IllustrationLocksmith in West Perth
Where turn-of-century brick houses became offices, and the doors are still doing both jobs.
West Perth, Western Australia 6005 is split between the City of Perth and the City of Vincent, and split again between apartments and offices. Roughly 78 per cent of homes are flats and about 64 per cent are rented, but much of the land is commercial — consulting rooms, resources offices and small strata suites, which is where its most distinctive locksmith problem comes from.
- Councils
- City of Perth and City of Vincent
- Apartments
- About 78% of homes
- Distinctive here
- Old houses working as offices
- Call
- Amco Locksmiths, 08 9444 2089
The converted house problem
West Perth was one of Perth’s most prestigious addresses in the 1890s, and brick terrace and detached housing from around 1900 still survives in pockets. From the 1950s it was redeveloped as an extension of the business district, and a great many of those early houses were converted into offices rather than knocked down. Modern high-density residential was then layered on along Colin, Ord and Outram Streets.
That produces a job you will not meet in a normal suburb: a c.1900 brick residence now operating as a suite of offices, with original timber doors and jambs carrying modern commercial hardware that was retrofitted badly at some point. Closers fitted to doors never designed for them, latches that no longer line up, a deadbolt cut into a door that has since moved. That is repair and adjustment work far more often than it is replacement, and it needs someone who will look at the door rather than just the lock.
Alongside it sits ordinary suite turnover. Consulting rooms and specialist practices change hands frequently, and each change means a rekey. Demand here also runs on a weekday clock rather than a weekend one, which is unusual — most of our suburbs are the other way round.
Amco Locksmiths covers West Perth, Western Australia 6005. One licensed locksmith, mobile, no call centre and no shopfront to drive to. Call 08 9444 2089, or send a photo of the lock and we will tell you what it needs before we come out.
Everything we do in West Perth
One licensed locksmith, one van, and the same person on the phone and at your door.
Lockouts, 24 hours
Office suite and apartment lockouts, in business hours and after them.
Rekeying
Consulting rooms and small commercial suites when a tenancy changes.
Lock repairs and new locks
Original timber doors in converted houses, with commercial hardware that no longer lines up.
Screen and sliding doors
Balcony sliders and window locks in the Colin, Ord and Outram Street buildings.
Digital and smart locks
Keypad entry for a suite where several people need access without a key each.
Car keys and remotes
Keys made at the car, including in the office car parks.
Key cutting and spares
Spare keys cut on site for a practice or a household.
Business and commercial
Restricted-profile keys for suites, so keys cannot be copied at a hardware shop.
What we get called to in West Perth
Rekey a consulting suite
Tenancies turn over often here. We re-pin the existing cylinders rather than replacing the hardware.
A door that fights its own lock
Common in converted houses — modern hardware on a hundred-year-old door. Usually an adjustment, not a replacement.
Locked out of an apartment
Opened without damage, after ID and proof you live there.
No surprises on the day
- Price agreed first. You know the cost before any work starts, including after hours.
- Repair before replace. We only swap a lock when it is genuinely worn out.
- Drilling never costs you extra. If a barrel has to be drilled we say so before we start, then fit a new one keyed to your existing key at no charge.
What customers say
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“I highly recommend Magnus from Amco Locksmiths. He was very quick to respond to my enquiry and was able to see me the next day. He showed up on time, had great communication and was very professional and friendly throughout the process.”
Read on Google →“I recently moved to a new house and wanted to change the locks for security. Magnus arrived on time and worked efficiently to do just that, also cutting more windows keys and rekeying the garage remote. He even oiled the squeaky garage door at no cost! I would use Amco again in a heartbeat.”
Read on Google →“Great communication advising when he would arrive. Quick, friendly service and very knowledgeable. Highly recommended.”
Read on Google →“Very friendly and replies fast! Definitely recommend!!”
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Straight answers
Do you do commercial as well as residential in West Perth?
Yes, and here it is mostly commercial — office suites, consulting rooms and small strata offices. Rekeys, cylinder changes, door hardware and repairs. Not master key systems or networked access control.
Our office is in an old house and the door does not close properly. Can you fix it?
Usually yes. On converted houses the problem is normally the door or the frame rather than the lock — it has moved, or the hardware was retrofitted to a door that was never designed for it. We look at the whole door before quoting a new lock.
Is West Perth heritage listed?
Parts of it are individually, but the local West Perth precinct has no statutory heritage listing — the Heritage Council decided in 2003 that it did not warrant assessment. Worth knowing before anyone tells you that you cannot change a lock.
Can you rekey when a tenant leaves a suite?
Yes, and it is one of the most common jobs here. We can also fit restricted-profile cylinders so the new keys cannot be copied.
Do you work weekends in West Perth?
We do, but demand here peaks on weekdays because most of the suburb is offices. Either way we run a 24 hour emergency service and agree the price before we come out.