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About S.E.S Locksmith

S.E.S Locksmith is one person. I am Slava, and I run it out of Lower Sackville. When you call, you are talking to me. When I turn up at your door, it is me. When the invoice comes, I wrote it. There is no dispatcher, no call centre and nobody I send in my place.

Slava Sverdlov, owner of S.E.S Locksmith, Lower Sackville

My Background

Before locksmithing I worked as a shipbuilding carpenter, in fiberglass, and as a mechanic. I have been doing this since 2024. The trades came first and they are the reason I work the way I do. A lock is a mechanical thing. When one stops working properly there is a reason for it, and most of the time that reason can be fixed. Dirt in a cylinder, a worn pin, a door that has dropped, a strike plate out of line. None of that needs new hardware.

Lock cylinder taken apart to show the plug and pins

How I Work

I give you a price before I start and that is what you pay. If a repair will do the job I will quote the repair, not a replacement. On lockouts I use non destructive methods first, so in almost every case you keep the lock you have. If something is beyond fixing I will tell you that too, and if I cannot do a job I will say so rather than guessing at it.

Opening a locked door without damaging the lock

What I Do

Residential, commercial and automotive. Lockouts, rekeying, lock replacement, deadbolts, smart locks, multipoint locks, master key systems, panic bars and broken key extraction. On the automotive side, car lockouts, all keys lost, spare keys, key fob programming and ignition work. A fair part of my work is with landlords, property managers and construction companies who call me on finished builds.

Fitting a multipoint handle on a patio door

Set Up Properly

Fully insured, with a certificate available if your company needs one. WCB covered and HST registered. I am also a NASTF registered Vehicle Security Professional, which is what lets me get manufacturer key and security data for automotive work. For commercial clients I work with restricted keyways where the keys can only be cut by me, so nobody can walk into a hardware store and copy them.

Restricted key stamped with the S.E.S Locksmith name and number

Where I Work

Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, Sackville, Cole Harbour, Eastern Passage, Fall River and the rest of HRM, plus East Hants and West Hants including Windsor, Mount Uniacke, Enfield and Shubenacadie. Seven days a week including holidays. If there is a travel charge for where you are, I will tell you on the phone before I come out.

What People Say

Most of my work comes from people who called me once and called again, or who told somebody else to. The reviews on my Google profile are from real jobs and they are worth more to me than anything I could write on this page.

Call Me

If you need a locksmith, or you just want to know whether something can be fixed before you spend money on replacing it, call or text anytime.

Is it really just you?

Yes. One person. That is the whole business.

How long have you been a locksmith?

I registered the business in January 2024. Before that, years as a mechanic, a shipbuilding carpenter and in fiberglass. The mechanical side is where most of this comes from.

Do you do garage doors?

The business name says garage doors, which is from when it was registered, but I do not take garage door work at the moment. Locks and keys only.

Are you insured?

​Yes, fully insured and WCB covered. If you need a certificate of insurance for your company, tell me who to make it out to and I will have it sent.

Do you charge to come and look at a job?

There is a service call charge, and I will tell you what it is on the phone along with the price for the work. You will not get a number on the door that is different to the one you got on the phone.

What if you cannot fix it?

​Then I will tell you. If it is something outside what I do, I will point you at who can do it rather than taking the job and working it out as I go.

How far do you travel?

All of HRM, plus East and West Hants. Past that it depends on the job and the time. Some of the long trips I have taken have been commercial lockouts on weekends, places like Kentville and Amherst. Call and tell me where you are and what you need, and I will tell you straight whether it makes sense.

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