Lock change after a lost key – Möglingen

A lost key is a risk if it went missing together with your address, for example with your ID card in your wallet. In Möglingen (71696) we then change the lock cylinder so that the old key no longer fits.

Quickly check the usual places and ask at the local lost property office (Fundbüro). If the key is really gone, call us. Tell us whether you can still get into the flat; the price depends on it.

Möglingen lies west of the Residential Palace between Ludwigsburg, Markgröningen and Asperg. There you typically find estate houses built between 1960 and 2000 and a few old farmsteads on the through road. After a key loss we usually only change the cylinder of the flat door or the front door. Tell us the street and a cross street; that saves searching.

If you can still get in: Cylinder change only, with the door open: Mon–Fri 8 am–6 pm 89 €, Mon–Fri 6 pm–8 am, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 119 €. This includes travel, fitting and a standard euro profile cylinder. If you are locked out: opening and a new cylinder in one trip cost 148 € / 198 € (slammed shut) or 178 € / 228 € (locked), cylinder material typically 25–50 €.

Tuesday, 11 am, locked out, slammed shut, new cylinder: 148 € plus material. Tuesday, 8:30 pm, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. Saturday, 12 pm, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. We confirm the exact amount by phone before we set off.

We check which cylinder is fitted, measure the length and fit a new one. You test the new keys yourself. You can have more keys cut later; with security profiles this is only possible with the security card.

After losing a key, a new euro profile cylinder is almost always enough. The mortice lock in the door stays, because the key only operates the cylinder. We only replace the whole lock if it is damaged. This saves money and time.

If your key belongs to a master key system, losing it can affect the whole building. Tell the landlord or the property management. They decide whether only your cylinder or the whole system is changed. The cost for a system can be high; many personal liability insurance policies have a separate add-on for this. A single flat cylinder, on the other hand, is a standard case with a fixed price.

Check whether your liability or home contents insurance covers key loss before you have a master key system changed. Keep the invoice.

Carry your new keys without an address tag. Keep a spare key with someone you trust. Keep the invoice for your insurance.

Möglingen (71696): municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 6.7 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Asperg, Pflugfelden and Tamm too, at the same prices.