You can prevent house lock-out situations by hiding a spare key around your house. With this in mind, you can also give a copy to a relative, but not sure he will be close by when you need to get your spare key back in an emergency.

Many times, I’m coming to open doors for customers who are locked out of their homes. When I arrived, I saw a big beautiful house with a front and backyard surrounded by a fence. Private single or double garage space with above-the-head garage door and garage door opener. However, this is an excellent conditions to hide a spare car key that can save your day and your money in the long run.

A few times, I asked the customer why he didn’t hide a spare key in his garage.
The common answer is “We thought about it”.

Your locked private garage space is just like another room in the house. In most cases, you can access your garage also if you’re locked out of your home. That is to say, if you feel safe to leave a spare key in the kitchen or the bedroom, you should feel safe to leave a spare key inside the garage as well.

HIDE SPARE KEY IN YOUR BACKYARD

Look at the header image of this page, this is an excellent idea to hide your key in the backyard. You can create hidden spots of your own around the house, with signs that only you and your family know.

You can dig and hide a key underground, cover it with sand, and put plants or stones on it. There are many ideas to hide spare keys in your home and to prevent residential lockout situations.

When you are locked out of your home and need quick lock-out assistance, please call us and we will unlock your door within 20-30 minutes. You can also visit our Residential Lockout Services.

All you need is to be careful!