Locksmith in
Santa Barbara

We cover 93101, 93103, and 93105, plus 93109 on the west side, running from the downtown core out through the foothill neighborhoods and along the waterfront. Calls from Goleta, Montecito, and Carpinteria get picked up the same way. Call the line and give us a cross street, we will confirm an arrival window and a flat-rate quote before the van moves.

Tim's is based in Oxnard, and typical response to Santa Barbara addresses runs 35 to 45 minutes depending on 101 traffic. Emergency lockout calls jump the queue. Scheduled work like rekeys and hardware installs gets booked into morning or afternoon blocks to keep dispatch clean.

Yes. Tim's holds BSIS license LCO #7134 issued by the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, carries State Farm liability insurance, and runs an A+ rating with the BBB. Every technician on the van has passed a background check. You can verify the BSIS number directly on the state website before booking.

We take Visa, Mastercard, American Express, cash, and Zelle. Every job gets a flat-rate quote before work starts, based on the service, hardware, and travel distance. No hidden fees, no surprise add-ons at the end. If the scope changes once we see the lock, we stop and re-quote before continuing. The quoted number holds as long as the job matches what you described on the phone.

Standard hours are 7 AM to 9:30 PM, seven days a week. After-hours emergency dispatch covers lockouts and urgent break-in repairs outside that window on a call-ahead basis. Scheduled work like rekeys, smart lock installs, and commercial master key jobs books inside standard hours. Call the line to confirm availability for anything late.

Rekey every exterior lock the day you take possession. You have no idea how many copies of the old key are floating around between previous owners, cleaners, contractors, real estate agents, and neighbors. Rekeying is cheaper than replacing the hardware, keeps the existing locks in place, and gives you a fresh keyway nobody else has a copy of. We can key everything alike so one key opens every door.

Yes. Break-in calls get same-day priority. We can board up a compromised door, replace damaged hardware, install a new deadbolt, and secure the frame before we leave. If the strike plate or jamb is split, we carry reinforcement kits on the van. Call the line and tell dispatch it was a break-in, we will pull it forward in the schedule and give you a window.

Yes. We install Schlage Encode, August, Yale Assure, and Kwikset Halo, plus a handful of Z-Wave and HomeKit models for existing smart home setups. On coastal-facing doors near the waterfront, we recommend housings rated for marine exposure so salt air does not kill the electronics inside two seasons. We handle the swap, the app pairing, and the code setup before we leave.

Downtown calls from the central promenade, the harbor, or the Milpas corridor typically see a van within 35 to 45 minutes during standard hours, running up from Oxnard on the 101. Call the line with your cross street and we will give you a real window, not a guess. If the situation is urgent, tell dispatch and we push it up.

You do not need new locks, you need a rekey. Rekeying swaps the pin stack inside the existing lock so old keys stop working and new ones take over. It takes about 10 minutes per lock, costs a fraction of replacement hardware, and the door looks identical when we leave. If you want to upgrade anyway, that is a separate conversation and we can quote both options on the spot.