Mobile Locksmith in Parkmore

One suburb, several names

Parkmore takes its name from two farms, Hurl Park and Benmore, and was laid out as a suburb in 1907. You'll still come across both older names. Hurl Park was counted as its own area in the 2001 Census; by 2011 most of it had been absorbed into Parkmore, with the rest in River Club. Littlefillan, once a small farm belonging to N.H. Gilfillan, is a tiny pocket split between Parkmore and Morningside.

If your gate post, lease or rates bill uses one of those names, that's fine: tell us the street address and we'll find it. At the 2011 Census, Parkmore itself had about 6,450 residents in some 2,570 households over 3.1 km², so it's one of the bigger residential areas in this part of Sandton.

Finding your street: the numbered grid

Much of Parkmore is laid out on numbered streets, from 1st Street through to 15th Street, crossed by avenues with first names such as Marie, Lilian, Victoria, Elizabeth and Helena. Because several streets look alike on a phone map, the cross street matters more here than in most suburbs. A message like "10th Street, between Elizabeth and Lilian" gets a technician to the right gate first time.

The suburb is ringed by busier roads that are useful reference points: Winnie Mandela Drive on the western side (many people still call it William Nicol Drive, its name until September 2023), Sandton Drive and Grayston Drive to the south, and Benmore Road and Outspan Road on the eastern and northern sides.

Closed-off streets and private gates

Not every Parkmore street is open from both ends. OpenStreetMap shows private gates across 2nd Street where it meets Lilian Avenue and again near Marie Avenue, and roads such as Muscovy Road and parts of Montagu Simpson Crescent are mapped as private. Map apps don't always know which end is shut.

• Tell us which entrance to your road is open to visitors.
• Say whether the gate is manned, opened by remote, or needs a code.
• If you're locked out and can't open it yourself, ask a neighbour or the guard to expect us.

Restaurants, shops and offices on 11th Street

11th Street is Parkmore's busy strip, with restaurants, cafés, a hardware store, a bakery and small offices mapped along it. Business premises bring their own lock problems: a roller-shutter padlock that won't release before opening time, a back-of-house door that has stopped latching, or a shop front that needs a new cylinder after a staff member leaves with keys.

For these jobs, it helps to know who can authorise the work (the owner, a manager or the landlord) and whether the shopping centre or building has rules about contractors. Our business lock service explains what we ask for, and the guide on office lock problems lists quick checks you can do safely first.

Home lock problems in Parkmore

Residential calls here are a mix of freestanding houses and units in complexes. Common ones:

• a key that turns in the lock but the door stays shut, often a worn mechanism (see when a key turns but the door won't open);
• a stiff security-gate lock in front of the main door;
• a snapped key left in a cylinder, which needs broken key extraction;
• wanting every lock changed after buying or renting a house.

We'll look at the door and frame, explain the choice between repairing and replacing, and give you a figure 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 Parkmore

• Residential locksmith

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

• Commercial locksmith

  Office, shop and storeroom locks repaired or replaced on site, with planned visits to suit business hours.

• 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.

• Lock repairs

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

• Broken-key extraction

  A key snapped in the lock? We remove it on site and check whether the lock is still sound.

• 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

• Key Turns but the Door Won't Unlock: What It Means
• Office lock problems: information to prepare before calling
• Key Broken in the Lock? What to Avoid Doing

Nearby areas we cover

• Morningside
• River Club
• Sunset Acres
• Sandown
• Glenadrienne
• New Brighton

All Sandton areas