Locksmith in Paris 4, from the islands to the Marais

The Île Saint-Louis was built almost in one go in the 17th century: grand townhouses, wooden staircases, tall front doors, sometimes askew after four centuries. On the Île de la Cité, around Notre-Dame, rue Chanoinesse and rue des Ursins have houses that are older still. For these doors, the made-to-measure options are explained on our security door in Paris 4 page.

Behind the Hôtel de Ville, the church of Saint-Gervais and the half-timbered houses of rue François-Miron open onto the southern Marais: rue des Rosiers, rue des Écouffes, rue Vieille-du-Temple. Small flats, shops and restaurants share old buildings here, often looking onto a courtyard.

Around the Centre Pompidou, the Stravinsky Fountain and the Tour Saint-Jacques, the area mixes reworked medieval buildings, the art galleries of rue Quincampoix and the department store on rue de Rivoli. Many homes here are small and rented: changing the cylinder for each new tenant is still a good habit.

The Hôtel de Sully, the Village Saint-Paul and its antique dealers, the Lycée Charlemagne, the quai des Célestins and the quai Henri-IV: the area mixes grand townhouses, Haussmann-era buildings on boulevard Henri-IV and shops on rue Saint-Antoine, whose metal shutters we also repair.