Turnover Rekeying in Indy
Rekeyed the day the unit clears, with a written record you can hand the incoming tenant. We hold same-day slots for property managers, every day.
- Same-day slots held daily
- Written record every time
- One invoice across all your doors
What We Do For Landlords
Rental property only. It is a different job from a house call, and it runs on a different clock.
Turnover Rekeying
Between tenants, on the day the unit clears, so the incoming tenant gets locks nobody else has a key to.
Court-Ordered Lock Changes
Carried out at the appointed time with the sheriff present, and documented so it stands up afterwards.
Master Key For Landlords
One key for you, individual keys per unit — so a move-out changes one cylinder rather than a building.
Lockbox & Showing Access
Coded lockboxes for viewings and contractors, with codes changed between marketing cycles.
Emergency Tenant Lockouts
Your tenant locked out at 9pm, billed to your account rather than argued about on the doorstep.
◆ Single doors to multi-building portfolios ✓ Monthly invoicing ☎ Same-day turnover slots
We Work On Your Calendar, Not Ours
Ledbetter works almost entirely for landlords and property managers, and that has shaped everything about how the business runs. Turnover is not an emergency but it is absolutely a deadline: the unit clears, the cleaners come, the new tenant has a move-in date, and the locks have to change somewhere in that window or the whole chain slips. So we hold same-day slots every day rather than booking a week out, we invoice monthly across a whole portfolio instead of taking a card at each door, and every job produces a written record of what changed and when — because when a deposit is disputed or a claim is made, the question is always whether you can prove the locks were changed.
The Four Keys You Cannot Account For
Every tenancy quietly generates copies, and none of them come back with the key you handed out.
The Copies They Made
A partner, a parent, a room-mate who moved in halfway through. All perfectly normal, none of them on your inventory.
The Contractors
Whoever fixed the boiler and kept a key so they would not have to arrange access again next time.
The Previous Tenant Before Them
If the last turnover was skipped, you are not just carrying one tenancy of keys — you are carrying all of them.
Your Own Liability
If something happens and you cannot show the locks were changed between tenancies, that is a difficult conversation with an insurer.
We Will Not Change a Lock Early. Ask Us Why.
This is the part of the job where we say no most often, and it is the reason landlords keep our number. Changing the locks on an occupied unit to force someone out is a self-help eviction, and in Indiana that is unlawful regardless of how far behind the rent is or what the tenant has done. It exposes you to damages that dwarf the arrears you were chasing. What is lawful is changing the locks once a court has issued its order and the sheriff is present to execute it — and that is a job we do regularly, at the appointed time, documented with what was changed and when. If you call us mid-dispute we will tell you exactly where you are in that process, and we would rather lose the booking than hand you a lawsuit.
Cleared Monday, Rekeyed Monday
The whole point is that the locks are never the thing holding up a move-in date.
Tell Us The Unit
Address, unit number and how many exterior doors. Portfolio clients just send the unit reference.
We Take A Same-Day Slot
We hold capacity every day for turnovers rather than booking out a week, because your dates do not move.
Rekeyed On Site
Cylinders repinned, new keys cut to the number you need, and any old lockbox codes cleared at the same time.
Record And Invoice
A written record of what changed, keys handed over or left for the tenant, and the job added to your monthly invoice.
One Number for Every Door You Manage
Monthly invoicing, same-day turnover slots, and a written record on every job. Tell us how many doors you run and we will set the account up this week.
From One Rental to Six Buildings
The service is the same; only the invoicing and the volume change.
Single-Property Landlords
One rental, one turnover a year, and someone who will explain the eviction rules before you do something costly.
Small Portfolios
Five to fifty doors, where a landlord master system stops turnover being a whole-building rekey every time.
Property Managers
Monthly invoicing across owners, unit-referenced work orders, and records you can pass straight to a client.
Student & Short-Let
Portfolios with a hard August turnover peak, booked as a block so the whole cycle lands in a single week.
Rental Locks, Answered Plainly
Do I legally have to rekey between tenants?
Indiana does not require it by statute, which surprises a lot of landlords. What it does not do is protect you if something happens and you cannot show the locks were changed — an insurer or a court will ask, and "the tenant returned their keys" is not an answer, because keys copy for a few dollars at any hardware store. Every tenancy quietly generates copies through partners, room-mates and contractors. Rekeying between tenants costs a fraction of one disputed claim.
How quickly can you turn a unit around?
We hold same-day slots every day specifically for turnovers, because a cleared unit has a clock on it — cleaners, inspection, new tenant move-in — and the locks should never be the thing that slips the date. Tell us in the morning and it is usually done that afternoon. For known portfolio clients with a scheduled turnover we will book it in advance against the unit reference and simply confirm on the day.
Can I just change the locks if my tenant stops paying?
No, and this is the single most important thing on this page. Changing the locks on an occupied unit to force someone out is a self-help eviction and it is unlawful in Indiana no matter how far behind the rent is. The damages available to a tenant in that situation routinely exceed the arrears being chased, and it can undermine the legitimate eviction you were about to win. The lawful route is a court order executed with the sheriff present — and at that point we will change the locks the same day.
What do you need to do a court-ordered lock change?
The order itself and the scheduled time the sheriff will be present, because we change the locks during that window rather than before or after it. We will bring the hardware, do the work while the deputy is there, and give you a written record of which locks were changed and when. If the schedule moves — and it often does — tell us and we will move with it; there is no charge for a rescheduled slot.
Do you bill per job or monthly?
Either. One-off landlords pay per job, and that is completely normal. Anyone running more than a handful of doors is usually better off on a monthly account: work orders reference your unit numbers, jobs are invoiced together at month end, and your on-site staff can book without going through you or handling payment at the door. Setting one up takes a phone call and we do not ask for a minimum volume.
Can you handle tenant lockouts for us?
Yes, and putting them on your account tends to defuse them. The tenant calls us rather than you at nine at night, we verify they are the tenant on record before opening anything, and the job goes onto your monthly invoice so you can recharge it or absorb it as you prefer. What it removes is the doorstep argument about who is paying, which is usually the actual problem rather than the lock.
Book a Turnover
Address, unit and how many exterior doors. If you manage a portfolio, tell us roughly how many doors and we will set up an account instead.