As such, when you get key cutting you should also get keys cut to keep spare elsewhere. The best place to keep such keys is with a neighbour or a nearby friend or relative – this way should you get locked outside, they will hopefully then be able to come around and let you in. Particularly useful for this are elderly neighbours and relatives who will come and let you in through your front door. Alternatively you may opt to hide the keys you get from your key cutting service in the garden – in plant pots, under doormats or wherever else – though this carries an element of risk. A particularly useful way to ensure you can always get into your home, is to use a key cutting service and then to keep the copied key in your bag so you have a backup always with you.

            Key cutting becomes even more useful arguably for companies that employ many members of staff and for landlords that have many tenants. They will need key cutting to provide keys for the vast number of people coming in and out, and to replace these when they inevitably go missing from time to time.