Lauderhill sits in central Broward and built out mainly through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The housing is a mix of single-family homes, a substantial number of condominium and villa communities, and rental apartment properties. It is a city where a large share of the doors are on hardware that is now several decades old.
The single-family neighborhoods
Lauderhill single-family sections are largely concrete block homes from the 1960s through the 1980s, on standard suburban lots.
Locks you will find: Schlage and Kwikset cylindrical locks with deadbolts. On the 1960s homes, the deadbolt was often added after the fact. The quality of those retrofits varies widely — some are properly aligned with a solid strike, others were installed quickly and never sat right in the frame.
A deadbolt that has to be forced, or that only throws part way, is doing far less than the homeowner assumes. That is worth correcting whether or not anything else on the door needs work.
Condominium and villa communities
Lauderhill has a significant number of condominium and villa communities from the 1970s and 1980s, including age-restricted sections. These are low-rise buildings and attached one-story villas.
Locks you will find: Unit-door locks and deadbolts, shared mailroom cluster boxes, and association-controlled common doors. Unit hardware has usually been rekeyed multiple times across ownership changes, which itself wears the cylinder.
Rental properties and turnover
Lauderhill has a large rental share. For a landlord, the operative fact is that a lock is only as good as the last time it was rekeyed. Every tenant who moves out potentially leaves keys behind in circulation — with a friend, a family member, a former roommate.
Rekeying between tenants is inexpensive relative to the liability of an entry with no sign of forced access. It also protects the landlord: a documented rekey at turnover is evidence that reasonable steps were taken.
What we do in Lauderhill
- House and unit rekey — front, rear, garage-to-house, and any side entry.
- Turnover rekey for landlords — between tenants, documented.
- Lock change — when the hardware is worn past servicing.
- Deadbolt installation and strike correction.
- Home lockout — non-destructive, identification showing the address required.
- Mailbox locks — cluster box cylinders.
Call Broward County Locksmith
Broward County Locksmith serves Lauderhill and the surrounding Broward communities. Licensed and insured. Flat-rate pricing quoted before we dispatch.
Call (954) 888-8800.
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