New Home Move-In Rekey in Mississauga

Yes, though it's worth checking your specific building's policy first. Some Mississauga condo corporations have rules around suite door hardware, sometimes requiring an authorized locksmith for a specific restricted keyway system. We can help confirm what applies to your building before starting.

Nothing unique to your employer, but relocating for a new job often means a compressed timeline between accepted offer and move-in, which makes booking a rekey as early as your possession date is confirmed genuinely worthwhile, rather than waiting until moving day itself when there's already a lot competing for your attention.

A previous owner may have handed out spares to family, a dog walker, a contractor, or a neighbour who checked in during vacations over the years, none of which transfers cleanly at closing. The honest answer to "who has a key to our new house" is usually "more people than you'd expect" until you rekey.

Yes, and this genuinely surprises some new-build buyers. Construction involves multiple trades who may have had some form of key access before you ever moved in, regardless of how new the home is.

For the large majority of Mississauga move-ins, rekeying alone is genuinely sufficient, keeping your existing hardware exactly as it is while resetting who holds a working key. Replacement only makes sense if hardware is actually damaged or you specifically want a style or security upgrade.

Often yes. Smart locks, a higher security-grade deadbolt, or consolidating mismatched hardware from past renovations into one working key are all reasonable additions to discuss during the same visit.

Most homes are done well within an hour, depending on how many doors and locks are involved.

Before, if possible, so there's no window where the home is accessible to anyone else.

Not at all — the uncertainty around who might hold a key doesn't resolve itself with time.

Genuinely both, though for different reasons — your new home needs a rekey for the standard reasons, while your rental is worth rekeying between tenancies going forward as standard practice.

Often fine functionally, though builder-grade hardware is typically chosen for cost rather than security performance. We'll assess honestly rather than assuming an upgrade is automatically needed.

We would rather spend minutes confirming prep than fighting mismatched hardware mid-move-in rekeying.