Coverage
Every part of Danville, and the valley beside it.
Most of the town is about 19 minutes away, from the old centre at twelve to Blackhawk at twenty-six, where the last stretch is the drive inside the gates. Alamo, San Ramon, Diablo, Walnut Creek, Dublin and Pleasanton run a little longer, and each area page carries its own figure.
Danville neighborhoods
Inside Danville
Downtown Danville
~12 minThe old center along Hartz Avenue: glass shopfronts at the sidewalk, offices and small suites on the floor above them, service doors onto the back lanes, and a long run of west-facing glass that takes the sun from noon until closing. Twelve minutes, the shortest run on this map.
Local pageWestside Danville
~14 minThe streets between the old center and the hills on the west side, filled in over a long stretch of years: a small house from the forties, a ranch from the sixties and a rebuild finished last spring standing within sight of each other. Fourteen minutes out, and no two doors on the block are the same job.
Local pageGreenbrook
~16 minThe flat streets laid out in the 1970s: houses repeating a small set of floor plans, two-car garages facing the road, side gates to the back yard, and front doors that sit at the same height in the same kind of frame from one block to the next. Sixteen minutes from the van.
Local pageDanville Station
~17 minThe tract built in the 1980s beside the roadbed of the railroad that used to run through town, now the Iron Horse Trail: rear fences and gates onto the path, attached garages at the front, and entry doors bored to sizes a modern lock recognizes. Seventeen minutes out.
Local pageSycamore Valley
~19 minThe southern valley where the lots get larger: houses set well back from the road, driveways long enough to hold three vehicles, side gates, pool gates and often a detached building at the end of the yard. Nineteen minutes, which is exactly the average across this site.
Local pageMagee Ranch
~21 minThe south end of town where the houses stop and the grazed hills begin: lots backing onto open ground, no shade on the western walls from noon onward, and a staging area for the trails at the end of the road. Twenty-one minutes from the van.
Local pageCrow Canyon Country Club
~23 minThe gated community around the course: an entrance the van has to be cleared through, lanes that look much alike once you are inside, resident doors that belong to residents, and shared gates and entries that belong to everybody at once. Twenty-three minutes to the entrance, plus whatever the gate itself takes.
Local pageBlackhawk
~26 minThe community on the east side of town: an entrance with a guard post, several gates serving different parts of it, lanes of large houses set back on their own drives, and entry doors that are wide, solid and usually flanked by glass. Twenty-six minutes to the gate, the longest run inside the town.
Local pageAcross the San Ramon Valley
The cities beside it
Alamo
~15 minThe unincorporated town immediately north along Danville Blvd: deep lots under old oaks, houses set back from the road, gates at the entrance on a good number of properties, and a small run of shops along the boulevard. Fifteen minutes from the van.
Local pageDiablo
~22 minThe small unincorporated settlement east toward the mountain: houses that go back to the early part of the last century standing among later ones, narrow lanes under mature trees, and a country club at the middle of it. Twenty-two minutes from the van.
Local pageSan Ramon
~20 minThe city directly south down the valley: subdivisions built from the eighties onward with attached garages and side gates, plus the office park at Bishop Ranch and the smaller commercial buildings around it. Twenty minutes from the van.
Local pageDublin
~27 minThe city at the far south end of the coverage, reached down the valley and across toward I-580: older blocks on the western side, a large stretch of newer development on the eastern side, and station parking that fills every weekday. Twenty-seven minutes from the van.
Local pagePleasanton
~29 minThe town at the southern limit of the coverage: a downtown of shops and restaurants with offices above them, older streets around it, and later subdivisions spreading out beyond. Twenty-nine minutes from the van, and nothing else on this site is farther.
Local pageWalnut Creek
~24 minThe city north up the valley past Alamo: mid-century ranch houses on shaded streets, condominium and apartment blocks that change hands steadily, and a commercial core of glass doors and suites. Twenty-four minutes from the van.
Local pageOpen 24 hours, 7 days
Tell us whether the door has to be pushed before it locks, and the call is short
Danville and the San Ramon Valley, at any hour. The condition of the door sets the work and the work sets the price, so you get one number on the phone with the $89 service call and the hour already inside it, and that number is what the receipt shows. Ninety days on the labor, in writing, covering the frame as well as the lock.