Mobile Locksmith in Hurlingham
At Mobile Locksmith Sandton, we're a fully mobile locksmith service covering all of Hurlingham, including the boomed-off Hurlingham Manor and the small Hurlingham Gardens pocket. A technician comes to your home with the tools needed, as part of our Sandton-wide mobile locksmith service.
Hurlingham, the Manor and the Gardens
Three names are in use here, and they overlap:
- Hurlingham is the main suburb, proclaimed in 1938 on part of the old farm Zandfontein. At the 2011 Census it had about 3,930 residents in 1,330 households over 2.76 km², a low density that reflects its large stands. Most of it lies west of Winnie Mandela Drive, with Republic Road crossing it.
- Hurlingham Manor was counted separately in 2001; by 2011 almost all of it fell within Hurlingham. It's the area with the security booms, covered in the next section.
- Hurlingham Gardens is a census pocket of about 150 residents near Stafford Crescent, Willow Place and Saint Andrews Road.
All three are on this page, so use whichever name is on your gate.
Hurlingham Manor: getting through the booms
A 2016 Sotheby's Realty article described Hurlingham Manor as a gated community with only two access points, with CCTV cameras at the booms recording the number plates of vehicles coming and going, and the main entrance just off Republic Road. OpenStreetMap shows booms on Woodlands Avenue, near Republic Road, and on Pinotage Street, near View Road. Many streets inside are named after Cape wine estates, such as Nederburg, Boschendal, Meerlust and Riesling, so if your address is one of these, you're almost certainly behind the booms.
What that means for a locksmith visit:
- Tell us which boom to use. The Woodlands Avenue and Pinotage Street booms are roughly a kilometre apart, so say which one is closer to your house.
- Expect the guard to log the vehicle. If visitors have to be pre-registered, do that once you have our details.
- Keep your phone on. If the guard calls to confirm, the visit can go ahead straight away.
- Tell us if things have changed. The arrangement above comes from 2016 and from mapping data, so your current access rules are what count.
Directions in the older part of Hurlingham
Outside the Manor, Hurlingham is a grid of open streets, many with Scottish names: Argyle Avenue, Balmoral Avenue, Kinross Avenue, Cromartie Road, Sutherland Road. A large landmark is Rosebank Union Church on Saint Andrews Road. Despite its name, it's in Hurlingham, not Rosebank, which is worth knowing if you're giving directions from it. Winnie Mandela Drive (William Nicol Drive until 2023), Republic Road and Peter Place are the main roads around the suburb.
Bigger houses, more doors to check
On large properties, the lock that fails is often not the front door but one that's used less: a side door, a door to a cottage or study, or a sliding door to the garden. When one lock gives trouble, it's sensible to look at the others on the same key, since they've usually worn at a similar rate.
If a door or lock has been damaged in a break-in, the priority is to make the property secure again. Our post-break-in lock repair covers that, and the guide on lock damage after a break-in explains what to record for your insurer and the police first.
For other lock problems, the technician explains the options and costs before starting. Call-out: R250 call-out fee. Quotations: The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree.
Locksmith services available in Hurlingham
Residential locksmith
Lock repairs, replacements and lockouts for houses, townhouses, flats and estate homes across Sandton.
Emergency lockouts
Locked out of your home, flat or office? We come to you and work to get you back in with as little damage as possible.
Break-in lock repairs
After a burglary or attempted break-in: damaged locks assessed, made safe and replaced on site.
Lock replacement
Worn, damaged or compromised locks replaced and new locks installed to suit your existing door.
Lock repairs
Stiff, sticking, jammed or misaligned locks diagnosed and repaired on site where repair makes sense.
All of these are part of our mobile locksmith service in Sandton.
Hurlingham: questions customers ask
Can you get into Hurlingham Manor if I'm locked out and not at the boom?
That depends on the guard being able to confirm the visit with you by phone. Let the guard know to expect a locksmith, or give us the details the boom asks for.
Is Hurlingham Gardens a different suburb?
It's a small census area within Hurlingham. We treat it as part of Hurlingham, so this page applies.
Which neighbouring suburbs do you also cover?
We have separate pages for the neighbours, including locksmith in Willowild, locksmith in Glenadrienne and locksmith in Lyme Park.
Do you cut keys for the new locks?
No, we don't cut keys. New locks come with the manufacturer's keys.
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