Aguilar & Sons Locksmiths

Chicago, United States

4.4

Closed now

15 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 773-745-0426
Website:
www.aguilarlocksmithshop.com
Address:
2427 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL, 60639
b/t Fullerton Ave & Altgeld St
Belmont Central
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.6 miLombard
1.7 miYorktown Center
2.4 mi31st Street & Fairfield
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Today

Today 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Chicago) 22:54 Friday, 29 November 2024

Business hours

Monday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Car and House Lockouts, Originating Automotive Keys when Lost, Duplicating Keys, Home and Business Security Repairs and Installations of Locks on any type of doors.

History

Established in 2004.

With over 30 years of locksmith experience in the Chicagoland area, the owner of Aguilar and Sons Locksmiths, Humberto Aguilar, is more than capable of handling any security issue you may need. Family owned and operated since 2004 with his sons Andre, Alberto and Alex working for him full-​time and continuing the tradition of a hard working ethic and high quality and professional workmanship at a reasonable price.

Meet the Business Owner

Humberto A.

Business Owner

Humberto (Bert) Aguilar has been involved with the locksmith trade in and around Chicago for over 30 years. Since he was 13 years old he has been trained to work on locks of all types, from emergency automotive and residential/​commercial lockouts to automotive and residential/​commercial repairs and installations. This experience, along with integrity and pride in his craft, guarantees the customer a quality of work unparalleled in today’s mish-​mash of scam artists and money hungry «locksmiths» looking to squeeze every cent out of the unassuming and trusting customer in a desperate situation.

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15 reviews of Aguilar & Sons Locksmiths

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Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Highly Recommend. This establishment provides efficient, honest, and friendly service. I had an emergency last night and called about 4 other Locksmiths (Mobile companies. Do not bother with these places, horrible service is what you will get. Speaking from an experience back in August), the owner of this business was understanding of my situation and was great help. Thank you much.
Place rating: 1
Harwood Heights, IL
It’s amazing how my bad experience was brought down. Just let the good reviews on. The father should look on the security camera recordings. Look at the date 9÷4÷15 about 12:30 it’s self explanatory.
Place rating: 5
Lombard, IL
Prompt, fast, and very competitive pricing for unlocking my car. Will definitely be added to contacts for all future key needs.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
The driver’s door entry lock stopped working in my twenty-​year old van. After being told by the dealer that the manufacturer had stopped making the style of lock needed, I called around for help. A locksmith in my neighborhood told me that Bert Aguilar and his sons would be the people to contact for the job, saying that they were good at taking things apart and tinkering. I took the suggestion and was more than pleased with the price and speed of their work.
The shop may seem a little far for some who live close to downtown, but is off of convenient bus routes if you need to leave a vehicle (my experience, however, was that they work quite quickly and efficiently). It is worth your trip.
Thanks Bert.
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
I’ve been having my keys made at Aguilar and Sons for several years. They’ve always made the keys correct with no issues. The one time a key is made wrong and I take it back with my receipt, I was shocked that my integrity was questioned. I was told that I was mistaken and the key was not made by them and that the key was made somewhere else. I think I would know where I got the key made at. The accusation was a blow to me and to top it off the guy tells me he doesn’t make mistakes. I think we all know that no one is perfect and we all do make mistakes, so for him to say that is wrong and bad customer service. Being Vice President of customer service for a reputable company in Chicago, its definitely not how I would expect my employees to treat customers. I will definitely travel a bit father to get my keys made going forward. Bad Customer service.
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
Needed a whole bunch of lock cylinders rekeyed after a set of keys went missing. On a Saturday. Apparently locksmiths have better hours than bankers, because the first one I went to closed at noon.
Luckily, Aguilar and Sons were open till three. They took my big bag of cylinders, rekeyed everything to one key, even rebuilt one of them because it was falling apart. The guys there were very patient, and helped me through all the options I had, finally figuring out the best way to get everything working on one key.
They’ve got my business from now on.
Place rating: 5
Springboro, OH
I was referred to Aguilar & sons from another locksmith! Alberto and his helper came out at the time they promised! They made a few suggestions and completed the job in the time they said! I used exclamation marks because the combination of these 3 is almost unheard of today! And they were courteous and professional. High recommendation.
Place rating: 5
Berwyn, IL
What a great experience and a great family business! Showed up within the stated time window for my appointment, and re-​keyed all 5 of my locks within an hour. I would highly recommend Aguilar & Sons to anyone in need of a locksmith.
Place rating: 5
Oak Park, IL
After a recent burglary, and remembering the negative experience I had with a long-​time Oak Park locksmith, I decided to try someone new. Aguilar is a family business. I spoke to one of the sons on the phone, told him what kind of locks I was looking for and got his advice about alternatives. Another brother came to my house a few hours later, as promised. He installed two deadbolts and the hardware was exactly as advertised, matching my other hardware and keyed correctly. I paid with a credit card and the price was reasonable. The installation was first rate — the operation is really smooth and the keys work perfectly. I want Oak Parkers to know that this is a great alternative for home lock replacements.
Place rating: 5
Oak Park, IL
On Monday at 3:30pm, I tried another local locksmith I had good luck with in the past and they could not fit me in until Wednesday. I almost didn’t bother calling others as the Unilocal reviews for nearby locksmiths were not confidence inspiring.
Despite the fact that I was in Oak Park, Aguilar got someone to my house within an hour. It ended up being a tougher job than expected, but they got they fixed my mortise lock at what I feel was a reasonable price.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I lost my mailbox key. Durr. My landlord sent a replacement key, but it was the wrong key. Durrr! I called Aguilar & Sons because of their great Unilocal reviews. They quoted me the lowest price of the locksmiths I called. In about an hour and a half, Andre was over installing a new lock. He was quick, polite and friendly. I can finally get my mail — Yay! Too bad its mostly all bills.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I have known Burt for the past twenty years. As the owner of 7 commercial properties, I can tell you that having someone like Burt to help with the consistent problems inherent in this business is invaluable. He has become a respected member of our team, and we look forward to a continued beneficial working relationship.
Place rating: 5
Harwood Heights, IL
Needed to get our locks changed after getting a new condo.
I called on a Thursday to schedule the locksmith for Saturday morning. Charles came out right on time (I had to drive 100 miles to meet him, so couldn’t mess this up!), and had 4 tumblers re-​keyed and 5 keys supplied within a short time. It took only about 1 hour to do it all.
Charles was very pleasant and kind and patiently explained how keys/​tumblers work to me (who has an incurable interest in how things work).
Tip: tell them how many keys you want ahead of time and they can cut them in the home office, and then come out and adjust/​re-​create tumblers to fit the new keys.
Cost was $ 20 per tumber and a $ 69 (?) fee for the trip, plus about $ 1.50 per key. Reasonable rates and very dependable service.
I highly recommend them.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
I called three different locksmiths off of
and Aguilar and Sons gave me the best rate. They were also the only locksmiths that could come the same day. They were at my home within 2 hours and did a great job. They reset all my locks and brought me 4 copies of each key for our new home. They were professional and efficient. I will be using them again in the future and recommend them to anyone in the neighborhood.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Who ya gonna call? Aguilar & Sons Locksmiths!!!
Ok, so it doesn’t have the same flow as the original Ghostbusters song by Ray Parker Jr. but that song was stuck in my mind the night Burt from A&S got me out of a pretty tight pickle. I won’t get into the sticky details of my personal tale of woe but after a mild panic attack I called these guys and they were there to help me out in less than an hour.
It was a cold, dark night, American Idol was about to come on and here I was locked out with my pooches on the other side of the door.
Burt saved my butt that night and I will forever be grateful. I truly hope to never have to call on him again, but I mean that in a good way.