Washington Locksmiths

"I had a -proof Yale lock on my iron gate replaced last year. The installation then was poor. One screw was never screwed into anything. Recently one of the other screws broke recently, the shaft was broken off. Called, and had the locksmith at my place about 45 minutes later. He worked for over an hour getting it secured properly."

"The service was outstanding from beginning to end. This was one of those rare experiences that you have with a contractor these days. From making the appointment, to getting an estimate, to promptness, professionalism, etc. everything done was top notch. Everyone was a joy to interact with. They didn't try to up-sell, in fact, ...more was honest about our existing locks and did not try to see us locks we did not need. I was use them again in a heartbeat!"

"This is the second time I've used Area, and they performed better than expected both times. They are not cheap, but you do get what you pay for, and home security is not a place to skimp. They use excellent quality locks, but don't try to sell you things you don't need. When possible, they rekeyed old existing locks to match those requiring replacement. ...more They even thought of making all keys for the apartment in the house silver, while making all the keys for the main house brass - what a helpful detail! I highly recommend them."

"We had a kitchen fire and the firefighters broke open our door and broke our front door lock so that we couldn't lock our house. I e-mailed Jair at 1stSecurity 495 through Angie's List and told him that I needed a way to temporary lock my house until I could get money from the insurance company to replace the door and lock. He responded within the hour. ...more He quoted me his service call rate, with an Angie's List discount, and said that he'd have to see what the damage was, but that if he didn't think he could fix it he wouldn't charge the service call fee. He was scheduled to come out at 4pm during a severe thunderstorm which shut down many of the local roads. He called me and updated me on his status, and after he'd been sitting in traffic for an hour, I asked him if we could reschedule for 8am the following morning. Jair showed up promptly at 8am dressed in his company's uniform. Upon greeting me he showed me his ID and his DC, MD and VA licenses. He spent two hours meticulously working on the inner-mechanisms of the lock making various adjustments and was able to get it to work and re-install it. He was very professional and was able to save us the $900-1100 outlay for a new lock. His company does alarm, security camera and safe work in addition to locksmith services and he said his policy is only to use quality products with warranties (e.g., Schlage and

locks, GE cameras, etc.) so that the products last and if there is ever a problem the customer won't have further costs. He is the epitome of a great service provider who builds goodwill through excellent and helpful service as opposed to the many scammers you could find in the Yellow Pages."

" did a great job. I?ve recently moved into a new home near Eastern and a would-be burglar attempted to disassemble the lock on the old security gate that protects my basement door and even tried to the actual door. When I noticed the damage to the lock and to the door, I called ...more a locksmith to re-assemble and reinforce the gate lock. The locksmith said he could only provide a stopgap fix (despite charging $220) and recommended getting a

to further secure the exterior side of the lock. In the morning I called

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to weld the lock and to add metal security bars to two windows that could serve as potential entry points.

came within 20 minutes of the call to provide an estimate. He did a great job installing window bars, even stopping the work in progress and coming back to the house when I asked him to look at and match some of the details in the metalwork of the other window bars. He also fixed the lock on the security gate, including correcting some deficiencies in the locksmith?s work. The work was complete within 48 hours of my first call to him.

provided a very honest assessment of what security measures the house needed ? and did not need ? and also provided great advice on maintaining the metal staircase at the entrance. It was great to meet someone who is knowledgeable, reliable, and takes pride in his work. He seems a bit old school - does work on a handshake, no written estimates, no deposit or payment until the work is done, no receipt. Doesn't bother me, but if you prefer things in writing, you might ask him about that from the start."

"I called Mr. on Thursday morning. We arranged for him to come on Saturday morning at 10:30. He arrived on time, did not sell us anything we didn't need (like completely new locks) and did a great job of fixing all three locks. He was pleasant, efficient, and professional."

"It went well. They were on time when they said they were going to be here. The price was the price we discussed over the telephone. He is a very nice man. "

"Mr. was great. At first I was a little worried b/c he is a man of few words and we got our initial meeting time mixed up, but once we got that straightened out, everything was fine. One of our locks was particularly tricky and he spent hours and hours getting it just right. I think he came back to the house two or three times ...more over as many days to finish the job. I didn't always know exactly when he would show up, but by the end of my experience with him, I knew to just trust that he would get it done. Because of all the labor (he even brought an assistant one day) I was concerned about what our final bill would be, and I was so, so pleased when he said it was $130, which I thought was exceedingly fair. "