Ashgrove gave its name to a whole style of house — the big gabled Ashgrovian Queenslanders that line Waterworks Road and the hill streets behind it. Working on them is a privilege and a responsibility: original mortice locks, leadlight-flanked front doors, casement windows that deserve better than an ugly retrofit. We keep the character and add the security — and the school-run families around the Grove keep our rekey book busy.
Original mortice and rim locks serviced, re-pinned and kept period-correct — we hand-make the unbuyable parts.
Security for original windows, fitted without harming hundred-year-old timber.
from $396 inc GSTOne key for the whole house — front, back, garage — after moving in or losing a school bag.
from $264 inc GSTEvery price includes GST and the callout — confirmed before any work starts. Full price list on the pricing page.
That's exactly our heritage specialty. The original furniture stays, the mechanism gets serviced or a discreet modern deadlock joins it, and the door still looks like it did in 1935 — it just actually locks now.
They lift with a flat blade, so yes. Proper casement locks are inexpensive, insurer-friendly, and we fit them cleanly to old timber.