Non-destructive entry first, always - and we re-key Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin locks on the spot while you watch
You get a price before we start. It does not change when we arrive. No surprises.
Fast, Reliable Lock Installation & Rekey Across Lauderhill
Lock installation and rekeying in Lauderhill usually costs between $95 and $280 per lock, depending on hardware grade and cylinder condition. Most jobs in the city’s condo and apartment stock finish same-day, and we quote a firm price before we send a technician. If you own or manage a unit in one of Lauderhill’s garden-style complexes, call (331) 310-8471 and we’ll give you the number in writing before anyone touches a cylinder.
We know Lauderhill’s buildings. The 1970s and 1980s condo stock along NW 47th Avenue, the apartment rows near the Swap Shop corridor, the townhome clusters west of University Drive, the rental pockets around St. George and Inverrary. When a board member or landlord calls, we know the building is likely to have corroded cylinders and hollow-core doors that need more than a new deadbolt to actually hold. That changes how we quote and how we work.
Why Novak Lock & Security Is Lauderhill’s Preferred Lock Installation & Rekey Company
Novak Lock & Security has been doing Lock Installation & Rekey work in Lauderhill long enough to know the difference between a job in a 55+ Inverrary high-rise and a job in a two-story walkup off NW 31st Avenue. The owners and board members who call us tend to come from word of mouth, because the work that matters here is unglamorous: re-keying units between tenants, fixing seized cylinders, upgrading locks on ground-floor units before hurricane season. We do all of it with the same rule: the price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. That rule has been in place since Daniel Novak founded the company in 2002, and it is the reason a building manager who tries four locksmiths once stays with us for years.
Every technician who arrives in Lauderhill is background-checked and uniformed, and every visit ends with a written record and a photo log of the hardware we touched. You get the documentation before we leave the parking lot. No exception, no upgrade fee. That’s Haven Standard Clause 2, and it has been a fixed procedure for over two decades.
When you call for service in Lauderhill, a live person answers. Twenty-four hours a day. No queue, no callback window. If a lock has failed or a tenant has been locked out, you get a real dispatcher who can quote a real price and give you an arrival window based on where our local crew is at that moment.
Our Lock Installation & Rekey Services in Lauderhill
Smart Lock Installation
We install smart locks throughout Lauderhill, and the conversation here is a little different than in single-family suburbs. In a condo or rental unit you need a smart lock that integrates with the building’s existing entry rules, not a lock that fights them. We regularly install Yale Assure and Baldwin Evolved models in Lauderhill units, programmed with individual codes for each resident, and we walk the owner or manager through deleting a code when a tenant moves out. That matters in a market with tenant turnover as high as Lauderhill’s.
Keyless Entry
Keyless entry in Lauderhill is common on two types of doors: the front door of a rental unit, and the common door of a small building where a board got tired of re-keying every time a member changed. We install keyless systems with a written code map and a record of who held which credential, which is exactly what a self-managed association needs when an eviction happens and every code has to be presumed compromised.
Keypad Lock
A keypad lock is the fastest way to solve the copied-key problem without re-keying the whole mechanical cylinder. In Lauderhill’s garden-style buildings, we see this constantly: a unit has changed tenants six times in five years, and every past tenant made copies. The mechanical key is useless for control. We replace the exterior handle with a keypad lock, program a fresh administrator code, and the landlord gets a written record showing the old mechanical key is no longer able to operate the deadbolt. The mechanical cylinder gets re-keyed anyway, so the property is clean from day one.
Biometric Lock
Biometric locks solve a specific Lauderhill problem: access control in a unit or building where physical keys keep circulating. A fingerprint-reader deadbolt on a unit door means a unit cannot be accessed by a copied key, plain and simple. We install biometric locks on interior common doors and individual units, most often when a board has dealt with one too many unauthorized entries and wants a record of exactly who opened a door and when. Installation requires a power source and a stable Wi-Fi connection if you want remote audit logging, and we will tell you honestly whether your building’s wiring makes that practical before you spend a dollar.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lauderhill
We are factory-authorized on Mul-T-Lock, Baldwin, and Sargent hardware, and we stock cylinders, tailpieces, and strike plates so a Lauderhill job doesn’t stall waiting for parts. Most re-key and installation work uses hardware we carry in the van same-day. If your building runs Schlage or Kwikset and you want to move up to a restricted keyway, we can cut the transition cleanly, usually in one visit. Every brand decision is quoted in writing before work starts, and we never substitute a cheaper cylinder mid-job.
Common Lock Installation & Rekey Problems We See in Lauderhill Homes
- Seized or corroded cylinders from Broward humidity. Lauderhill’s year-round humidity, typically above 70%, works its way into exterior deadbolts and lock cylinders. We see ground-floor units and breezeway-exposed doors that need the cylinder pulled, cleaned, or replaced entirely before re-keying can work. A re-key on a seized cylinder is a waste of everyone’s time and money.
- Worn pin chambers on 40-year-old Kwikset cylinders. In Lauderhill’s 1970s and 1980s condo buildings, many original Kwikset cylinders have been re-keyed so many times the pin and tumbler chambers are worn to the point that new keys work erratically. The right fix is a cylinder replacement, not another re-key, and we will tell you which one your door actually needs.
- Hollow-core entry doors with original strike plates. Most of Lauderhill’s garden-style units have hollow-core front doors that were never built to hold a modern deadbolt under real force. Putting an ANSI Grade 1 deadbolt on that frame without reinforcing the strike plate is a waste of hardware. We install reinforced steel strike plates and deeper screws so the lock actually holds.
- Master keys copied for decades, with no restricted keyway. This is the Lauderhill pattern. A 50-unit building has had the same master key since the 1980s, and half the former tenants and vendors made copies. A board authorizes a re-key, but if they don’t move to a restricted keyway like Mul-T-Lock, the problem returns in a year. We quote both options and tell the board the difference in writing.
Pricing for Lock Installation & Rekey in Lauderhill, FL
A standard re-key in Lauderhill runs $95 to $180 for the first cylinder and $25 to $45 for each additional cylinder keyed to the same key. New deadbolt installation on a standard door runs $180 to $280, including the hardware and labor. Smart lock installation runs $280 to $450 depending on the model and whether we need to run new wiring or reinforce the frame. A whole-building re-key for a 40- to 60-unit Lauderhill condo association is quoted as a flat per-door price with a written scope and timeline. The price we quote on the phone is the price you pay. There is no call-out surcharge added when the technician arrives. Call (331) 310-8471 for a free estimate, and we’ll put the number in writing before we dispatch anyone.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lauderhill
Novak Lock & Security serves Lauderhill and the surrounding South Florida area, including Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville. If you manage properties across Broward and beyond, one call covers the work. See our full Lauderhill coverage page for details on multi-property service.
Serving Lauderhill, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lauderhill area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Lock Installation & Rekey in Lauderhill
That depends on your building’s governing documents. In most Lauderhill condo associations, the association owns the exterior door and the hardware on it, which means a re-key requires board authorization. We will ask to see the management agreement or the condo declaration before we re-key a unit when the ownership of the lock is unclear. If the board owns the lock, we re-key to the board’s master with a written work order that the board signs, and we provide the unit owner a copy for their records.
If you are a unit owner and the board is delaying, ask them for the written re-key policy. Most self-managed Lauderhill boards are run by residents who simply need the request on paper to approve it. Call (331) 310-8471 and we can walk you through exactly what to ask for.
We require written proof of the caller’s right to access the unit before we open a door in a Lauderhill apartment building. That means a lease, a utility bill in the caller’s name, or a property management work order on letterhead. If the landlord says the door is his property but the tenant is the one locked out, we will need the tenant’s name on a lease, and we will call the property manager directly to confirm. We don’t drill a door at a rental property on a verbal claim alone, and we document the verification in the written record we leave behind. This is a standard procedure, and it protects tenants, landlords, and our technicians equally.
A whole-building re-key in Lauderhill starts with a hardware audit of every door on the master system, plus every closet, pool gate, and utility door that’s on the same key. We then quote a per-door price to re-key each cylinder and a per-door price to replace any cylinders that are too worn to re-key cleanly. The critical decision is whether to move to a restricted keyway like Mul-T-Lock, where keys cannot be copied at a hardware store. It costs more upfront, but it ends the uncontrolled-copy problem. We provide the board a written scope, a timeline, and a key-control ledger before any work begins.
Yes. For a ground-floor Lauderhill rental unit we recommend a marine-grade deadbolt or a stainless steel cylinder designed for high-humidity exposure, paired with a reinforced strike plate and longer screws into the frame. For sliding glass doors, which are a hurricane entry point and a hot spot for burglary in South Florida, we install auxiliary bolt locks and anti-lift shields. We also recommend re-keying between every tenant in a rental unit, regardless of lock upgrades. Humidity here degrades hardware faster than the owners expect, and a lock that works fine at move-in can be seized by the first heavy rainy season if it is not maintained.
Sometimes a seized Kwikset cylinder can be cleaned, lubricated, and re-keyed, and we will tell you if that’s a real fix or a temporary one. In Lauderhill’s older buildings, we more often find that the pin chambers and springs are worn to the point that a re-key produces a key that works fine for two weeks and then starts sticking. In that case the honest fix is a new cylinder, and we will tell you that before you spend money on a re-key. The labor is the same either way; the cost difference is the price of the cylinder itself.
Call (331) 310-8471 and we’ll quote you a firm price for either option before anyone is dispatched.
Novak Lock & Security serves Lauderhill, FL with lock installation, re-keying, and every kind of residential and commercial lock work. Prices are quoted in writing before work begins, and the price on the phone is the price on the invoice. That has been true since 2002, and it does not change on a Lauderhill doorstep. Call (331) 310-8471 for a free estimate, 24/7.
Written by Daniel Novak, Owner at Novak Lock & Security, serving Lauderhill since 2002.