Best of the Beach 2019 – Home Services
Frank and Roxanne Halstein offer old school locksmith service, and high tech as well, but advise caution. Locksmith Hermosa Lock and Key Frank Hallstein isn’t a big fan of electronic home locks and transponder car keys. “I work on them. I’ve got $70,000 worth of computers to figure them out. But I think they’re silly. A car key cost $6 when my dad started making them in 1975. Today a car key can cost $400. And now Amazon is asking customers to give them a one-use code to their homes so packages can be left inside. But, what happens when a kid follows the Amazon person in the door and says, ‘I live here?’” Hallstein contends that restricted keys that can’t be duplicated without documentation offer better security without the exorbitant costs, or complications. Silliness aside, Hallstein said he and his wife Roxanne still enjoy running their “meat and potatoes” shop on Pier Avenue. “We’ve got customers we helped when they were single, after they married and after they had kids who needed car keys and now need house keys,” he said. Hermosa Lock and Safe Shop 3820, 423 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach (310) 372-3557 Runner-up: Steve’s Lock and Safe 3401 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach…
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