Locksmith in Yokine
Built out between 1950 and the late 1970s, so a lot of the hardware is reaching the end of its life at once.
Yokine, Western Australia 6060 is the largest of the suburbs immediately around us — about 12,700 people and 6,200 homes, roughly 39 per cent rented. It is also the only one of its neighbours with both rear-villa groups and genuine walk-up unit blocks, so the work runs from whole-house rekeys to letterbox banks and common entry doors.
- Built
- Almost entirely 1950s–70s
- Flats
- About 20% — real unit blocks, not just villas
- Most asked for
- Screen door locks and whole-house rekeys
- Call
- Amco Locksmiths, 08 9444 2089
One house before the 1940s, finished by the late seventies
Before the 1940s there was exactly one house in Yokine, at the eastern end of Royal Street. The building boom that followed did the rest: the area around the golf course went up first in the early 1950s, the southern end expanded through the 1960s, and the suburb was almost completely developed by the late 1970s. Dog Swamp Shopping Centre opened in 1967, the primary school in 1959.
That gives Yokine an unusually uniform hardware profile, and it is the most useful thing to know about the place. Original-era front doors, aluminium sliders at the back and aluminium security screens on almost everything — all fitted within a couple of decades of each other, and all now at or past the end of their service life. Screen door lock replacement and repair-or-replace decisions on worn cylinders are genuinely the core work here, not an add-on.
What sets it apart from Joondanna next door is the unit blocks. Around one home in five here is a flat, in real walk-up buildings rather than rear villa groups, which brings letterbox banks and shared entry doors into the mix. The suburb also has its own retail — Dog Swamp and Flinders Square together form the main shopping focus for the whole area — and a Jewish community centre that has been on Woodrow Avenue since 1952.
Amco Locksmiths covers Yokine, Western Australia 6060. 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 Yokine
One licensed locksmith, one van, and the same person on the phone and at your door.
Lockouts, 24 hours
House, villa and flat lockouts, day or night, opened without damage.
Rekeying
Whole-house rekeys and between-tenant rekeys in the unit blocks.
Lock repairs and new locks
Worn 1950s–70s cylinders and deadlatches, serviced where they can be saved.
Screen and sliding doors
The core Yokine job — Lockwood, Whitco, Austral and Doric screen door locks.
Digital and smart locks
Keypad locks on a solid older front door, checked for thickness and backset first.
Car keys and remotes
Spare and lost car keys made in the driveway or at Dog Swamp.
Key cutting and spares
Extra keys cut on site, including letterbox keys for the unit blocks.
Business and commercial
Retail tenancies around Dog Swamp and Flinders Square.
What we get called to in Yokine
A security screen lock that has worn out
The single most common Yokine job. We carry the brands that fit and repair before replacing where we can.
Whole house on one key
Front, back, sliders, screens and the garage side door, re-pinned to a single key.
Letterbox and common entry doors
Yokine has real unit blocks, which its neighbours mostly do not. Barrels and shared doors included.
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.”
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Straight answers
My screen door lock has stopped working. Repair or replace?
Depends what has gone. On a lot of them the cylinder is worn and can be changed on its own, which is far cheaper than a new lock body. We look first and tell you honestly which it is.
Do you do safes?
No. We do not open, repair or supply safes. If that is what you need we will point you to someone who does.
Can my sliding back door take a proper lock?
Usually. Aluminium sliders of this era take a range of patio bolts and locks, and we can often key them to the same key as the house.
Do you cover the unit blocks as well as houses?
Yes — apartment entry doors, letterbox banks and shared entry doors. What we do not touch is a building’s intercom or access control system.
Does Yokine have a train station?
No. Everything is done at your door anyway, since we are a mobile locksmith with no shopfront.