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Tip #25: Re-Key- Without the Fee!

Submitted by real estate expert Eleanor Trainor

Re-keying? It’s so expensive— but here’s an awesome new product:

Keys

Here in the City of Seattle, it is required that the locks be changed between tenants.

Our local locksmiths often charge at very least a $79 trip fee, plus $12-15 per cylinder to change the locks. Yikes! (My company, Rental Restoration, charges a flat $92.50.)

Kwikset has developed a new secure cylinder that anyone can change with the tool that comes with the cylinder.

This would be great for high-turnover units and multi-family buildings. More information is here: http://www.kwikset.com/SmartKey/

Very cool!

Eleanor Trainer is with Rental Restoration, the only independent full-service maintenance contracting firm in Puget Sound that focuses solely on serving property managers and rental property owners.

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Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 1:46 pm and is filed under AAOA Forum. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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2 Responses to “Landlord Quick Tip”

michael wilson says:

October 13, 2009 at 9:56 am

i have seen the comercials for this product and wonder about it saftey since anyone can buy a kit at walmart.?
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