HANDLESTORE Victorian Scroll Bathroom Door Handles – Satin Chrome Lever Handle with Thumbturn Lock & Backplate – Privacy Internal Door Handles with Screws (Satin Chrome)

Really pleased with this purchase. The item arrived promptly and was well packaged. It is good quality, works as described and feels like good value for money. I’m very happy with it and would definitely consider buying from this seller again.

This type of handle is a privacy handle where the lock works as basically a crude kind of obstruction to the handle. It's not a secure locking mechanism, but that's fine, it's a lot easier to install than a genuine bathroom lock since it requires a just a single tubular mortice latch (which are easy to get hold of for a couple of pounds), rather than a larger bathroom mortice lock. This is what I was looking for, to replace a very similar privacy handle which had broken. Unless you're replacing a similar privacy handle, the locking mechanism will need a second additional hole to be drilled through the door 4cm below the handle spindle, since the lock also has its own narrower spindle that goes right through the door. The handles on mine both had a bit of friction in the mechanism when they arrived, I put a bit of oil on the mechanism of each before installing them and they're much smoother. The spindle for the lock is too long and will need cutting down to the size of your door - it's steel so not the easiest, but 3 or 4 minutes with a hacksaw should do it. I wish the handles came with philips head screws and not flat head as they much easier to screw in, especially when you're creating new holes in the door. Based on the very similar handle it replaced, I imagine the handle will go a bit wobbly before too long as the mechanism is quite rudimentary, but no complaints at this price really, I would buy it again.

Good quality and easy to replace a broken handle. The enclosed screws were unusually robust compared to the standard of others I’ve used.

The handles look nice, but they’re as basic as possible and a little sharp, locking mechanism is not great, took some fiddling to get it to consistently lock. I imagine it’s luck of the draw whether you get a good one or a bad one.

Good value for the price. Looks good on the door.

Looks nice but so harsh to touch and has an awkward build. The handle could have been better polished for a smoother grip when opening. It's really stiff and your fingers hit the lock when opening. Lock bar is long, so had to saw it and now cannot return. The bar also didn't align with the handle straight so one of the handles had to be installed slanted so 8 could make it work. The screws are weak and broke while screwing and one of them came with a flat head(?)... Terrible product and I don't recommend, buy it at your own risk.

Good product, arrives promptly.

This was a like for like replacement and so really easy to fit using the existing holes. The handle is made from good quality metal and works well. It has an excellent brass finish. The only issue I had was with the privacy lock fitting as the shaft that goes through the door was welded at quite an angle to the knob and this made it difficult to align properly through the door. There is also a bit of play between the handles which means that the latch moves a few millimetres before the privacy lock stops it as the outer door handle moves a lot further than the inner door handle. This was an issue until I padded out the door hinges to draw the door closer to the latch plate thus closing the gap.