Avalon Fremont Apartments: What the Listing Price Doesn’t Include

What You’re Actually Renting

Avalon Fremont sits at 39939 Stevenson Common in Fremont’s 94538 zip, a three-story, 308-unit community built in 1992, according to a CorporateHousing property record. Units run 1 to 3 bedrooms across 761 to 1,369 square feet. Not every unit is the same product: the community lists a “Renovated Package I” kitchen tier with white cabinetry, grey quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, and hard-surface flooring, priced above the base finish, and a separate Furnished+ option for turnkey, fully furnished move-ins, per the Apartments.com listing. Ask which finish tier a quoted price refers to before comparing it to anything else.

Price, Compared to the Rest of Fremont

Every Avalon Fremont snapshot in the table sits above the citywide average, which tracks with a newer-amenity, transit-adjacent property rather than a below-average one.

Why do three listing sites show three different Avalon Fremont prices? Rent specials, unit availability, and finish tier change week to week; ForRent’s and ApartmentHomeLiving’s numbers are older snapshots, not live pricing. Only the operator’s own current listing or a direct call to the leasing office reflects today’s number.

What’s Billed Separately From the Base Rent

The advertised rent is not the full monthly cost. Apartments.com’s fee disclosure for this property itemizes the following as separate charges:

Source: Apartments.com’s cost calculator and fee disclaimer for this listing. Run the actual add-ons through that calculator before treating the headline number as your rent.

Are the deposits refundable? Apartments.com’s public fee page doesn’t state refund terms; that detail lives in the lease itself, so confirm it with the leasing office before signing rather than assuming.

Location and Commute Numbers

The property sits close to Interstate 880 and Interstate 680 and within a short distance of the Fremont BART station, per the Apartments.com listing. Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Fremont is 0.6 miles away, a 10-minute walk, and CorporateHousing’s location data puts the property’s TransitScore at 50, with 10 transit stops within 14.6 miles. Five parks sit within 4.2 miles, including Central Park at Lake Elizabeth and Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area.

Nearby retail and dining

Stevenson Row is 0.6 miles away and Crossroads Shopping Center is a 12-minute walk, according to the same CorporateHousing data, putting most day-to-day errands within easy reach without a car.

Schools Nearby

J. Haley Durham Elementary, 0.3 miles from the property, serves grades K through 6 with 707 students and carries a GreatSchools rating of 8 out of 10, according to ApartmentList’s school data. Assigned middle and high schools listed for the address are G.M. Walters Middle School and John F. Kennedy High.

What Recent Residents Report

Platform-level star ratings for this property vary and shouldn’t be averaged across sites: Birdeye’s aggregate sits at 3.9 out of 5 across 471 reviews, per Birdeye’s profile. Beyond the star count, a handful of themes recur across multiple review platforms rather than appearing once. A detailed resident account on ApartmentRatings describes garage break-ins recurring over roughly an 18-month stretch before door locks were replaced, along with pool water sanitation lapses and unresolved noise complaints. These are one resident’s account, not an audited incident log, and no independent crime data for the property specifically was found in this research.

Is the break-in issue still happening? No current, independently verified status was found. The most detailed account describes the property replacing garage door locks after repeated incidents; ask the leasing office for current security measures rather than relying on any single review’s timeline.

Applying: The Screening Step Most Listings Don’t Mention

Reviews on Birdeye describe applicants being rejected after the property’s automated screening tool, SNAPPT, flagged submitted paystubs as edited, even when applicants offered additional documentation like bank statements or employer contacts. Application fees are described as non-refundable regardless of outcome. If your pay documentation is unconventional (gig income, recent job change, self-employment), budget time to resolve a possible flag rather than assuming a standard paystub will clear automatically.

What is SNAPPT and why would it flag a real paystub? It’s a document-verification tool used by some large property managers to detect edited PDFs. It can produce false positives on legitimate but reformatted documents; resolving a flag typically means supplying originals or alternate proof of income directly to the leasing office.

Should You Tour It

The case for touring: transit access, a walkable retail corridor, an 8-rated elementary school half a mile away, and a finish tier (Renovated Package I) that’s a real upgrade over base units if it’s available when you look. AvalonBay’s community page also states a clubhouse, fitness center, and package room renovation is planned, which is worth timing your tour around if updated common areas matter to you. The case for caution: a price that runs above Fremont’s citywide average, add-on fees that aren’t in the headline number, and resident-reported security and maintenance issues that predate any current renovation. Weigh the specific unit and finish tier you’re quoted against the citywide average in the table above, not against the “starting at” figure alone.