Locksmith in Berkeley P.O. boxes (94701)

94701 is a post-office-box ZIP code, so nobody lives at a 94701 street address. People who use these boxes do live and work around Berkeley, though, and their lock problems are worth a page of their own: the box key that went through the wash, the home business with client files in a cabinet, the spare key that a former roommate never returned.

If your mail comes to a 94701 box, call 510-803-3120 and give us the address where the lock actually is. The locksmith goes there, not to the post office.

Calls we often get in 94701 P.O. boxes

• Replacing a lock on a private or building-owned mailbox
• Keying a filing cabinet or desk for a home office
• Rekeying the front door after a key went missing
• Opening a small document safe when the combination is lost
• Cutting labelled spare keys for a household or small team

Mailboxes, home offices and spare keys

One distinction matters here. A post-office box, and the compartments in many USPS-owned cluster boxes, belong to the Postal Service; the post office handles those locks, and a locksmith shouldn't touch them. Mailboxes owned by you or your building are different. A locksmith can replace the lock cylinder on those, usually in one short visit, once the owner or manager says yes.

Home offices are the other common call. Freelancers, therapists and consultants in Berkeley often keep client papers at home. A locking cabinet, a rekeyed office door and a key that only you hold are cheap ways to take that seriously.

If you share a home office with a partner or a small team, think about who should open what. A desk and a cabinet keyed differently from the front door means a house-sitter can water the plants without reaching client records.

Nearby ZIP pages: 94704 Downtown & Southside, 94709 North Berkeley, 94712 94712 P.O. boxes. Need a particular service? See home, business, car and emergency locksmith work.