Catanio is great

Thanks! Any idea how much they charge?

I own a handyman business in hoboken I’d love to help, feel free to give me a call 917-833-3270

Check with your condo board before you change the front door. They may have rules about what you can put in.

Had good results with this guy.

https://majorkeylocksmith.com/

Yeah thanks for the heads up, we will have to maintain the same look from outside. Changing lock was just some safety considerations

Cool thanks!

I find myself saying this a lot, but the 'handymen' around would probably be a lot cheaper for this basic maintenance stuff than an actual locksmith, as with any of the 'DIY grade' maintenance for people who just don't have the skills themselves.

That said, my favorite local locksmiths to visit their stores are NJ Locksmiths & SW Locksmiths, both on Kennedy in N Bergen & Union City respectively. Their customer service is SO much better than Monaco Downtown.

Disagree for this job.

Most handymen will just swap with a Home Depot box store lock.

Most condo's are mortice locks and a locksmith can rekey them in a few minutes for a nominal charge. Faster, cheaper, and likely a better quality lock cylinder installed than you'd find in Home Depot.

If the lock was broken, and you secured a replacement that you needed installed, then yes, I'd go with a handyman.

If rekeying is what the OP wanted, then of course you're right. They didn't really specify with "change the condo entrance door". If it's a new or renovated small building, it could easily be a cylindrical latch instead of mortise.

Ever rekey DIY? It's a fun way to go insane chasing tiny parts! I took the Kwikset SmartKey Kool-aid a while back for my rental doors. So, so easy to rekey, but not very secure. However if a burglar is informed enough on how to force them they'll likely be able to defeat most low end door locks. Most burglars around here aren't very bright and use brute force anyway!

I heard those are among the least secure locks at one point, so never considered it.

Good locksmith will rekey and leave you with however many new keys you need in no time. Or repair a lock if broken pretty quickly. They’re ultimately simple devices. Just takes skill to deal with the tiny parts and reassemble.

It was a few years ago. I recall them being surprisingly reasonable, but I don't recall the exact amount

Ok so for anyone searching this in a panic because they’ve accidentally locked themselves out (it was me I was that person) there is a guy in Manhattan, available on short notice, comes super quickly, all 5 star reviews on google.

He came, made us agree to pricing upfront incase it worked/didn’t work, he opened the door essentially with a credit card to wiggle it around, took my boyfriends phone from his hands to add his own 5* google review and then left. All in all probably about 10 minutes. We are still in awe of this man and this encounter.

Literally felt like a dream, do I wish all fixes could be so quick? Was I shocked/impressed at the confidence this man entered his own 5 star review on google (including a comment), do I encourage you to YouTube it first?

1000 x yes

Monaco Lock. 100%. Everyone in our condo building used them. Very professional & experienced.

Many landlords simply have a drawer full of locksets and swap them out when a tenant leaves. Paying hundreds for a locksmith visit is wasteful.

I’ve heard of some just bringing in old cylinders to be rekeyed then picking them up with new keys. Likely pretty cheap low priority kinda thing. Keep an extra cylinder or two around. It’s only a few screws to replace them. Just don’t misplace or confuse the keys.

If you have multiple properties you don't even need to rekey, just move them around. If a key is 'fallow' for a year or 3 it's unlikely a sketchy tenant will then turn up at another location and see if their key works! Of course the best plan is don't rent to sketchy tenants.