As a maintenance supervisor with almost 200 apartments. I must speak on this. Key control is one of my pet peeves. While we do hand out copies of one certain key to our vendors (contractors), that key only opens certain doors. The key to your apartment I literally create the day before you move in. The locks on your apartment are changed when you leave. Anytime the key copy that I keep in my office leaves that office, The individual who took it has to give us their ID, and depending upon the work being done I have to accompany them. I do an inventory of every key in that box once a month. If someone breaks into your apartment, the first thing I do is change your lock and throw out every copy of the old key that I had. We keep copies of your keys in case of emergencies. We need access to every apartment in the building in case of flood fire or injury. If you change your locks, and I don't have copy of your key, and your pipes burst, either I or the fire department is going to have to break open your door. Also, it's probably in your lease that you can't change your keys. This is not a great LPT.
greentiger1326 t1_iydaa83 wrote
Reply to LPT: If you live in an apartment, don't just change your locks. Find a locksmith that can sell you a "key control" lockset. This means that only authorized people can make copies. Apartments will make multiple copies of your keys if they can. by [deleted]
As a maintenance supervisor with almost 200 apartments. I must speak on this. Key control is one of my pet peeves. While we do hand out copies of one certain key to our vendors (contractors), that key only opens certain doors. The key to your apartment I literally create the day before you move in. The locks on your apartment are changed when you leave. Anytime the key copy that I keep in my office leaves that office, The individual who took it has to give us their ID, and depending upon the work being done I have to accompany them. I do an inventory of every key in that box once a month. If someone breaks into your apartment, the first thing I do is change your lock and throw out every copy of the old key that I had. We keep copies of your keys in case of emergencies. We need access to every apartment in the building in case of flood fire or injury. If you change your locks, and I don't have copy of your key, and your pipes burst, either I or the fire department is going to have to break open your door. Also, it's probably in your lease that you can't change your keys. This is not a great LPT.