Lock change after a break-in – 71720

After a break-in in Oberstenfeld, the door often no longer closes properly, or the cylinder is damaged. Once the police have finished, we change the cylinder and check whether the lock and the door plate still hold. We tell you the price in advance.

1. Call the police on 110. 2. Do not change anything until the evidence has been secured. 3. Photograph the damage and inform your insurance. 4. Call us: we tell you on the phone whether a cylinder change is enough or whether the door has to be secured first.

Whether in Oberstenfeld, Großbottwar or Steinheim an der Murr: after a break-in, what matters is a door that locks properly again. In Oberstenfeld you typically find houses in the main village and in the villages on the high ground. We pay attention to the cylinder length and the door plate so that the new cylinder is not easy to attack again. Tell us the village: main village, Gronau or Prevorst; the distances between them are long.

Fixed: the cylinder change with the door open, 89 € or 119 €. Extra for a security cylinder: typically 25–70 €. Not on the list: emergency securing and damage to the door or frame. For these we quote a separate fixed price in advance.

Monday, 10:30 am, door open, cylinder only: 89 €. Saturday, 10 am, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. Monday, 10:30 am, locked out, slammed shut, new cylinder: 148 € plus material. We confirm the exact amount by phone before we set off.

We check the cylinder, lock, strike plate and door plate. If only the cylinder is broken, we change it. If more is damaged, we tell you in advance what it costs on top, and you decide. At the end, the door locks securely again.

When a door is levered open, the strike plate in the frame often gives way. Then a new cylinder is not enough. A reinforced strike plate with long screws into the masonry is a separate job with its own fixed price.

You need the police report for your insurance. Depending on your policy, home contents insurance covers stolen items and damage; in rented flats, the door itself is often a matter for the landlord’s buildings insurance. So tell the landlord as well. Keep photos, the police report and invoices together.

Take photos for the insurance before anything is changed. Keep the invoice. A security door plate that covers the cylinder makes snapping it off harder.

Many people feel uneasy after a burglary. A door that locks properly again helps. Talking to family or to a victim support service helps too.

Oberstenfeld (71720): municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 17.8 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Großbottwar, Steinheim an der Murr and Murr too, at the same prices.