LockSmart

Mahurangi residents seeking a locksmith have already come to depend on LockSmart, even though until recently the company had to send a specialist up from Auckland to attend to their needs.

That’s now changed with the addition of Pete Clark to the LockSmart team to handle calls in the Mahurangi area.

LockSmart owner Nicola Hunt says that means LockSmart’s response in the region is both faster and cheaper.

Already the company has a solid reputation in Mahurangi because of its broad range of services.

This includes work involving residential and commercial properties, new builds and high-security key systems, including those using cards, fingerprint technology, smart keys and remote keys.

LockSmart also specialises in automotive technology and can provide spare keys and new keys for vehicles utilising the latest transponder technology. In addition, it maintains spare key registers to help companies manage their vehicle fleets.   

“We are liked because we do everything and we look after people with prices, with service and with skills,” Nicola says.

Moreover, that service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including public holidays.  

Pete has 25 years’ experience as a locksmith and says, in addition to technical skill, good customer skills are essential.

He says losing or forgetting a key can be a stressful event for many. This is especially true when it means being locked out of a vehicle at a remote beach or arriving at a bach, after a long, tiring journey, and finding it impossible to enter.

“Turning up with a good attitude, keeping the customer informed and completing the work promptly, effectively and efficiently is vital,” he says.

Nicola agrees, saying these are the qualities she looks for in all the company’s locksmiths and precisely why she decided to bring Pete on board.

“He fits right in,” she says.