Apartment Lockout Service in Manhattan Beach, CA.

Manhattan Beach has its own personality, and our service approach reflects it.

Around The Strand, we're often there for routine maintenance: smart-lock battery replacement, sticky deadbolts, and lost mailbox keys.

Cross-border jobs into Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, Redondo Beach are routine, so the same fast response applies if your address technically straddles a city line.

Many Manhattan Beach customers manage rental units, ADUs, or multi-generational housing — master key systems, smart locks, and audit-friendly hardware all become very useful.

Live human dispatcher, 24/7. Call (888) 492-0666 and a real person picks up. No phone trees, no offshore call centers, no callback queues. The dispatcher knows Manhattan Beach traffic, knows our nearest van, and gives you a real ETA.

Same crew, start to finish. Whether it's a 5-minute lockout or a multi-day master key system in Manhattan Beach, the same technician owns your job from arrival to handoff. No "we'll send another guy out for that part."

Bonded and insured. Bonded & Insured. We can provide our certificate of insurance, W-9, and license info on request — useful for HOAs, property managers, insurance claims, and commercial procurement.

Local knowledge of Manhattan Beach. Older homes have older mortise locks. Newer high-rises have proprietary cylinders. Cluster mailboxes have specific USPS standards. We know what's typical for the South Bay and bring the right hardware on the first trip.

Mobile, fully-stocked vans. We don't hand you a quote and then "go get the parts." Our trucks carry deadbolts, strikes, smart locks, panic bars, transponder blanks, programmers, extractors, and more — first-visit completion on the vast majority of jobs.

Real reviews, real reputation. Over 1,286 verified reviews and a 4.9-star average. We've built our business one neighbor at a time and we don't gamble that on a single bad job.

Transparency is the whole point — here's what your call to One & Only Locksmith looks like end to end.

1. You call (888) 492-0666. A live dispatcher picks up. They confirm the address, the issue, and any specifics ("front door deadbolt, Schlage, brushed nickel"). You'll get a clear ETA and a price range.

2. The nearest van rolls. We dispatch the closest fully-stocked technician to your Manhattan Beach location. You'll get a text or call when they're a few minutes out.

3. ID and authority verified. For lockouts and rekeys, we verify ownership or authority before opening anything. This protects you and us.

4. On-site assessment. Your tech inspects the lock, door, frame, hardware, and any related issues. We'll explain what we recommend and why.

5. Written, signed quote. Before any work begins, you get a clear written quote. If you don't want to proceed, you don't owe a dime.

6. Clean work. Hardware is installed straight, square, and to manufacturer spec. Strikes are reinforced into the king stud where appropriate. Old hardware is removed and disposed of.

7. Test and tour. We test the lock or system top to bottom, walk you through any new keys/codes/fobs, and answer questions.

8. Receipt and warranty. Itemized receipt by email, plus our workmanship warranty on every install.

9. Apartment Lockout Service-specific testing. Provide a written invoice for landlord or HOA records.

Pricing comes up on every call, so let's address it directly.

Standard apartment lockout service calls in Manhattan Beach are quoted by our dispatcher when you call. The number depends on a few real variables: the lock or system involved, time of day, distance from the nearest van, and any parts required. Once our technician is on site and has eyes on the job, you get a written quote — and you don't pay anything until you sign off.

Volume work — apartment turnovers, master keying, multi-door rekeys, and access control — is priced more aggressively per door because the setup is shared. Ask us for a multi-door quote.

Payment: Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay. We email an itemized receipt the same day, useful for insurance claims, expense reports, or property management records.

If any of these sound familiar, you're in the right place.

1. Locked out late at night with no spare.

2. Roommate moved out with the only key.

3. Property manager unavailable for after-hours access.

4. Lost keys at the gym, beach, or restaurant.

5. Toddler accidentally locked the deadbolt.

We're brand-agnostic — we use whatever fits the job and the customer's budget.

Residential locks: Schlage B60/B62/Encode, Kwikset 980/SmartCode, Yale Assure, Baldwin, Emtek, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Level.

Smart locks & access control: August, Schlage Encode, Yale Assure SL, Kwikset Halo, Level Bolt, Salto KS, Brivo, Kisi, Openpath. Mobile, fob, and PIN credentials.

Our Manhattan Beach service area is the entire city.

ZIP codes covered: 90266.

Adjacent areas we routinely serve in the same trip: Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, Redondo Beach.

If you're in a gated community or HOA in Manhattan Beach, our dispatcher will coordinate guard-house access in advance so you're not waiting on us at the gate.

One call, one trip, one technician — start to finish. Real humans answer (888) 492-0666 every hour of every day.