Lock replacement in Algorfa

In Algorfa many homes are bought as second homes or to let by the season, above all on the urbanisations of Lo Crispín, Castillo de Montemar, Montebello and around the La Finca golf course. That means keys pass through many hands: owners, one-week tenants, agencies, cleaning and maintenance staff. From Torrevieja it is about twenty kilometres, and we work in the village and on all its urbanisations.

If you let your villa or apartment

With seasonal letting it is almost impossible to keep track of every copy. A key that is not returned, a tenant who made a copy for the family, an agency whose staff change. Some owners change the cylinder every so often or after a set of keys that was handed out has not come back.

When the lock is also worn, because lots of different people use it and not always with care, it is worth replacing it entirely. If what has happened is that a key has been lost, see what we explain in lost keys.

After buying

Lots of resale villas and apartments are sold in Algorfa. You are given the keys at the notary, but you do not know how many are out there. The sensible thing:

• Change the cylinder on the front door at the very least.
• Replace the whole lock if it has play in it, the bolts stop halfway or it is an old type.
• Check the back door, the terrace door and the gate, which are often left as they were.

Villas with several doors

A villa in Algorfa usually has a gate, a front door, a terrace door and sometimes a storage room or pool room door. If you replace several locks, they can be made to open with the same key. For an owner who lets the property, that makes handing over keys much simpler.

The village centre

In the centre of Algorfa there are village houses and flats belonging to long-standing residents. Here wear is the usual story: cylinders that no longer turn smoothly, locks that are many years old and wooden doors that rub. Before replacing the lock we check the door, because if it rubs in the frame the new lock will suffer just like the old one.

How we work

Send us a photo on WhatsApp of the edge of the door with the lock in view and another from the inside. You can do it from your own country and in your own language. We give you a fixed quote before we start. If we find something different when we take it apart, we tell you and do not carry on without your agreement. You can pay by card, Bizum or cash.

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