Locksmith Christchurch

I'm Andy, and I cover the whole of Christchurch and the BH23 postcode, the historic town centre and Quay, out through Mudeford, Stanpit and Somerford, up to Burton and Jumpers Common, and along the coast to Highcliffe and Friars Cliff. You get me or one of my own engineers, not an agency stranger who's never set foot in the town.

Christchurch is an older, quieter town than its neighbours and the housing reflects that. Around the Priory, the Quay and the conservation streets you've got period and character properties on heavy timber doors, the kind that want mortice and rim locks fitted with a bit of care, not drilled out. Down at Mudeford and along the seafront there's a lot of coastal and second-home property, where salt air is hard on locks and mechanisms, and uPVC doors seize and stiffen faster than they do inland. Then through Somerford and Burton it's the more typical estate housing on uPVC and composite doors with multipoint locks. The newer housing developments around the area are going in with more advanced doors and locking systems, and when those go wrong they take a bit more experience to open without causing damage. I carry parts and locks for the lot.

What I get called out for in Christchurch

The common ones here are:

• uPVC doors stiffening or seizing, worse on the salt-air coastal properties
• Lockouts in the town and around the Quay
• Locking up and checking over holiday and second homes between visits
• Lock changes on character and period doors done sympathetically
• Burglary repairs and making a property safe after a break-in

How I cover Christchurch

From my Poole base I'm usually with people in Christchurch inside 25 to 35 minutes, a little more out to Highcliffe and Walkford on the Hampshire edge. The seafront and the Mudeford roads can clog in summer, and the level of holiday traffic round the Quay is the main thing I'll factor into a time. I'll always give you an honest arrival, not a number that sounds good on the phone.

I cover the Town Centre, the Quay, Mudeford, Stanpit, Burton, Somerford, Jumpers Common, Highcliffe, Friars Cliff and Walkford. If you're in BH23, you're on my patch.