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Message us on WhatsAppThe gate of your plot will not open, the key has snapped inside the cylinder and the house is a long way from the square. In Alhaurín el Grande that situation is common, because the town climbs the northern slope of the Sierra de Mijas and a good part of the homes are spread between neighbourhoods, urbanisations and market gardens. Message us on WhatsApp with your location and our locksmiths will reply at any hour of the day or night.
The municipality lies about twenty-nine kilometres from Málaga, at more than three hundred metres above sea level, and alternates the mountains with the Guadalhorce plain, where citrus and other fruit trees mix with market gardens. In the town centre, the Plaza del Ayuntamiento preserves Roman columns, and from it run the traditional neighbourhoods: San Antón, around its chapel, Bajondillo, next to the parish church of the Encarnación, San Isidro, towards the road to Coín, La Huerta, known as the Barrio del Alemán, and Palustre. Beyond the town come the urbanisations of La Paca, La Chíchara, El Cigarral and Sierra Gorda, and on the plain lies the hamlet of Villa del Guadalhorce.
If you were looking for Villafranco del Guadalhorce, it is the same place: it was founded in the 1950s as a colonisation village and the official name changed recently, but many neighbours still call it what they always did. For our locksmiths it makes no difference what you call it, because we recognise both. If your address appears under one name on the paperwork and under another on the map, write whichever you have to hand.
Around the Plaza del Ayuntamiento and in neighbourhoods such as San Antón or Bajondillo, the town rises up the slope and the oldest homes keep their latches, knockers and box locks. If the key sticks, sometimes cleaning and realigning is enough; if the mechanism is worn out, only that part is replaced and the door leaf stays intact.
These are the areas that drop down from the town towards the road to Coín and the vegetable plots. It is common for one family to have a street door, a gate to the patio and access to a small piece of land. We check each lock and leave them working, with new keys.
These are residential areas away from the centre, with their own streets and homes that have one lock on the plot and another on the house. When a set of keys is lost or the tenant changes, we replace the cylinders on both entrances and hand over copies for each person who needs them.
Among market gardens and fruit trees, the homes are usually surrounded by fences, large gates and sheds. We change the locks on the gate, the shed and the house, and reinforce the accesses that are out of sight of the neighbours.
A locked door in Alhaurín el Grande can be that of a house in the old town, a home in La Paca or the gate of a farm on the plain. We open them when the key is left inside, snaps or the gate jams, and whenever possible without forcing anything, starting with non-destructive opening.
We replace locks and cylinders with security models in homes in the old town, urbanisations in the mountains and houses on the plain. It is the simplest solution after a sale, an inheritance or when a tenant moves out.
We cover emergencies at any hour throughout Alhaurín el Grande, from the old town to La Paca or El Cigarral, and from San Isidro to Villa del Guadalhorce. Message us on WhatsApp, on Sundays and fair days too.
Before forcing anything, check your pockets, the gate and anywhere you usually leave it. If it does not turn up, message us with a photo of the lock: we open the door and, if the key was lost outside the house, we advise changing the cylinder.
Yes, they are the same place. The official name is now Villa del Guadalhorce, but we still recognise the old name. Message us whenever you need us with the street or the track and our locksmiths will reply.
That is exactly what we aim for with old doors: opening with patience and without forcing. If the lock is worn, we suggest changing the cylinder and keeping the original ironwork and door leaf.
The usual step is to replace the cylinder so that the keys that were not returned stop working. Our locksmiths change the cylinder, give you a new set and also check the patio door.
Yes, as long as the lock accepts a modern model. If not, we look for a solution that respects the look of the door. A photo of the front and of the edge of the door leaf lets us know which part is needed.
Yes, because nobody knows how many keys have been in circulation. We change the cylinder, the lock on the gate and the one on the patio, so that from that day only the people you decide on can get in.
