An older door deserves a closer look
A rowhouse door may have hardware fitted or altered at different times. Explain whether your priority is access, changing who has a key or correcting a sticking mechanism. If you want to keep the existing appearance, make that part of the conversation before parts are chosen. A photo of the complete door and lock helps describe the arrangement.
Shop entrance or residential entrance?
Where a commercial frontage and an upstairs residence share an address, specify which entrance is affected. Have the person who may authorize the work available. A shop key change should account for all the cylinders that key operates; an apartment request should distinguish the individual door from any common entrance.
Vehicle near the canal or in a garage
Tell us where the car is actually parked and how to reach it. Include its year, make and model, whether a working key exists and whether the keys are inside. Confirm access restrictions with the garage operator when applicable; a nearby landmark cannot identify a parking level.
Local geography: Georgetown BID.
