Locksmith — Melbourne's North-Eastern Suburbs

Locksmithing across Melbourne's North-Eastern Suburbs

Melbourne's North-Eastern Suburbs covers 6 suburbs on this site, roughly 7 to 19 km from the GPO, and about 129,707 residents in total. The largest are Preston (33,790), Mill Park (28,712) and Bundoora (28,068). It spans Darebin, Whittlesea and Banyule council areas.

This is separate-house country, so the locksmithing lives well beyond the front door. Back doors, laundry doors, garage side doors, gates, sheds and sliding doors onto the yard are all entry points, and the garage side door and the sliding door are the two overlooked most consistently across these suburbs. It is also where keying alike pays off most — one key for a property that currently carries five or six.

Owners and renters are split fairly evenly here, and the two ask for opposite things. Owners plan: a deadlock upgrade, keying the house alike, a smart lock before the summer holiday. Renters and their property managers call when something has already happened, usually after hours. Both are ordinary work in this part of Melbourne.

Thornbury is the densest part of Melbourne's North-Eastern Suburbs on our coverage, which matters more than it sounds: density decides how many jobs a van can reach in an hour, and therefore how long you actually wait. Vans work through Preston (Preston Market), Mill Park (Mill Park Stables Shopping Centre) and Bundoora (RMIT University (Bundoora West Campus)) as part of the normal circuit. When you ring, ask which suburb the nearest one is in — that is an answer, where a single number for all of Melbourne is not.