We recently bought our first house. One of the best things about it is the freedom to change something we don’t like.
This week, a locksmith came out to the house and changed the locks. Though we have a small place, there were three separate keys, one for each door. That was annoying, but it turns out to be very easy (and inexpensive) to have that changed.
We were able to keep our same lock housings, while replacing the mechanism so that each lock shared the same key.
Now my keyring is very simple, just three keys. It’s lovely. Last week I had five keys (three for home, two for the office) where I now have one.
I don’t know how easy it was for the locksmith, but it’s incredibly simple for me.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
*looks at keychain*
1. bike lock
2. office #1 – server room
3. office #1 – elevator (10th floor)
4. office #1 – supply cabinet
5. office #1 – storage cage (basement)
6. office #1 – main door key (10th floor)
7. office #1 – stairwells
8. office #1 – roof
9. office #1 – main door key (7th floor)
10. apartment – street door
11. apartment – mailbox
12. apartment – main door key
13. office #2 – main door key
14. office #2 – bathroom 1
15. office #2 – bathroom 2
16. condo – main door key
17. bottle opener
I cannot tell you how jealous I am.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Jealous. I’m an avid minimalist as you know so getting down to so few keys would be great. I’m currently left with the car key, two for the office and two for my apartment. There’s just no way I can cut anymore.