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My experience was almost identical Mr Holloway’s experience posted on 31/05/26. I had locked myself out and searched for an independent, local locksmith in my home town. Delta-locksmiths popped up first on the list claiming to be local (they are NOT). I rang and asked “How much”, he said “£45 for a simple lock”. (I have since discovered that front house doors are fitted with high security locks - so I was misled straight away. A guy turned up and said that the lock “was not simple, it was complicated”, and would be very difficult to break. He told me it would be £180+VAT. I wasn’t impressed, but it was late evening and I was desperate to get in. HE used a drill and THREE or FOUR minutes later he had opened the door!! I asked how could it be ‘difficult’ if it only took 3-4 minutes and how could he justify charging £180. HE told me that it took great skill and expertise and this is what I was paying for! THEN he told me that I had to pay for a replacement lock! I thought It was £180 for the whole thing. I was given 4 price options, but he said the first 2 options for £85 and £120 were ‘easy to pick’ locks. So I went for option 3, the cheapest ‘high security lock’ and was charged another £180+VAT!!! THEN he tells me that I have to pay for labour… another £85+VAT. By this time, I have lost the plot as I now have to pay over £500. The ‘technician’ as he kept referring to himself absolved himself of all responsibility for pricing and so I rang Delta back and told the guy that he had deliberately misled and and that such antics were outrageous as he led me to believe I would be paying £45. He took no responsibility and said that he couldn’t possibly list his entire pricing strategy when I asked him about the cost. BUt he could have said that “As it is highly unlikely I had a simple lock on my front door, it would could £180+VAT just for starters, and then I would have to pay for a new lock, labour etc”. AT the end, the ‘technician’ said that he wouldn’t charge me the ‘call out’ fee (he had been on phone to the boss) as a favour. UNBELIEVABLE!!! There was also a call out fee that I was finding out about for the first time. How gracious and generous of them not to rip me off any more than they already had!!!! In total, it cost me £534, a far cry from £45! I have reported them to Trading Standards. THe invoice was for 24hrs Service Ltd based in London - see Companies House; nothing to do with Delta! AVOID like the plague! Complete scam.

DO NOT CALL THESE PEOPLE!!!
THEY CHARGE YOU DOUBLE OF WHAT THE JOB IS WORTH. SINCE JUNE 2025 THE COMPANY IS DORMANT AND THAT DOESN’T LOOK RIGHT SINCE THEY ARE STILL OPERATING.
THEY ARE ALSO CONNECTED TO ANOTHER COMPANY CALLED GENERAL SERVICE.
AVOID !!! THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF!

This company has a similar name to other companies - the website is delta-locksmiths.co.uk - check it. My 90 year old mother left her key indoors in her house in Braintree. I googled locksmith Braintree and this company appeared at the top as a sponsored search result. He quoted me £45 over the phone for a ‘simple job’. He arrived within the hour and glanced briefly at the door before looking around the house for open windows etc. when there were none, he said to me that he would need to drill out the lock and that would cost £180 - and that the lock would be destroyed. I expressed disbelief that this was necessary. In response to my resistance, and ONLY AT THIS POINT did he ask whether the door was double locked. I said I didn’t know, my mother said no. He said ‘this is important’. I repeated that it wasn’t. Then he retrieved his inflatable air wedge from his car and attended at last to the door. He opened it very quickly. Then he billed my mother for the £45 quoted, plus an unquoted £65 call out fee, plus VAT = £132. Cheaper than his original plan of £180 + £65 + VAT + the cost of a new lock etc. AVOID.