Residential locksmith
A locksmith for your home, not your car or your office
SB Locksmith works on houses, apartments, units and townhouses across Melbourne. That focus is deliberate: it means the person who turns up has done your job many times before.
Can’t talk now? Leave your number and we’ll ring you
- Public liability insured
- 24/7, including public holidays
- 15–25 minutes typical response
- No call-out fee*
- No hidden rates*
- 1 year workmanship warranty*
- 6 years in Melbourne
- Home, business and vehicle
- No call-out fee
- No call-out fee when the job goes ahead as booked. If you cancel after your locksmith has already set off, the trip is charged — the cancellation policy on your booking says how much.
- No hidden rates
- The figure you approve is the figure you pay for the job as described. If the job turns out genuinely different on site, that figure still stands until you approve a new one. Anything you have not agreed to is never charged.
- 1 year workmanship warranty
- What the warranty covers depends on the job and on the parts — ask us what applies to yours. It sits alongside your rights under the Australian Consumer Law, which no warranty can exclude.
Recent work
Photos from our own jobs.
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Deadlock with our engraved cylinder Deadlock on a timber door Deadlock fitted level, checked with a square Rim deadlock on a white door Our engraved deadbolt, keys handed over Brass lever and euro cylinder on a panelled door Privacy mortice retrofitted to a bathroom door Keyed handle on a sliding door Mortice lock and levers on an apartment door
What a residential locksmith actually does
Most people meet a locksmith on the worst day of their week — locked out, key snapped, or a door that suddenly won’t shut. The job is usually smaller than it feels, and the right approach is almost always the least destructive one.
Beyond emergencies, a lot of residential work is quieter and worth more: rekeying after you move in so the previous owner’s keys stop working, fitting a deadlock to a back door that only has a latch, or putting locks on the windows nobody has thought about since the house was built.
Why we don’t do cars or commercial
Automotive locksmithing is a different trade with different equipment, and commercial work runs on master key systems and access control that homes simply don’t use.
If you ring us about a car key we’ll tell you straight away rather than send someone who can’t help. It costs you five minutes instead of an afternoon.
Knowing the price first
Answer a few questions about your job and the site shows you what it costs, what’s included, and what isn’t — before you book anything.
No work happens at a price you have not agreed to. If something on the job turns out to be different from what you described, the price is not settled until you have agreed to the new one — and until then nothing above the original is charged.
From our job sheet
Our engraved deadbolt, keys handed over 
Brass lever and euro cylinder on a panelled door 
Privacy mortice retrofitted to a bathroom door 
Keyed handle on a sliding door
Related services
What we can help with
- Home LockoutLocked out of your home? We’ll get you back inside.From $150Including GST
- Lock RekeyingKeep your locks, change who can open them.From $99Including GST
- Lock ReplacementOld or worn locks swapped for new ones.From $165Including GST
- Deadlock InstallationAdd a deadlock for real door security.Priced on the phoneYou get the figure before anyone comes out
Common questions
Do you work on apartments and units?
Yes. Apartments sometimes have restricted key systems controlled by the body corporate, which we’ll talk through with you — but the lock on your own front door is ours to work on.
Are you available at night?
We take emergency residential work around the clock. Enter your suburb when you check a price and the site will show you what’s genuinely available.
Tell us about the job
Answer what you can — anything you are unsure of, leave it. Your locksmith reads it and comes back with a price, usually within the hour during business hours.
Rather not fill in a form?
Leave your number and we’ll ring you.
Priced by the job, not by the hour — the figure you approve is the figure you pay for the job as described.*
*If your locksmith arrives and the job turns out genuinely different from what you told us — a different lock, extra doors, damage nobody mentioned — you get a plain explanation and a new figure before any work starts, and you can say no. Anything you haven’t agreed to is never charged.
Would rather just talk to someone?
0481 229 929