Just bought a house in Crestview? Just had a tenant move out of a rental in Foxwood? Just lost track of who has a key after a contractor finished a remodel? Rekeying is the single highest-leverage security move you can make, and it's usually finished in under an hour for a typical Crestview home. Locksmith Chick rekeys all your existing locks to one new key — your old keys stop working, your front door, back door, and garage entry door all share one fresh key, and you spend a fraction of what new lock hardware would cost.
What rekeying actually means
Rekeying is not the same as replacing a lock. We open the cylinder, swap out the old pins for new pins matched to a new key, and reassemble the lock. The hardware on your door doesn't change. The brand, finish, and look stay identical. The only thing that changes is what key turns it. A typical Crestview home with five exterior locks rekeys in under an hour.
When to rekey instead of replace
Rekey when the locks are in good shape and only the key control has changed — you closed on a house, a tenant moved out, a roommate left, you lost a copy of the key. Replace when the locks are worn, broken, mismatched, or you're upgrading to a higher security grade. We tell you up front which path makes sense for your Crestview property — we'll never push a replacement when a rekey is the right call.
Common Crestview rekey scenarios
Closings on new home purchases in Foxwood and the surrounding the Ferdon Boulevard and PJ Adams Parkway corridor, end-of-tenancy turnover for landlords managing rentals near Bob Sikes Airport, post-divorce rekeys, post-contractor rekeys, lost-key rekeys, "I gave a key to my ex" rekeys. Crestview sits on the I-10 corridor and has grown fast as the county seat of Okaloosa, with new construction in Foxwood and Eagles Pointe pushing demand for new-build lock packages and smart lock installs.. keeps the rekey demand steady year-round.
One key for the whole house
Most Crestview homes have a mismatched key situation — front door takes one key, back door takes another, garage entry takes a third. We can rekey them all to one master cut so your daily-carry keychain shrinks to a single key. Same option for rental properties where you want a master that opens all units plus individual keys for each tenant.
What we do during a Crestview rekey visit
Walk the property with you, count locks, identify any that need replacement instead of rekey (worn springs, broken cylinders, mismatched manufacturers), pull each cylinder, repin to a fresh key, test, hand you the new keys. Two or three working keys per door come standard. Extra copies cut on the truck if you want them.