Key Cutting in West Vancouver

This page covers both halves of key cutting, because in West Vancouver they usually arrive in the same phone call.

House, office and padlock keys. A blank is $4.75, a standard cut is $5-$15, and specialty or commercial blanks are $8-$30. Cut at the counter at 4105 Macdonald St in Vancouver while you wait, or on the truck at your address 30-45 minutes after dispatch. Blanks are listed under key blanks.

Spare car keys and fobs. With one working key in hand a transponder spare is $180-$240 and a proximity smart key spare is $300-$420, cut and programmed at the vehicle. If no key works at all, that is a replacement rather than a duplicate and it lives on car key replacement in West Vancouver.

A key stamped do not duplicate is a request. A restricted key is enforcement: the blank itself is patented and controlled, so only an authorised cutter holds it and a copy cannot be made at a kiosk.

That matters here because of how West Vancouver households actually run. A house in the British Properties, Chartwell or Caulfeild often has a cleaner, a gardener, a pool service, a dog walker and periodic trades, all needing access, none of whom should be able to make a copy. We cut Mul-T-Lock, Medeco and Schlage Primus to the registered code at $30-$80 per key, against written authorisation from the registered keyholder, and keep the registry so you know exactly how many keys exist. Upgrading the cylinders themselves is $60-$120 each; see high-security locks and the Mul-T-Lock interactive system.

Keys are cut on computerised equipment rather than a worn kiosk, and every one is tested against the original or directly in the lock before it leaves. If the first copy does not turn we cut another, usually to code rather than from a worn original, because a bad copy is almost always inherited wear.

Large West Vancouver properties collect keys: front door, side door, garage, pool house, garden studio, gate, boat shed. Six keys becomes one hidden key under a planter, which undoes everything else. Keying alike is a rekey at $25-$45 per cylinder rather than new hardware, and it is the single cheapest security improvement most of these houses can make. See lock rekeying, the city hub at locksmith West Vancouver, or the site-wide key cutting in Vancouver.