Lock, Smith and Barrel

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What its website says

• Emergency work

  Advertises mobile emergency locksmith assistance (its website)

  Hours

  On call 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year (source)

  Services

  Lockouts and lost keys · Lock repairs · Lock fitting and installation · Moving home or business lock changes · Body corporate keys · Commercial locksmith services · Emergency call-outs (source)

  Based in

  West Footscray (source)

  Coverage

  Says it covers Melbourne west and surrounding suburbs

  Private security licence

  Not published on its website. Ask for it before they start, and look it up on Victoria Police's register of private security licence and registration holders.

  Website

  locksmithandbarrel.com.au ↗

Read on 1 November 2026. If the website has changed since, the business can claim this listing and correct it.

Before you say yes to Lock, Smith and Barrel

• Ask them this: Confirm service-area coverage, identification required, attendance charge and after-hours price before dispatch.
• Ask for the call-out fee and what it covers: after-hours rates, travel and the first half hour are often charged separately from the repair.
• Check the licence: a locksmith who installs or services security equipment needs a Victorian private security licence; ask what they hold. Look them up on Victoria Police's register of private security licence and registration holders. How to check a licence.
• Agree the scope: a make-safe visit tonight and the full repair later are often two jobs. Ask which you're getting, and get the price for each.
• Keep the paperwork: the invoice, the certificate and any photos, for the insurer, the landlord or the next tradie. Paying a tradie.

• Locked out: what a locksmith will ask before opening a door
• Rekeying after a break-in or a lost key
• Repairs when you rent: urgent repairs and who books the tradie
• Check a tradie’s licence

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