Mailbox work we do
- Lost mailbox key
- Seized, spinning or broken cam locks
- Cluster box and gang mailbox compartments
- Wall-mounted and post-mounted boxes
- Parcel and package lockers
- Lock changed after a tenant moves out
- Extra keys for a spouse or a manager
- Whole banks of boxes for a property
First check who actually owns the box
This is the question that decides whether you should be calling us at all. If your mail comes from a cluster box unit that the Postal Service installed and maintains, the compartment lock belongs to the Postal Service, the carrier holds the arrow key, and the right move is a trip to your local post office with identification rather than a locksmith visit. If the box belongs to the property, which covers most apartment banks, private cluster boxes and every wall or post box at a single-family house, then it is the owner or manager who replaces the lock and we can do it today. Tell us on the phone what the box looks like and where the mail comes from, and we will tell you which of the two you have before you pay anybody.
Where we come to you
Houses, apartment banks and private cluster boxes across Santa Clarita, Valencia, Saugus, Newhall, Canyon Country, Stevenson Ranch and Castaic, throughout the San Fernando Valley, and up to Lancaster and Palmdale. For property managers we can do a whole bank of boxes in one visit and hand over a keyed record.
Mailbox locks in 81 cities
Santa Clarita Valley: Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Newhall, Saugus, Castaic, Val Verde, Acton, Agua Dulce
San Fernando Valley: San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Studio City, North Hollywood, Valley Village, Burbank, Glendale, Tarzana, Northridge, Reseda, Winnetka, Panorama City, Sun Valley, Lake Balboa, Valley Glen, Toluca Lake, Universal City
West Valley: Woodland Hills, Chatsworth, West Hills, Canoga Park
North Valley: Granada Hills, Sylmar, Pacoima, Mission Hills, San Fernando, Arleta, North Hills, Porter Ranch, Lake View Terrace, Shadow Hills
Crescenta Valley: La Crescenta, La Cañada Flintridge, Sunland, Tujunga, Montrose
Northeast LA: Eagle Rock, Atwater Village
Central LA: Hollywood, West Hollywood, Los Feliz
Las Virgenes: Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills
Santa Monica Mountains: Topanga
Conejo Valley: Westlake Village, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks
East Ventura County: Simi Valley, Moorpark
Heritage Valley: Fillmore, Piru, Santa Paula
Antelope Valley: Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Littlerock, Leona Valley
Westside, by appointment: Brentwood, West Los Angeles, Culver City, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice, Santa Monica, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Westwood
Mailbox lock questions
Do I need the landlord's permission?
For an apartment bank, yes, and any locksmith who skips that step is one to walk away from. The box belongs to the property, not to the tenant. In practice the manager usually says yes in a phone call, and if they would rather we invoiced them directly, that is easy to arrange.
Can you open it without wrecking the door?
Almost always. A mailbox cam lock is a small, simple mechanism and it picks or decodes quickly. Drilling it is a last resort and even then it is the lock that goes, not the compartment door, so nothing is left looking forced.
How many keys do I get?
Two as standard, and we can cut more on the spot if a second person needs one. For a manager replacing a whole bank we can key each compartment differently and give you one master that opens them all, which is what makes turnover between tenants bearable.
Locked out of your mailbox?
Call and describe the box. We will tell you whose lock it is before we come out.