IDN Chelsea Locksmith is a local, DBS checked locksmith based in Chelsea SW3, open 24 hours a day. We open locked doors, change and repair locks, secure homes after a break in and replace car keys across Chelsea, South Kensington, Knightsbridge and Fulham, usually arriving within 30 minutes. The price is agreed on the phone before we set off, with no call out fee.
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One local locksmith for your home, your business and your car, with the same phone number at 3pm and 3am.
Townhouses, mansion flats and mews houses.
Shops on the King's Road, offices and managed blocks.
At the kerb, wherever you are parked.
Answered day and night, including bank holidays.
Most of our work is within a mile of the King's Road, and the doors here are not like a new build estate. A Georgian front door on Cheyne Walk, a communal entrance to a mansion block off Sloane Avenue and a fire rated flat door on the World's End Estate each need a different approach.
Knowing the building before we arrive means we bring the right parts, open the door with the least damage and leave it locked to a standard your insurer will accept. Where a policy asks for a British Standard lock, we fit BS3621 mortice deadlocks and TS007 three star cylinders and tell you exactly what was fitted.
Not sure what lock you have? Send a photo on WhatsApp and we will tell you before we set off.
Chelsea lock problems follow a pattern. These are the jobs we are called to most often and how each one is usually handled.
The door has closed on a Yale style nightlatch with the keys inside. This is the most common call we get. Most nightlatches open without damage in a few minutes, and if the deadlock was not turned you are usually back inside before the kettle boils.
If your keys may be with someone else, opening the door is only half the job. We change the cylinder or rekey the lock on the same visit so the lost keys no longer work, and fit a British Standard lock if your insurer asks for one.
Mansion blocks around Sloane Avenue, Draycott Place and Cadogan Square have heavy communal doors, closers and post boxes. We work with porters and managing agents, keep fire doors compliant and match keys to the building's system where we can.
You never know how many keys the last tenant or owner handed out. A lock change on moving day is the cheapest security you will ever buy. We fit anti snap cylinders on uPVC and composite doors and BS3621 mortice deadlocks on timber doors.
We come to the car, open it if needed, cut and program a new key or remote and make a spare while we are there. Call with your registration so we can confirm your make and model before we set off.
Call the police first and get a crime reference number. We then make the door secure the same night, replace forced locks, repair the frame where we can and give you a written invoice for your insurer.
Many locksmith adverts quote a low number on the phone and add charges on the doorstep. We do the opposite. You get the price before we set off, it is the price you pay, and if the lock turns out to be different from what you described we stop and agree the change with you first.
That is why we show a price range for every job rather than a teaser figure. The lower end is a straightforward job in the daytime. The upper end covers late nights, high security locks and doors that need more work. You will know where your job sits before we set off.
| Job | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Locked out, house or flat | £45 to £75 |
| Snapped key removed from the lock | £35 to £60 |
| Lock repair, stiff or jammed lock | £35 to £60 |
| Euro cylinder change, standard to 3 star anti snap | £40 to £65 |
| Nightlatch replaced, standard to British Standard | £50 to £75 |
| BS3621 mortice deadlock supplied and fitted | £60 to £85 |
| uPVC gearbox or multipoint mechanism | £55 to £115 |
| Break in repair and secure up | £75 to £175 |
| Car lockout | £40 to £65 |
| Spare car key cut and programmed | £50 to £90 |
| All car keys lost, new key made | £75 to £140 |
Prices include parts and labour. The lower figure is a standard daytime job, the higher figure covers nights, weekends and high security parts. Your exact price is confirmed on the phone before we travel, with no call out fee. See the full Chelsea price list.
Based in SW3, so the closer you are to the King's Road, the faster we arrive. These are the areas we cover every week.
IDN Chelsea Locksmith has worked across Chelsea and the surrounding postcodes for more than five years. We are a small, mobile business, so the person you speak to on the phone is the person who turns up, and we would rather tell you plainly what we can and cannot do than promise something we cannot deliver.
Before we open a home we ask for proof that you live there, and for a car we check the registration against your details. It takes a minute and it is the reason neighbours trust us with their keys.
We are based in Chelsea SW3, so most addresses in SW3 and SW10 are usually reached within 30 minutes, day or night. We give you an honest time on the phone before we set off.
A house or flat lockout costs £45 to £75, a lock change £40 to £85 depending on the lock, and car keys £50 to £140. The exact price is agreed on the phone before we travel, with no call out fee. The price list shows every job.
We use non destructive entry first. Most nightlatches and many uPVC doors open without damage. If a high security lock has to be drilled we explain why and agree the price of the replacement before we touch it.
Yes. We open locked cars, cut and program replacement keys and remotes, make spare keys and repair ignitions and door locks at the roadside. Call with your registration so we can confirm your model first.
Yes. IDN Chelsea Locksmith is a mobile locksmith based in Chelsea SW3. We have worked in the area for more than five years, we are DBS checked and we carry public liability insurance.
We open, repair and replace the locks Chelsea doors use most, including BS3621 mortice deadlocks, nightlatches and high security cylinders. Banham registered keys can only be cut by Banham, and we will tell you if that applies to your door. See Banham locks.
Call and you will have a price and an arrival time in under a minute.