Rekey your locks in Orange County

Who needs a rekey in Orange County

Rekeying changes the pins inside your existing lock so it takes a new key, and every key cut for the old pins stops working. In Orange County the reasons to do it tend to follow how people live here: shared apartments near the university, huge numbers of newly built homes on the west side, and vacation homes that pass through many hands.

When a roommate leaves in the middle of the lease

In east Orlando and the apartments around UCF, roommates don't always leave in August. Someone takes a co-op placement, graduates in December or moves in with a partner, and a replacement arrives weeks later. The old roommate's key usually leaves with them. Most leases require the landlord's permission before changing or rekeying a lock, so ask the office first; many will arrange it, or approve you hiring a locksmith and hand them a copy of the new key.

New homes in Horizon West, Winter Garden and Apopka

When a new house is built, the keys pass through the builder, subcontractors, inspectors and sales staff before they reach you. Some builders use construction cores that are changed at closing, but you can't always be sure. Rekeying the front, back and garage-entry doors to one new key on move-in day is a small job that settles the question.

Vacation rental and second homes near the parks

Southwest Orange County has plenty of homes rented to visitors or owned by people who live elsewhere. Cleaners, pool services, property managers and past guests may all have held a key at some point. When you change management companies or take over a property, rekey everything, and consider pairing it with a keypad so guests never carry a physical key.

Matching the locks you already have

If the front door, back door and garage entry each need a different key, a locksmith can often rekey them so one key works everywhere — as long as they share a keyway, which usually means the same brand.

Need something else in Orange County?

See everything on the Orange County locksmith page, or browse Florida locksmiths.

Want the background first? Read our guide: Lock Rekeying.