Home Rekeying in Ajax
We carry out home rekeying & lock changes for homes across Ajax, from Pickering Village, Southwood and Nottingham through to Applecroft. New home, lost key or a tenancy change — existing locks re-pinned to a new key at a fraction of replacement cost.
A wide spread of 1970s through 2010s subdivision housing, plus the older village core at Pickering Village. Knowing the housing stock matters: the right hardware for a 1960s side entrance in Pickering Village is not the right hardware for a post-2010 build, and fitting the wrong one wastes your money.
Ajax sits at the point where GTA coverage thins out, and that matters practically: a lot of Toronto-based operators either will not travel here or add a surcharge that appears only on arrival. Our pricing to Ajax is the same as our pricing to Scarborough. The housing mix means the work splits fairly evenly between 1970s stock needing genuine hardware replacement and newer homes needing rekeying and smart-lock retrofits.
Our Ajax rate is the same as our Toronto rate. Distance-based surcharges that appear only on the invoice are a practice in this trade and not one of ours.
Typical range: $35–$120 CAD per cylinder, plus service call. Ranges are typical for the GTA and depend on the door, the hardware and the time of day. We confirm the price before dispatching.
Where we work in Ajax
We cover the whole municipality for home rekeying & lock changes, including Pickering Village, Southwood, Nottingham, Riverside, Duffins Bay and Applecroft — across the L1S, L1T and L1Z postal areas. The main corridors we work are Harwood Avenue, Westney Road, Bayly Street, Kingston Road and Salem Road.
Rekey on possession, always
This is the one piece of advice we give unprompted. Whatever assurances came with the sale, keys accumulate over years and nobody tracks them. The cost of rekeying is small and the certainty is complete.
It matters more on newer builds than people expect. Builders routinely key an entire phase to a small number of profiles so trades can move between houses, and that construction keying is frequently still in place at closing. In fast-built areas like Milton, Mount Pleasant and Vellore Village this is common.
Getting to one key
Most homes accumulate different keys for the front door, the back door, the side door, the garage and the shed. There is no reason for that.
Where the locks share a keyway, keying them alike is straightforward and inexpensive. Where they do not, swapping cylinders to a common keyway achieves the same result without replacing the locksets.
When replacement is better
- The lock is worn enough that the key drags or has to be jiggled
- It is a builder-grade lockset on an exterior door, where the grade is genuinely inadequate
- The finish is damaged or the lockset is loose in the door
- You want smart lock functionality, which rekeying obviously cannot provide
- You are rekeying because keys were copied without your knowledge, in which case the open keyway is the actual problem and a restricted cylinder is the fix
This page covers home rekeying & lock changes specifically in Ajax. For the full technical detail — every option, every fault mode and the complete FAQ — see our main home rekeying & lock changes page.
Home Rekeying in Ajax — questions
Do you cover all of Ajax?
Yes — the whole municipality, including Pickering Village, Southwood, Nottingham, Riverside and Duffins Bay, across the L1S, L1T and L1Z postal areas. We also cover the surrounding Durham Region area and the neighbouring municipalities, so a job that sits on a boundary is not a problem.
How quickly can you get to Ajax?
It depends on the time of day, where in Ajax you are, and what is already in progress. We give you a realistic window when you call rather than an optimistic one, and we would rather tell you ninety minutes and arrive in seventy. For non-urgent work we will usually offer you a scheduled slot, which is cheaper than an emergency callout.
How long does rekeying take?
Roughly ten to fifteen minutes per cylinder, so a typical house is done well within an hour including testing every door with the new key.
Can all my house locks use the same key?
Yes in almost every case. If the locks share a keyway it is straightforward. If they are different brands, cylinders can usually be swapped to a common keyway at modest cost, which is still far cheaper than replacing the locksets. Front, back, side, garage and shed on one key is a normal request.
Should I rekey or replace locks when I buy a house?
Rekey, unless the hardware itself is worn out or inadequate. Rekeying gives you exactly the same security outcome — every old key stops working — at a fraction of the cost of new locksets. Put the savings into a reinforced strike plate on the doors that matter, which does more for your actual security than a new lock body would.