Mobile Locksmith in Moodie Hill

Four roads behind a gate

Moodie Hill is essentially a handful of streets: Springhill Road, Springhill Close, Van Meurs Avenue and a short stretch of Coleraine Drive. At the 2011 Census it had about 240 residents in 97 households, on roughly 0.11 km². In the census boundaries it doesn't share an edge with any other suburb; it sits as an island between River Club, Parkmore, Benmore Gardens and Morningside.

OpenStreetMap shows Springhill Road, Springhill Close and Syringa Avenue as private roads, with gates at both ends of the private section of Springhill Road and at the turn into Springhill Close. In practice that means a visitor can't simply drive up to your house.

How to let a locksmith in

Because the gates come before your front door, a lockout here is really two problems: getting the technician into the road, then into the house. Please arrange the first part when you book:

• Tell us which gate on Springhill Road to come to, or whether to use Van Meurs Avenue or Coleraine Drive.
• Let us know if the gate is opened by remote, by code or by a guard.
• If your remote is locked inside with your keys, ask a neighbour to open the gate for us.
• Share your house number and what the entrance looks like.

Older houses, older locks

Moodie Hill was farmland before Sandton grew up around it, and the original farmhouse still stands, restored. Where a house has kept original doors and hardware, the locks may be older mortice types that are harder to match than modern cylinders. The technician will look at whether the lock can be repaired, whether a matching replacement fits the existing cut-out in the door, or whether a different lock needs some adjustment to the door. If you're curious about the options, our guide to mortice, cylinder and multipoint locks explains the main types.

What we can help with

• Being locked out of the house: lockout assistance.
• A lock that has become stiff or only works with jiggling: on-site lock repair.
• Replacing locks when a house changes hands, or when keys have gone missing.

You'll be told the options and the cost before work starts. 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 Moodie Hill

• 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.

• Residential locksmith

  Lock repairs, replacements and lockouts for houses, townhouses, flats and estate homes across Sandton.

• Lock repairs

  Stiff, sticking, jammed or misaligned locks diagnosed and repaired on site where repair makes sense.

• Lock replacement

  Worn, damaged or compromised locks replaced and new locks installed to suit your existing door.

All of these are part of our mobile locksmith service in Sandton.

Useful guides

• Mortice, Cylinder and Multipoint Locks: What's the Difference?
• Choosing a Replacement Lock That Fits Your Existing Door

Nearby areas we cover

• River Club
• Parkmore
• Sunset Acres
• Morningside

All Sandton areas