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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:02 PM Original message |
I NEED HELP: Keys to new house won't work and landlord is out of town... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Try the keys again. If they worked yesterday, they should |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I spent 30 minutes trying to get the door open last night. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do you have an emergency maintenance phone number? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. There is no emergency number on the site. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. sometimes..... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I tried that for 30 minutes last night. No success. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That's my advice,, |
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Skipperoo (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Call a locksmith. Pay the bill. Deduct it from the rent next month.. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's what I would do... (and get a letter from locksmith documenting) |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. +1....great advice. n/t |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Delete...dupe. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Call me crazy, but since the rental agency rented the house AND made the keys... |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Call a locksmith immediately... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. Call the Cambridge Police Department. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. LMAO! |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I swear to god that's all I was thinking about last night as I fiddled with the lock... |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Is it a deadbolt lock? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. There is a deadbolt and a conventional knob lock. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, that's a pain in the butt. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. That was my first thought. Get Officer Crowley to help you with that door! nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Damn, y abeat me to it. nt |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. LOL My first thought: Do NOT ask Skip Gates for help |
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ThirdWorldJohn (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. Spray the lock with WD 40 or graphite and try again. If that does not work then |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Is there only one entrance? |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is it a compression lock? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. Make a bump key. Then call the landlord and complain. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. I hate to ask this, but... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yeah it's legit. I checked around to make sure first. |
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