Let me back up, before I get ahead of myself and describe the layout of this place better. It's a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo. It's separated into a "lock-out" hotel room and a one bedroom condo, so there are 2 doors to get into the unit and the door from the hotel bedroom to the living room has a locking mechanism on both sides. Each bedroom and the living room also have sliding glass doors onto balconies overlooking the lake.
There are a dozen things to think about with regard to locking up. How would we like the keys to be configured? Will we ever intend to use the lock-out feature? Are we going to be renting it out, or selling it? If we plan to sell it off, what would the potential buyers want in the lock situation? In addition to the exterior doors, there are a few places that can get locked for storing personal items while renting the place out (if we got that route). We, of course, don't have keys for those locks either.
The existing hardware on the doors is ugly. It used to be brass, but it's all worn/faded/scuffed and mostly looks junky. See for yourselves.
Before: no key and doesn't really work. |
Before including kickplate |
Progress - now we have a working lock and we hold the key! |
Brian was able to install the first door handle fairly easily. The second one was broken beyond repair and removal. Next trip North, we need to bring a hack saw and use the brute force method to get the second old knob off so we can put in the second classy handle.
Ah, so many plans and so long before we get to go again!
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