Locksmith in Highgate
Perth’s Highgate, not London’s. Four in five homes here are apartments or townhouses in half a square kilometre.
Highgate, Perth, Western Australia is a small, dense suburb in the City of Vincent — about 0.4 square kilometres, with more than half its homes flats and nearly four in five attached. Close to 57 per cent of residents rent and the average household is 1.8 people. In a small household with no second key nearby, a spare cut in advance is worth having.
- Council
- City of Vincent — not the City of Perth
- Rented
- About 57% of homes
- Household
- 1.8 people on average (ABS 2021)
- Call
- Amco Locksmiths, 08 9444 2089
A gold-boom suburb that became an apartment suburb
Highgate was cut up in the 1890s gold boom — Mount Heart Estate in 1891, Bulwer Park in 1895, Woodley Park in 1897 — and built out from 1900 once the tram reached Beaufort Street. Art deco followed in the twenties and thirties, medium density and public housing in the seventies to nineties, and since 2000 the apartments that now make up more than half of everything here.
What survives of the first century is worth protecting, and some of it formally is: the St Albans Avenue character retention area, west of Beaufort Street, covers around a dozen properties, many from the 1890 Chatsworth Estate. Those cottages still carry original mortice and rim locks in timber doors, and swapping one for a modern lockset looks wrong and usually is not necessary.
For the other four homes in five, it is apartment entry cylinders, letterbox bank barrels, sliding balcony doors and window locks. We should be straight about the limit — we do not work on a building’s intercom or networked entry system. That part goes through your strata company. Everything on your own door, we handle.
Amco Locksmiths covers Highgate, Western Australia 6003. One licensed locksmith, mobile, no call centre and no shopfront to drive to. Call 08 9444 2089, or use the quote form to send us a photo of the lock.
Everything we do in Highgate
One licensed locksmith, one van, and the same person on the phone and at your door.
Lockouts, 24 hours
Apartment lockouts day and night, opened without damaging the door.
Rekeying
Unit and house locks re-pinned so the old keys stop working.
Lock repairs and new locks
Original locks in the St Albans Avenue cottages, and tired common-entry doors in older blocks.
Screen and sliding doors
Sliding balcony doors and window locks for apartments and townhouses.
Digital and smart locks
Keypad locks for your own front door, where strata allows.
Car keys and remotes
Lost the only key? We make a new one at the car.
Key cutting and spares
Spare and letterbox keys cut on site.
Business and commercial
Back doors, roller shutters and after-hours lockouts for shops and venues.
Worth knowing in Highgate
Locked out of a flat
Opened through the lock where possible, once we’ve seen photo ID and proof of address.
Letterbox and entry door barrels
If a key is lost, the barrel can be changed so the old key no longer works; common doors need strata’s OK.
An 1890s cottage front door
Original mortice locks that can be re-pinned to a new key instead of being cut out and replaced.
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!!”
Read on Google →“I needed an emergency locksmith today (Friday) and Magnus from Amco came to the rescue. Absolutely pleasant man very friendly and curteous. Explained everything including cost upfront. Completed the job professionally. Will definitely recommend Amco Locksmiths and Magnus anytime.”
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Straight answers
Is this Highgate in Perth or Highgate in London?
Perth, Western Australia — postcode 6003, in the City of Vincent, just up Beaufort Street from Mount Lawley. Searching “locksmith Highgate” on its own will bring up London, so add WA or Perth.
Can I change the lock on my apartment door?
The lock on your own front door is normally yours to change, though a tenant needs the owner’s or agent’s approval. Anything on common property — the building entry, the lobby, the car park — goes through strata.
Do you do intercoms or building entry systems?
No. We do not work on intercoms or networked access control. We do the door into your apartment, the letterbox and the balcony slider, and we will tell you straight when something is a strata job.
Is there a locksmith near Beaufort Street at night?
Yes. We run a 24 hour emergency service. After hours costs more and the price is agreed first.
Can an old cottage lock be saved?
Often, yes. Most original mortice and rim locks can be re-pinned to a new key, which keeps the door looking the way the character area intends. We only recommend replacing one when it genuinely cannot be brought back.