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greentiger1326 t1_iydaa83 wrote

Reply to LPT: If you live in an apartment, don't just change your locks. Find a locksmith that can sell you a "key control" lockset. This means that only authorized people can make copies. Apartments will make multiple copies of your keys if they can. by [deleted]

As a maintenance supervisor with almost 200 apartments. I must speak on this. Key control is one of my pet peeves. While we do hand out copies of one certain key to our vendors (contractors), that key only opens certain doors. The key to your apartment I literally create the day before you move in. The locks on your apartment are changed when you leave. Anytime the key copy that I keep in my office leaves that office, The individual who took it has to give us their ID, and depending upon the work being done I have to accompany them. I do an inventory of every key in that box once a month. If someone breaks into your apartment, the first thing I do is change your lock and throw out every copy of the old key that I had. We keep copies of your keys in case of emergencies. We need access to every apartment in the building in case of flood fire or injury. If you change your locks, and I don't have copy of your key, and your pipes burst, either I or the fire department is going to have to break open your door. Also, it's probably in your lease that you can't change your keys. This is not a great LPT.

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Illustrious-Quiet442 t1_iyda4jk wrote

Reply to comment by RallyX26 in LPT: If you live in an apartment, don't just change your locks. Find a locksmith that can sell you a "key control" lockset. This means that only authorized people can make copies. Apartments will make multiple copies of your keys if they can. by [deleted]

I'd suggest that you check your lease- in many cases it is a violation to change the locks without consent from the landlord (and providing them a key). The main reason that landlords/property management companies require access is in case of a physical emergency- say a fire or flood, and if they cannot access the apartment it is very likely that YOU would be responsible for the damages to the apartment and building.

I'd also like to add....most property management companies have their own key-cutting machines, so realistically the "Do Not Duplicate" mark would not make one bit of difference.

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RallyX26 t1_iyd97la wrote

Reply to comment by IrishJesusDude in LPT: If you live in an apartment, don't just change your locks. Find a locksmith that can sell you a "key control" lockset. This means that only authorized people can make copies. Apartments will make multiple copies of your keys if they can. by [deleted]

Some people don't have a choice of where they can live, and sometimes management changes during your contract period. Control what you can.

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keepthetips t1_iyd96kj wrote

Reply to LPT: coffee filters make excellent grease catchers/absorbers. by vetiverbreath

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IrishJesusDude t1_iyd8k3m wrote

Reply to LPT: If you live in an apartment, don't just change your locks. Find a locksmith that can sell you a "key control" lockset. This means that only authorized people can make copies. Apartments will make multiple copies of your keys if they can. by [deleted]

If you live in the kind of building that cuts keys for contractors and just lets them walk away to use them, then the building management is the problem, not the keys.

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