Locksmith Sceaux, from rue Houdan to Les Blagis

The pedestrianised part of rue Houdan, the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church and the covered market of 1895 form the heart of the old centre, inherited from the 18th century and listed as a protected heritage site. In these old buildings, the wooden door and its lock are sometimes several decades old. A key broken in the lock can generally be extracted without damaging the door. Do you live on a pedestrian street? Say so when you call: the locksmith plans where to park.

At the western end of rue Houdan, Robinson lives around its station, the terminus of a branch of the RER B, on the borders of Le Plessis-Robinson, Châtenay-Malabry and Fontenay-aux-Roses. The neighbourhood is being renewed: around 750 new homes are planned there by 2035. Moving into a recent building without knowing how many keys were handed out before you? Changing the cylinder is most often enough. If the lobby has an entry code or a fob, say so when you call.

The neighbourhood took shape from the 1950s onwards around the Bas-Coudrais residence and its 700 homes, then around a shopping centre built around a pedestrian square. Rue du Docteur-Roux, laid out as a shared-space street, and the place des Ailantes form its heart, near the swimming pool and the Les Gémeaux theatre. In a residence, the cylinder of a front door can be replaced without touching the door: tell us the building and the staircase when you call.

To pay for the park, acquired in 1923, the Seine département divided its edges into building plots from 1926 onwards. The development, which spills over into Antony and Châtenay-Malabry, has around 600 villas: millstone-grit houses, mock half-timbering, Art Deco, a few architect-designed houses. It is listed as a protected heritage site, like the large lycées next to it. For a villa, we reinforce the existing door or suggest a model that keeps its appearance; before replacing a door visible from the street, check with the planning department.