Guides
Notes from the coast road: lock advice for El Campello
What to do before you need a locksmith, and while you wait for one: storms on the front line, the last tram home, residencial gates, lets, renting and break-ins. Each guide ends with the service that deals with it.
Front line and weather
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After a Levante storm: sand and salt in front-line locks
A night of easterly wind leaves spray, sand and sometimes seawater in the locks of the first line of homes. What to check the morning after, what to clean yourself and what to leave alone.
5 min read
Getting home
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Keys locked in the car behind Muchavista beach
A day on the beach, a car door shut a moment too soon, and the keys on the seat. What to check, what not to try, and what to have ready while you wait for the door to be opened.
4 min read
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Locked out on the school run to Villa Marco
The door clicked shut behind you on the way to school, and the keys are on the hall table. How a latched door is opened, why it is usually quick, and three habits that stop it happening twice.
4 min read
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Off the last tram at Coveta Fumà with no keys
You have stepped off the tram at one of the northern stops, the tram has gone, and the keys are not in your pocket. What to check first, and what to tell a locksmith so you are found in the dark.
4 min read
Communities, tenants and lets
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Check-in notes for guests arriving by tram
Most guest lockouts start with instructions written for someone who already knows the building. How to write check-in notes that take a guest from the tram stop to the right gate, the right door and the right key.
5 min read
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Renting in El Campello: can a tenant change the lock?
You have just moved into a rented flat and have no idea how many keys are out there. Whether you may change the cylinder, what to tell the landlord, and what to do with the old one.
5 min read
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The residencial gate lock: owner, president or administrador?
The pool gate does not latch, nobody knows how many portal keys are out there, and every neighbour has an opinion. Who decides on a communal lock, who pays, and what one owner can do alone.
5 min read
After a break-in
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Photograph the forced door before anyone repairs it
You come home to marks round the lock, a snapped cylinder or a door that will not close. Before the repair: which photographs the police report and the insurer will want, and what to keep from the old lock.
4 min read
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