Locksmith in Palo Alto, CA.

This page covers locksmith service in Palo Alto: what we handle, what happens when you call and how pricing is set.

Palo Alto is at the northwest corner of Santa Clara County on the Peninsula, bordering Stanford University, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. It has two downtowns, University Avenue and California Avenue, while El Camino Real, Alma Street/Central Expressway and Foothill Expressway run the length of the city, with Stanford Shopping Center, Stanford Research Park on Page Mill Road and the Baylands preserve on its edges. Homes north of Oregon Expressway include Craftsman and California Colonial houses dating to the 1890s; the south side is largely post-war Eichler and Eichler-style tracts. US-101 and I-280 bracket the city.

We are a mobile service: a technician comes to your address in Palo Alto for home, business, vehicle and emergency lock and key work. The dispatch line, (888) 492-0666, is answered around the clock. The dispatcher confirms the address and the problem and gives you an ETA before anyone is sent.

Corridors: Alma Street / Central Expressway, Page Mill Road / Oregon Expressway, Embarcadero Road and Middlefield Road. If you are on one of these, tell the dispatcher the nearest cross street; curb access and parking can be tight, and that affects where the technician can stop.

Reference points: Downtown Palo Alto (University Avenue), Professorville and Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. Naming the closest one helps when a street address is new or unnumbered.

Housing stock: Craftsman, California Colonial and other pre-1920s homes north of Oregon Expressway, including the Professorville historic district; Eichler and Eichler-style post-war tracts in south Palo Alto. Older houses often carry mortise locks or worn cylinders; mention the age of the door and lock when you call so the technician brings matching parts. Post-war tract houses usually have standard cylindrical locks, which means rekeying and keying alike are straightforward and new deadbolts fit without re-boring the door.

Commercial districts: Stanford Research Park (Page Mill Road), University Avenue downtown, California Avenue business district and El Camino Real corridor. For storefront and office calls, have the business name and suite number ready and tell the dispatcher whether there is a loading dock, lobby desk or after-hours entrance.

Getting to you: US-101 (Bayshore Freeway) runs along the bay side and I-280 along the foothills; Embarcadero Road, Oregon Expressway/Page Mill Road and San Antonio Road are the main cross-town connectors from US-101, with Page Mill Road continuing up to I-280.

ZIP codes served in Palo Alto: 94301, 94302, 94303, 94304, 94306.

Addresses just over the city line in Stanford, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto and Mountain View are dispatched the same way. If the address sits on a boundary, give the dispatcher the cross street.

Technicians reach Palo Alto by US-101 and I-280.

Palo Alto is served as part of the Peninsula; the same dispatch line covers all of the Bay Area that we work in.

For lock or key work in Palo Alto, tell the dispatcher your address and what is wrong. You get an ETA before anyone is sent, a written quote before any work starts and a receipt when it is done. The line is answered around the clock.

One & Only Locksmith is bonded and insured; a certificate of insurance is available on request.