Rental Turnover
Punch list work between guests: locks reset, walls touched up, blinds and furniture repaired, photo report on completion.
Smart Lock Installation in Palm Beach County
Battery powered keypad and app locks fitted, set up, and explained before we leave.
What is included
- Battery powered keypad and smart deadbolt installation on existing preps
- Retrofit units that keep your existing outside cylinder and key
- Setting up the app, the home network connection, and your account
- Creating and labeling codes for family, cleaners, and guests
- Setting temporary and scheduled codes where the lock supports them
- Showing you how to add, change, and delete a code yourself
- Auto lock timing, sound, and notification settings
- Strike plate replacement and door alignment so the bolt throws freely
- Battery type guidance and a spare set left with you
How the job runs
- Step 1
Check the door and pick the right unit
We measure backset, bore, and door thickness, and check how freely the bolt throws, because a smart lock struggling against a misaligned door will flatten batteries and eventually fail to lock. If you have not bought yet, we tell you which style suits your door.
- Step 2
Install and align
Old hardware out, smart lock fitted into the existing prep, strike replaced and anchored into framing. We adjust the door so the bolt moves without resistance, which is the single biggest factor in how long a battery set lasts.
- Step 3
Set up, label, and hand over
App installed on your phone, account in your name, network connected, codes created and labeled, auto lock and notifications set the way you want them. Then we walk you through adding and deleting a code yourself before we leave.
Battery powered, not wired
Every smart lock we install is battery powered. The lock runs on its own batteries, connects to your home network or your phone over a wireless connection, and needs no wiring of any kind. That is a deliberate boundary. Hardwired access hardware, controlled entry strikes, and building entry systems are a different trade and go to the licensed trades we refer out.
The practical benefit for you is that installation is quick, reversible, and does not touch the building. In a condo unit, that matters, because a battery lock on your own door does not involve the association's systems and does not require anything to be run through a wall.
Who actually needs one in Palm Beach County
Three groups get real value here. Rental owners, because a code can be created for a guest, set to expire, and deleted, which ends the key handoff problem permanently. Seasonal owners, because a cleaner, a home watch visitor, and a family member can each have their own code and you can see and change them from wherever you spend the summer.
And families caring for an older parent. Roughly a quarter of this county's residents are sixty five or older, and a keypad removes the problem of a key that is hard to handle or easy to lose while still letting a daughter or a caregiver get in without a spare hidden outside. A code you can delete is safer than a key under a planter.
Salt air, heat, and how these locks age here
Coastal conditions are hard on any exterior hardware, and a smart lock is no exception. Salt aerosol attacks the finish and works into a keyway, and direct afternoon sun on a west facing door heats the exterior housing well past what a unit sees in a mild climate. Both shorten battery life and can cause a keypad to behave oddly.
Two things help. Choosing a unit rated for exterior exposure rather than an indoor rated product on an outside door, and making sure the bolt moves freely so the motor is not fighting a misaligned door on every cycle. A lock that has to force the bolt will eat a set of batteries in weeks instead of months, and in an empty seasonal unit that means arriving to a dead lock.
What a smart lock does not solve
It does not replace a properly anchored strike plate. A smart lock fitted to a door whose strike is screwed into trim is exactly as easy to force as the dumb lock it replaced. We replace and anchor strikes as a standard part of installation for that reason.
It also does not survive a dead battery gracefully unless you plan for it. Keep a physical key if the model has a keyway, know where the external battery contacts are if it has them, and change batteries on a schedule rather than waiting for a warning you will not see if you are in Michigan. We show you all of that at handover.
Codes, cleaners, and the seasonal handover
The reason to have us set it up rather than doing it yourself is the code discipline. Every code gets a label, so months later you know which one belongs to the cleaning service and which to the neighbor who waters plants. Codes that should expire get set to expire. The account goes in your name, not ours, and we never keep a code.
For seasonal owners closing up in April or May, the last step is deleting the codes you no longer want live over the summer and confirming fresh batteries. For owners arriving in October through December, it is the reverse, plus a rekey of any remaining traditional cylinder while we are already at the door. If you use a management company or a cleaning service, we label their codes to match the names on your own schedule so nothing has to be worked out later.
Book it on a schedule
Packages that usually include this work.
Snowbird Open and Close
Two seasonal visits a year for absent owners. Open the house in October to December, close it in April or May.
Senior Home Safety
Grab bars, handrails, lever handles, treads, and night lighting installed and load tested, with a written walkthrough.
Condo and HOA Program
A standing program for associations and management firms: unit turns, punch lists, painting, and lock work on one monthly invoice.
Where we work
We cover 39 cities, villages, and towns in Palm Beach County. These are the seven largest.
See all 39 service areasQuestions about this work
Do smart locks need wiring?
Not the ones we install. Every smart lock we fit is battery powered and connects wirelessly, so nothing runs through a wall and nothing is hardwired. That keeps installation quick and reversible, and in a condo it means the work never touches the building's own systems. Hardwired access hardware goes to the licensed trades we refer out.
How long do the batteries last in this climate?
Months rather than years, and less if the bolt is fighting a misaligned door, because the motor works harder on every cycle. Direct afternoon sun on a west facing door also shortens battery life. We align the door at installation and recommend changing batteries on a schedule rather than waiting for a low warning you may not see while away.
Can I give my cleaner a code and take it back later?
Yes, and that is the main reason seasonal owners here install these. We set up labeled codes for cleaners, home watch, family, and guests, and set expiry where the lock supports it. You can add and delete codes yourself from your phone, and we show you how before we leave.
Will a smart lock work on my condo unit door?
Usually, if the door is already bored for a deadbolt and your association does not set the hardware finish for doors facing common area. Battery locks do not involve building systems, which makes them easier to approve than anything wired. We check the building rule before fitting anything visible from a catwalk.
What happens if the batteries die while I am away?
It depends on the model. Many keep a keyway so a physical key still works, and some have external contacts that let you power the keypad long enough to open it. We make sure you have whichever fallback your lock offers and that someone local can use it, rather than leaving that to be discovered at the door.
Can you set up a smart lock on the community gate?
No. Gate hardware and building entry systems belong to the association and are handled by their own provider. We install on your unit or home doors only. We also do not do camera, alarm, or monitoring wiring, or any automotive work.
Get a quote for smart lock installation
Tell us what you need done and roughly where in Palm Beach County you are. Photos help. We come back with a price, not a sales visit.