ZIP 94704 · Southside & Campus
Locksmith in 94704: the Southside and around campus
South of the UC Berkeley campus, 94704 is the student heart of the city: shared houses, co-ops, apartment buildings and the shops of Telegraph Avenue. This hub also covers the campus ZIP 94720 and the mail-only ZIPs 94701 and 94712.
- Rough price before anyone comes
- Brown-shingles to student flats
- Ask for the BSIS licence
Ring 01 · Southside & Campus
Campus first
Residence halls, campus buildings and labs are handled by the university's own staff. If you're locked out of a dorm room or a campus office, contact them first; an outside locksmith shouldn't work on campus locks.
Shared houses and co-ops
Off campus, big old houses are divided into rooms rented by the semester. The keying pattern is the same everywhere: one front door for everyone, each bedroom on its own key, and an owner's master. When a housemate moves out, rekey their room — and the front door if their key didn't come back.
Apartment buildings
Newer and older apartment buildings near Telegraph and College have unit doors, building entries and mailrooms. Your unit door is yours; the rest belongs to management.
Telegraph Avenue shops
Bookstores, cafés and restaurants rekey regularly and use roll-down grilles at night.
August move-in and May move-out are the busiest weeks. Landlords should book rekeys a few days before the lease date.
This page also covers
- 94720 (UC Berkeley campus; campus locks via the university)
- 94701 and 94712 (P.O. boxes, mail only)
Ring 02 · Typical calls
Calls we take on the Southside
- Bedroom door keying
- Front door rekeys
- Apartment lockouts
- Bike and storage padlocks
- Shop grilles
- Lost car keys
Bike U-locks and storage-room padlocks lose keys constantly around campus. Most get cut and replaced; bring proof the bike or locker is yours if you can.
The old 94720, 94701 and 94712 pages now point here; service goes to your street address.
Many Southside co-ops and large shared houses have bike rooms, laundry rooms and roof or yard doors as well. When a house rekeys after a busy move-out week, it's worth listing those common-area doors too, so nobody who has left still has a way in.
Ring 03 · Questions
Southside questions
Can you open my dorm room?
Contact campus housing; residence halls are theirs to handle.
Can each housemate have their own bedroom key?
Yes, with a master for the owner.
I lost my U-lock key. What now?
It's usually cut; bring proof of ownership if you can.
What about 94701 and 94712?
They're P.O. box ZIPs without street addresses; their pages point here.
Reach us directly
- 510-964-3261
- info@locksmithinberkeleycalifornia.com
- Berkeley, CA 94710 (dispatch location, no walk-in storefront)
- Monday through Sunday, All day
- All major credit cards
Request a callback
Want a rekey, a new deadbolt or keys for a new housemate? Send the form and dispatch will call back. Locked out now? Phone instead.
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Talk to dispatch
Give the street and the nearest cross street, say what's locked and how the door is reached — stairs, side path, gate or a building buzzer.
- 510-964-3261
- Monday through Sunday, All day
- Berkeley, CA 94710 (dispatch location)
- All major credit cards