How 970 Locksmith handled the May 2025 CSU move-out week — 47 apartment rekeys for 6 Fort Collins landlords in 4 days, with documented turnaround under 30 minutes per unit.
Six Fort Collins property management companies and individual landlords with CSU off-campus rentals needed every apartment rekeyed between the May 9 student move-out and the May 23 summer-tenant move-in. Total: 47 units across 6 buildings around Aggie Village, Laurel, Plum, and Stuart streets. Without coordination, they'd have used 5-6 different locksmiths and 2 weeks of vacancies. They needed ONE point of contact, predictable timing, and consolidated invoicing.
Met with all 6 landlords. Collected building access codes, unit lists, and current key types (Kwikset SmartKey vs. Schlage SC1). Pre-pinned 60 cylinders at our shop so dispatch is just a swap-and-test.
Three techs deployed simultaneously to different buildings. Each tech: 4-5 rekeys per day with documented before/after key serial numbers.
Daily 5pm status email to each landlord: units completed, units pending, any issues found (e.g., damaged frames, missing latches). Two landlords requested same-day touch-up work on 3 units with frame damage.
Last 14 units completed on May 13 — full day before the summer-tenant move-in deadline. Every rekey included: new cylinder pinned, 2 keys for landlord + 2 for incoming tenant, photo documentation of before/after, and a serial number log.
One invoice per landlord, itemized by unit, net-30 terms. Average invoice $850-$2,200 depending on unit count. Two landlords switched to us full-time after the May coordination week — they'd never had this level of project management from a locksmith.
CSU move-out is the Super Bowl of student-housing locksmith work in Fort Collins. Every locksmith in town gets calls in mid-May. The difference between a good locksmith and a master locksmith is: do you do 5 rekeys at $85 each as one-off jobs, or do you coordinate 47 units as a 4-day project with documentation and net-30? Property managers value the second.
If you manage 10+ CSU-adjacent rental units, you should book your May move-out rekey coordination in March, not in May. Last-minute calls get last-priority dispatch. Returning customers get the pre-pinning treatment and priority slots.
Owner Omer answers the phone — (970) 397-2002. Average response 22 minutes inside Fort Collins. Flat-rate pricing.
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