Harbour Chines — sometimes called Chineside — is a central Coquitlam neighbourhood of post-war and renovated single-family homes, sitting between Como Lake Avenue to the north and the lower residential streets heading south. We cover the area 24/7 with a licensed mobile technician who quotes before dispatch and arrives ready to work.
Post-war and updated homes in a well-established central Coquitlam neighbourhood — we know what these properties need.
Harbour Chines, also known as Chineside, occupies a comfortable patch of central Coquitlam between Como Lake Avenue to the north, Mariner Way, and the lower residential streets descending toward the Lougheed corridor. The housing here reflects the post-war building period that shaped much of this part of Coquitlam: smaller single-family homes on modest lots, many of which have been renovated, extended, or upgraded substantially over the decades. Some of the original post-war bungalows are still recognizable; others have been rebuilt entirely while keeping the lot footprint.
That renovation history creates a mixed hardware landscape. A house built in 1958 and significantly renovated in 2008 might have a modern Schlage deadbolt on the front door alongside an original mortise lock on an interior door or a 1980s Weiser deadbolt on the back entry that was never updated. On a typical Harbour Chines residential call, we check everything and note the hardware profile — so if you want consistent keying across the whole house, we can plan it in a single visit.
The Como Lake area immediately to the north is a natural anchor for this neighbourhood. Families walking to Como Lake Park often leave via side-yard gates; residents near the lake tend to have back-garden access points that matter as much as the front door. We see a fair number of calls from this area where the locksmith need is the back gate or the secondary door to a suite or garden-level unit — not just the main entry.
Garden suites and basement suites are common in Harbour Chines, as in much of central Coquitlam. A secondary unit typically needs its own deadbolt and keying independent from the main entry. If you're renting out a suite and need to establish separate key control — so tenants have a key to their unit only — we can set up the keying scheme in one visit. Main door and suite door, done together.
Harbour Chines is straightforwardly accessible from Como Lake Avenue or via Mariner Way from the north. The street layout is a grid with some crescents, and navigation is generally straightforward. We'll confirm the approach on the phone and ask for the house number and nearest cross-street to minimize any delay.
Every job handled by a licensed mobile technician — no subcontractors.
We cover all of Coquitlam — here are the areas nearest to Harbour Chines.