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Locksmith in Centerville
Fremont's original downtown along Fremont Blvd, with the ACE station, older shops and a mix of apartments and small houses.
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18 min
Avg. arrival
$89
Service call
24/7
Availability

Centerville is the old center of town, the strip of Fremont Blvd between Thornton Ave and Peralta Blvd that predates the city itself. It is dense and mixed: pre-war bungalows on the side streets, 1970s apartment buildings behind them, and a run of small businesses with doors that have been repaired more than replaced. Calls split evenly between apartment rekeys after a tenant leaves, storefront deadlatches that have drifted out of alignment, and residents locked out on the way to the Centerville train station at dawn. Because it sits in the middle of the city, arrival here is among the fastest anywhere in Fremont.
Shop owners on Fremont Blvd and in the small plazas around Thornton get the commercial rates: business lockout $119–$219 and storefront door locks $135–$425, with panic bar work quoted separately. Older buildings here sometimes have a back door with a slide bolt and nothing else, which is the first thing to fix after a break-in, and post break-in repair runs $149–$395. For renters and small landlords, rekeying a one-bedroom unit is usually two or three cylinders at $22–$38 each, done between the old tenant leaving and the new one picking up keys the same afternoon.
For apartment calls, give the building name and whether there is a locked lobby door, and be ready at the curb if the intercom does not work.
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FAQ
Questions about Centerville
Why is Centerville one of the quickest addresses in the city?+
It sits in the middle of the grid where Fremont Blvd, Peralta Blvd and Thornton Ave meet, so a van working almost anywhere is already pointed this way. Eighteen minutes is the normal number. The one thing that stretches it is a freight train across Fremont Blvd at the Centerville station at the wrong moment.
I manage a fourplex here. Can a unit be rekeyed between tenants the same day?+
Usually. A one-bedroom is two or three cylinders at $22 to $38 each and the whole unit takes under an hour. Book the morning after the old tenant returns keys and the new one collects fresh keys that afternoon. The old pins are handed back so you can see the change actually happened.
The lobby door is locked and the intercom is dead. What then?+
Meet the tech at the curb, or give a unit number that still answers. Older buildings along this stretch have intercom panels that stopped working years ago, and a tech who cannot get into the lobby cannot reach your door. Say so when you call and the arrival text becomes your cue to come down.
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Calls answered 24/7. The number confirmed on the call is the number on your receipt, with the $89 service call credited toward the work.