Tips To Avoid Being Locked Out Of Your Home

While there is never a good time to be locked out of your home or business, it always seems to happen at the worst of times—after returning from a vacation, while running out to grab the mail, or while getting home later than expected. Below are a few tips you can turn to that will reduce your odds of being locked out of your home.

Keep A Spare Set Of Keys With A Trusted Friend

Trust is the top priority with this tip. Your spare set must be given to someone whose integrity you never have to question. This might include your parent, sibling, best friend, or maybe even a neighbor. Make sure that if you upgrade your locks that you remember to give your trusted friend a new set. 

Hide A Key

Another option, is to creatively hide a key somewhere outside of your home or business. If you go this route, consider the unexpected. For example, not in one of those hide-a-key rocks, and never ever under your doormat. However, the best way may be to hide your key in plain sight—in a coded key lockbox. 

Always Pack Your Keys In Your Carry-On Luggage

Returning home from a vacation is a fairly common lockout scenario. After being on an extended holiday, you haven’t even thought of your keys for several days. It is for this reason, that at the start of your trip, you should place your keys in a designated “travel” spot. If you will be flying, this spot should always be in your carry-on luggage—so that you avoid the possibility of your luggage being lost. A perfect place is one of the interior pockets of your carry-on bag. 

Invest In Keyless Locks

Another way to avoid being locked out due to lost or misplaced keys, is to invest in keyless locks. However, you must keep in mind that if your keyless locks are damaged during an attempted burglary—that you might find yourself locked out anyway.

Call Us If You Are Locked Out

If your keys are lost or stolen, or you arrive home and find that your keys are nowhere to be found—not to worry. Simply give us a call, and we will dispatch a locksmith to anywhere in the GTA. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—365 days per year. Add our number to your phone now so that you have it in case of emergency 416-261-1422.