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First thing I recommend to a buyer, immediately after closing, is to go and change the locks. You have no clue how many spare keys might be floating around, be it a previous tenant or a contractor hired to do work
Yes you should change the locks since you never know who has copies of the keys. What I did was rekey my locks instead of buying new locks. It was probably cheaper but I don't think new locks are that expensive. Also, locks do eventually fail with age. Meaning you could be locked outside or inside your home. Just hope it doesn't happen at an inconvenient time. So unless you know the locks are very new, I'd change the locks.
Re-keying or replacing locks is just a smart thing to do.
I have seen houses that have passed through multiple owners and the original locksets still in place.
Who knows how many friends, neighbors, handymen, kids, etc, have a key that was forgotten?
Just replace the deadbolt part, you can get locks keyed the same for front and back door at Home Depot, they cost less than $20 a lock, and they are easy to put in, all you need is a screwdriver. if you want the knob and the deadbolt keyed the same you can replace both.
For the most part you should be fine, I didn't change mine until a few days that I was there.
A lot of apartment rentals don't change the locks and all the tenants before you had keys, I always keep a spare when I move out but I would never enter anyone else's home.
Just replace the deadbolt part, you can get locks keyed the same for front and back door at Home Depot, they cost less than $20 a lock, and they are easy to put in, all you need is a screwdriver. if you want the knob and the deadbolt keyed the same you can replace both.
For the most part you should be fine, I didn't change mine until a few days that I was there.
A lot of apartment rentals don't change the locks and all the tenants before you had keys, I always keep a spare when I move out but I would never enter anyone else's home.
I would definitely be changing the locks and if apartment complexes don't at least change the tumblers between tenants and something happens I wonder if they could be held liable?
I requested a lock change when I moved in, not sure if it was really done or not but I also had management install a chain lock which my condo didn't have.
Every buyer should change all the locks when they move in. It's usually not expensive to have a locksmith come out and rekey them.
You just never know who has a key.
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