Planning a lock changeover between tenants
Every tenant who has lived in a unit may still have a working copy of the key, and copies made without permission are common. A rekey between leases resets that risk for the next tenant without needing to track down old keys.
Priority points for a rental turnover are the main unit entry door, any interior door to a garage or shared hallway, and a mail or storage locker if one was assigned to the unit. Common-area doors shared across multiple units are typically handled separately from individual unit rekeys.
If the unit has a keypad or smart lock, plan to clear old codes and remove any departing tenant's paired app access as part of the same turnover, not as an afterthought after move-in.
Before requesting a turnover rekey, have the unit address, the number of doors involved, and the target move-in date ready so scheduling lines up with the lease turnover window.