5 PLACES TO KEEP A SPARE KEY

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5 PLACES TO KEEP A SPARE KEY

Locking yourself out of your home can be very frustrating, especially if it’s at the middle of the night. If you’re lucky, perhaps you gave a spare key to one of your relatives or to a trusted neighbor. When scenario like this happen, and you gave nobody a spare key to your home, you think to call an emergency locksmith who can quickly get you back into your home.

You’re walking around your house, looking for an open window or maybe you left an unlocked door, but you left all doors and windows locked tight. Few impatience people even think to break a window. We recommend you to resist the urge to throw something through a window because this can be very costly, not to mention you need cleaning up broken glass.

This scenario could be avoided altogether with a handy spare key. A spare key will save you from the frustration, as well as time and money associated with locking yourself out of your home. The best solution is to find some places for hiding your spare key. Hiding your spare key under a doormat or under a rock near the front door can be a costly mistake since everybody knows this way of hiding a spare key, especially burglars.

HERE ARE 5 PLACES TO KEEP A SPARE KEY

With One Of Your Relatives

This is the best solution to keep a spare key, one of your family member. In a case, you lock yourself out of your home, either you can go and pick it up or your family can come and hand it to you. In case you’re locked out of your home, a relative person is always the best choice to get back to your home, as soon as possible.

With a Trusted Neighbor

If you trust any of your neighbors, you should give him a spare key in case of emergencies. Unless he’s not at home, you may be able to retrieve your spare key. A trusted neighbor is always a good option to get back at your home, quickly.

In Your Vehicle

Another good place to hide a spare key to your home is inside your vehicle. In case you’re locked out of your home, unlocking the door of your car is much easier and cheaper to retrieve your key, not to mention faster.

Around Your House

If you think to hide a key around your house, you may be careful nobody watching you doing so. All of us have a secret place around our home, perhaps you have, too. You can hide a spare key, carefully. Where is your secret spot?

In A Lockbox

You can buy a lockbox and hang it on your doorknob, so in case you get locked out, you can insert the pin of your lockbox to retrieve the spare key you put in previously. This is where Real Estate agencies put a spare key to a new property. You can use it too!

24/7 LOCKOUT SERVICE

In the event of locking yourself out and you don’t have a spare key anywhere, you have no other choice but to call a locksmith. A professional lockout specialist can unlock the door of your home with no time. If you’re locked out right now, we are ready on your call. We are available 24-7, including weekend and holidays.

Not just our locksmith can easily unlock your door, but we can also be there with you as short as 20 minutes. Don’t hesitate to give us a call, as soon as possible. When you strained out in the cold, looking for a solution to unlock your home, we can help!

We can get you back to your home very quickly! Our mobile locksmiths serve the entire Lehigh Valley PA. No matter where are you located, Bethlehem, Easton, or Allentown, we can be there fast.

WHERE DO YOU HIDE A SPARE KEY?

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WHERE DO YOU HIDE SPARE KEY?

You can prevent house lock-out situations by hiding a spare key around your house. With this in mind, you can also give a copy to a relative, but not sure he will be close by when you need to get your spare key back in an emergency.

Many times, I’m coming to open doors for customers who are locked out of their homes. When I arrived, I saw a big beautiful house with a front and backyard surrounded by a fence. Private single or double garage space with above-the-head garage door and garage door opener. However, this is an excellent conditions to hide a spare car key that can save your day and your money in the long run.

A few times, I asked the customer why he didn’t hide a spare key in his garage.
The common answer is “We thought about it”.

Your locked private garage space is just like another room in the house. In most cases, you can access your garage also if you’re locked out of your home. That is to say, if you feel safe to leave a spare key in the kitchen or the bedroom, you should feel safe to leave a spare key inside the garage as well.

HIDE SPARE KEY IN YOUR BACKYARD

Look at the header image of this page, this is an excellent idea to hide your key in the backyard. You can create hidden spots of your own around the house, with signs that only you and your family know.

You can dig and hide a key underground, cover it with sand, and put plants or stones on it. There are many ideas to hide spare keys in your home and to prevent residential lockout situations.

When you are locked out of your home and need quick lock-out assistance, please call us and we will unlock your door within 20-30 minutes. You can also visit our Residential Lockout Services.

All you need is to be careful!