Lock Change and Rekey Service in Nashville

Nashville added over 100 new residents per day for the past decade. That growth means a massive volume of home sales, rental turnovers and new construction — all of which create demand for lock changes and rekeying. Every home that changes hands should have every exterior lock rekeyed on closing day. No exceptions.

The Nashville real estate market moves fast. Homes in hot neighborhoods like East Nashville, Sylvan Park and 12South often close within two weeks of listing. In that rush, sellers hand over keys at closing, but nobody accounts for the copies floating around. The seller's dog walker, house cleaner, neighbor, ex-partner, contractor and real estate agent all might have a copy. Rekeying costs $200 to $400 for a typical Nashville home. That's cheap insurance against an unknown number of key holders.

Landlords face the same issue at scale. Nashville's rental market is one of the tightest in the Southeast, with vacancy rates below 5 percent in most neighborhoods. When a tenant moves out, you need locks rekeyed before the next tenant moves in. We offer landlord pricing for multi-unit properties — the more locks you rekey at once, the lower the per-lock cost. We also set up master key systems so you can access all units with a single key while each tenant has their own.

Short-term rental operators (Airbnb, VRBO) need a different approach. Physical keys get lost by guests constantly. A smart lock with a keypad eliminates the problem entirely. Generate a unique code for each guest, set it to expire at checkout and you never hand over a physical key again. We install and program smart locks for dozens of Nashville short-term rental properties. The most popular models for this use case are the Schlage Encode (WiFi-enabled, remote code management) and the Yale Assure Lock 2 (works with every major smart home platform).

New construction in Nashville typically ships with builder-grade Kwikset locks. These are functional but basic — Grade 3 security, the lowest residential rating. If you just bought a new build in Donelson, Hermitage or any of the new developments along Dickerson Pike, upgrading to Grade 2 deadbolts costs $100 to $175 per lock and provides meaningfully better resistance to forced entry. Grade 1 (commercial-grade) is overkill for most homes, but we install it on request.