouched. Your old key stops working and you get new keys, all without losing the period hardware. Call (910) 714-4287 and we’ll walk you through what your specific door needs.
If the lock itself still functions, meaning the bolt throws smoothly and the thumb turn is firm, it can almost always be rekeyed. If the internal springs are snapped, the body is cracked, or a previous locksmith drilled through the cylinder, replacement may be the honest answer. We’ll tell you which one you’re looking at before any work starts, and the written quote will match what we do.
We use non-destructive entry on Beverly Hills estate doors. Drilling a lock destroys the cylinder and often the faceplate, and on a 1920s or 1930s door that faceplate cannot be matched. Our technicians pick or bypass the lock without damaging the hardware or the millwork. If a previous locksmith has already drilled the lock, we’ll rebuild the cylinder around the surviving hardware where possible. Call (910) 714-4287 for a free estimate.
The marine layer that settles into the canyons north of Sunset every night leaves exterior locksets damp for hours, and that persistent moisture corrodes pins and springs inside brass and steel hardware. In the Flats, the same lock stays dry and lasts decades. On hillside estate patios and gates, we clean, re-lubricate, and sometimes rekey the cylinder during a routine change to prevent the freeze-ups those homes are prone to.
Yes. We key new patio door locks, deadbolts, and most smart locks to match the key that already works your other exterior doors. One key turns every lock on the property. That’s standard on our Beverly Hills jobs, and it means you’re not juggling separate keys for the front door, the patio, and the side gate.
Contact Dunmore Locksmith for Change Door Locks in Beverly Hills
If you need door locks changed in Beverly Hills, call (910) 714-4287 now. A live person answers, gives you a written price, and tells you exactly who’s coming to your door, by name and photo, before they arrive. The work is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. We serve the Flats, the hillside canyons, and every street in between. Call for a free estimate, and know exactly what you’re paying before we start.
Written by Perry Osgood, Owner at Dunmore Locksmith, serving Beverly Hills as part of the Threshold Group since 2007.