Home Security Inspection for Your Locks
The locks you use every day, checked at your property by a locksmith.
For $199 we'll come to your property, inspect the current lock installation and report on how it's functioning. Two examples of what that visit answers: does the deadlock operate correctly, and is your screen door lock functioning as intended? Afterwards, we report our recommendations back to the property owner or accountable person. The locksmith who visits comes out with ABC Locksmiths' mobile service, the part of the business that attends customers' properties. To arrange a visit, call our shop in Brendale on 07 3205 4925 during shop hours.
Open Mon to Thu 8am to 4:45pm, Fri to 4:30pm · Unit 19, 193-203 South Pine Road, Brendale QLD 4500
For homeowners with locks to check
Most households across the Moreton Bay council area own the home they live in: roughly two in three occupied homes were owner-occupied at the 2021 Census, owned outright or with a mortgage. If that's you, the locks on your place are yours, and so is the question of whether they're still doing their job.
Before you call about your locks
Not knowing whether the deadlock operates correctly
A deadlock is the lock a household relies on when it locks up and leaves. As long as it locks, there's little to prompt a closer look.
Queensland Police's home security checklist says deadlocks are the best type of lock to use on entry/exit doors.
It's the first of our inspection's two examples, so a locksmith looks at the deadlock when visiting your property.
Not being sure the screen door lock is functioning as intended
A household relies on the screen door lock when the house is opened up, so it gets plenty of use and not much attention.
A lock can shut and still fall short of what it was fitted to do, and that's the question behind our inspection's second example.
A locksmith looks at it during the visit to your property.
Wondering whether our inspection is the same as the police home security checklist
Queensland Police publish a home security checklist, and in February 2026 Moreton District police, whose area includes Pine Rivers and Redcliffe, pointed residents to a home security assessment to complete at home.
The checklist says it's designed to help you take a fresh look at your home security.
Our inspection is a different thing: a locksmith comes to your property and inspects the locks there.
How the inspection works
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Call the shop
To arrange the visit, call 07 3205 4925 during shop hours.
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A locksmith visits
A locksmith from ABC Locksmiths comes to your property.
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The locks are inspected
The locksmith inspects the locks at your place and how they're working.
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Recommendations reported back
We report our recommendations back to the property owner or accountable person.
Checking locks versus changing them
The inspection checks the locks already fitted to your home and how they're functioning. Changing locks is other work. ABC Locksmiths rekeys locks, replaces them, and supplies and fits house lock hardware, and those services have their own page.
Rekeying and lock replacement
Why check locks that seem fine
A lock that still locks rarely gets a second look. Nothing seems wrong, so it's easy to leave alone for years. One major lock maker's care guidance for its own products recommends that inspections and cleaning be done routinely, at least annually. At the 2021 Census, most occupied homes across the Moreton Bay area were lived in by their owners, and in a home like that the locks belong to the people who use them every day. Whether a lock that seems fine gets that second look is up to them, and the maker's advice is a reason to give it one.
Whether the locks at your place are working properly is the question our home security inspection is for. It's a hard one to answer by feel when you're the person who uses those locks every day, because each day they feel much like the day before. The inspection hands it to a locksmith, who looks at them where they're fitted.
The same maker's guidance gives one sign you can notice for yourself: roughness when the key goes in or comes out. A rough key is easy to live with, because you can still lock up, and after a while it becomes how that lock feels. So the next time you use a key at home, pay attention to it on its way in and again on its way out, the two points the guidance names. If it's started to feel rough at either point, that's the sign the maker describes, even if the roughness now feels familiar.
Why ABC Locksmiths
ABC Locksmiths runs a walk-in shop and workshop at Unit 19, 193-203 South Pine Road, Brendale QLD 4500. The shop has a waiting room for customers who bring a job in, and the business also runs a mobile service that attends customers' properties. On its Google Business Profile, ABC Locksmiths held a 4.4 rating from 86 reviews when they were last counted, on 15 October 2026. ABC Locksmiths is an RACQ approved repairer, and RACQ's website lists it under Locksmith and Specialist Repairer. ABC accepts Visa, Mastercard and cash. The ABC Locksmiths name dates from 2003, the year the trading name was registered.
“...they quickly cut a new key for me to try, which turned out to be exactly what I needed. Their advice saved me time, money and a lot of stress. I'm really grateful for their honesty, professionalism, and genuine willingness to help.”
“Needed some barrels rekeyed and the staff looked after it immediately as the place was not fully secure while the barrels were out. Thanks!”
“Friendly, knowledgeable & efficient service when replacing lock with a key broken in it”
Home security inspection FAQs
Isn't there a free police home security assessment?
Queensland Police have offered free home security assessments to residents in some districts. If you're interested, contact your local police to ask what's offered where you live.
What does a home security inspection check?
It checks the locks already fitted at your property and how they're functioning. Two examples of the questions it answers: does the deadlock operate correctly, and is your screen door lock functioning as intended?
Who do you report the recommendations to?
After the inspection, we report our recommendations back to the property owner or accountable person.
Is a home security inspection the same as rekeying?
No. The inspection checks the locks already fitted and how they're functioning. Rekeying, lock replacement and house lock hardware are other services ABC Locksmiths offers, covered on the rekeying and lock replacement page.
Sources
- Queensland Police Service, Home Security Audit checklist
- myPolice South Brisbane, free home security assessments (2 Oct 2025)
- myPolice Moreton, home and multi-residential security reminder (2 Feb 2026)
- ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Moreton Bay
- ASSA ABLOY Australia, product care and maintenance recommendations
Related guide: Deadlatch vs deadlock vs deadbolt: which lock is on your front door?
Have a locksmith check your locks
To have a locksmith come and check the locks at your place, call 07 3205 4925 during shop hours.
Open Mon to Thu 8am to 4:45pm, Fri to 4:30pm