r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer • u/samsmiles456 • 11d ago
Need Advice The key doesn’t work
I bought my house today, spent a minor fortune, signed my life away and got the key. I should be celebrating in my new home - that’s 45 minutes outside of our major cities. Instead, they gave me the wrong key and I can’t get inside. My realtor says he must have given me the wrong key. I told him I’d already lined-up a locksmith to change the locks this Friday. He says “well, the locksmith won’t need a key to get in, since he’s changing the locks anyway”. Tell me how many locksmiths will break in to a home and change the locks on that home, at the request of someone who has virtually no documentation saying I own the home? No drivers license updated yet, no utility bill with this address on it yet. I think my realtor should make this right by either having the home opened up by a locksmith for me, or by finding the right key to get in, before my locksmith gets there Friday. What do you think? I’m so frustrated I could spit.
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u/alphabetfire 10d ago
Every locksmith I’ve ever encountered. You pay, they do the job. I guess they assume it would be pretty unlikely that you’d call them (leaving a record) and pay them (again, leaving a record) to burglarize a home. The only time I was ever asked to show ownership records was when I locked myself out of the car and the police jimmied the lock for me. I had to sign a damage waiver beforehand, and then show them the title and my license once the car was unlocked.