King Properties - Davis Wiki

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(530)753-0121

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http://www.kingproperties.com

King Properties, Inc. is a property management service handling houses, duplexes, small apartment complexes, & sabbaticals.

For a listing of other property managers handling accounts in the Davis, please visit our Property Management page. Additionally, our Housing Guide can provide helpful information about your landlord-tenant relationship.

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What's your experience with King Properties?

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2005-03-01 12:00:06 They were pretty good most of the time. It did take over a week to get our a/c fixed, but I think it had more to do with the owners than the property management. Best rental experience/roommate experience I've had in college except maybe the dorms. —AlphaDog

2005-04-22 16:41:03 they suck...they let rats infest your house and refuse to do upkeep and matinence —SweetFranklin

1) they are ageist: if you are a college student, they refuse to take you seriously 2) they do not care if there are rats in your house: as far as they are concerned they will ignore the problem until the last possible moment 3) what is maintenance? they obviously do not know, cause they never do it 4) do not keep their word: if they tell you they are going to do something, they probably will not 5) THEY LOVE RATS!!!

2005-04-25 18:07:16 i have had bad experiences with king properties. i was applying for a house, trying to take over a lease from a friend, and every time i went in or talked to them on the phone, i got a completely different story. which, of course, resulted in our not getting this amazing and totally awesome house and pissing us the hell off. plus now we're out 75 bucks because the rest of their properties are total dumps. —DanielMedinaCleghorn

2005-09-14 11:37:00 I lost a really great opportunity to live with nice roommates in a wonderful house because King Properties does not consider student grants and loans to be valid income. This is a university town what are they thinking; is this even legal? —DamonCline

2006-06-04 09:25:45 I think they did a great job while renting from them. I was a college age student and did not suffer any ageism as previously posted. Thanks for a good experience, King Properties. —KaraLotta

2007-06-11 22:07:32 Be prepared to document EVERYTHING you do with this company. By this I mean take pictures, ask for receipts, and ask for any correspondance to be in writing. They have double charged or charged for something myself and my roommates were not responsible for paying (such as damages that were in place prior to our moving in to the rental property). They are responsive and nice, but if you are considering renting from them, be warned that they are really BAD at bookkeeping. Also, our house was really, really dirty when we first moved in. Do not be afraid to ask for them to pay for a thorough cleaning, as they will expect you to do the same when you move out. —JillBenciWoodward

2008-01-13 15:46:03 After I moved out of one of their apartments, they sent me a bill for $200 for additional cleaning they said was needed. I disagreed; I didn't pay; nothing ever happened. —KeithRancor

2008-02-03 14:21:47 I moved out of a duplex managed by King Properties. We lived there 2 years, and they tried to keep $1,000 of the security deposit. They charged for EVERYTHING, including painting (although the place had not been painted in 6+ years), and also charged $500 for cleaning. When we moved in, the place had not been cleaned (the carpet hadn't even been cleaned), and we had a cockroach, rat, and bee infestation (the yard maintenance crew would not do any work for a month until the bees were taken care of). We had to clean the entire place upon move-in, and I took before and after pictures and noted everything on our move-in checklist.

When we moved out, I requested a move-out inspection, which they scheduled a month before we moved. I pointed out that we wouldn't have anything moved out yet, and they said that was ok. Their move-out inspection consisted of a lady coming over (a half hour late), and handing me a move-out inspection checklist. Then she left, without looking at anything. The checklist said basic things: clean your place, clean the oven, mop the floors, etc.

When we moved, we had been living without a heater for a year (they kept trying to fix it, but it never worked), I had to have my treadmill motor replaced because a rat had peed on it, and we also made a lot of upgrades to the place (my fault for not documenting the repairs, although we did document everything else). We were very clean, we didn't smoke, we hung about 3 things on the wall, and we left the place in great condition.

I disputed the charges, and got around $500 of the $1000 back, but after the initial refund they stopped responding to all further correspondence. I just let it go because I had graduated and started working, and I was too busy to keep at it. I still feel pretty ripped off, and as a Davis homeowner, I will never hire that company to manage any of my properties. I firmly believe they take advantage of students, who are unaware of their rights. —AmyG

2008-04-10 15:09:20 AWFUL people. Krissy Palata who is the boss there is always incredibly rude and cranky no matter how sweet you are to them. The worst thing about King properties (besides the terrible way in which they treat their college student residents) is that they ALWAYS try to cheat you. They took a $2,750 deposit for our house, which was in bad shape, had no carpet, one bathroom, bad paint job, etc. which we cleaned pretty well and they only gave us $1000 back! They illegaly never explained themselves, writing things like $500 -cleaning, when legally they are required to write out each thing they are charging for and provide copies of work orders, receipts, etc. When they came in to inspect our house a week before we moved out, the woman said it looked pretty good we just needed to mop. Then how can you charge us $500 for cleaning? There wasn't even carpet cleaning! Then, our friends that moved into our old house told us it wasn't even clean. Typical king properties. The other things they took off were unfounded and unfair. I hate them, stay clear from them and krissy...these people disgust me. —lovedavis124

2008-09-27 21:30:12 Like the vast majority of the posts on this page, I have nothing good to say about King Properties. They are terrible landlords: hard to contact, rude and unhelpful when you do contact them, and repeatedly dishonest about charges for utilities, deposits, and maintenance. If you can avoid renting one of their properties, you definitely should. It will save you a lot of frustration and money. —ESB

2008-10-10 17:53:18 The biggest problem with King Properties is that they're just plain incompetent. We send them detailed letters, and they ignore 90% of what we write. They claim to do an annual audit of your city utility bills, but they don't show you any numbers to support their claims. If you ask them for anything more complicated than the weather, they ignore you completely. It's terrible. —tokai

2008-10-14 12:00:29 Count me amongst those who have been RIPPED OFF by the likes of King Properties and their despicable practices.

Avoid anything of theirs at all costs. They will OVERCHARGE you for nameless things, and by the time you get what meager leftovers of your deposit back, you know exactly which building you're gonna go and piss on come the next picnic day. As far as I'm concerned, King Properties is a group of fat criminals who take advantage of college residents. I bet these incompetent sacks of crap at the office will vote for Palin because she reminds them of themselves.

I advise everyone to further review King Properties via. Google maps. Spread the word. —MK

2008-11-06 13:22:32 I would look for another management company if possible. I have rented from numerous companies in different cities and the majority are ethical professionals. King Properties is substandard in almost every respect. In short their policies are tenant-unfriendly. Before you receive a lease, you are asked to put up a very large "option" deposit which is nonrefundable. This suggests most of their properties aren't very nice and would be hard to re-let even in Davis. If you deal with them get everything in writing and be sure you receive copies. Before signing an agreement or handing over a deposit, check your lease carefully. Perform a thorough technical inspection of the property. Be sure all utilities, electrical, windows, etc. actually work as represented, and note down every problem so that you won't get dunned for things you didn't do. For maintenance requests or other correspondence, don't use their web portal unless you have some means to get a hard copy or save your correspondence. —grzyb

2009-04-16 15:32:02 King Properties, owned by Rebecca King, is the worst rental agency I have ever encountered. After dealing with them over a two year period, which resulted in unfounded repair and cleaning charges, exagerated painting costs, and a lawsuit by King Properties to intimidate out-of-town renters (which they dropped prior to the court date), I took the time to write letters to persons in Davis who might care about the image of the city and the university. In the end, King refused to return the security deposit and wanted more, claiming excessive wear and tear on a 60 year old tract house owned by a Florida slumlord. The Better Business Bureau has been contacted as well and a complaint will be filed. The rental property involved was very substandard for the Davis area, and rental of low quality, poorly appointed and shabby properties appears to be this company's expertise. Leasing from Rebecca King may result in loss of your security deposit when they assess "final charges" after the lease has terminated. Unless you are desperate and willing to live in squalid, worn out, and poorly maintained housing, select another property manager in Davis to serve your needs. I had to discover this the hard way. Do not make my mistake. —mauisun

2009-10-21 23:20:02 I've rented from 5 rental companies in various states and this is by far the worst rental agency I have ever experienced. They rip you off, lie to you, and do little to fix these problems. Beware... signing a lease with them is like signing your life away. The lack of professionalism is terrible and as others have stated, I moved into a house and still deal with cockroaches and rats. —VinnyT13

2009-11-05 16:43:00 DO NOT LEASE OR SUBLEASE FROM THIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY!

They will take at least a $100 out of your security deposit when you sublease for "paperwork fees". They constantly lose your paperwork and do not return your deposit on time. I have been waiting for two months to have my deposit returned and they still say that they cannot do it. They do not get back to you about anything and they obviously do not talk to each other because they constantly contradict what another person has said. They are quite willing to take your money and do not care if you get it back. Get copies of all paperwork from them or don't expect anything without a fight.

But basically avoid this company and all of the properties that they manage. —LeahW

2009-12-29 07:28:17 Some friends of mine had to take them to small claims court over their security deposit. King kept the full amount, iirc $2000 or so. The court required King to return the amount in full, plus costs. Shady, shady, shady. —TomGarberson

2010-01-01 14:30:53 not only do they rip off tenants, they rip off the landlords too! the staff there is ABSOLUTELY incompetent. they take money from both tenants & landlords. very dodgy. very shady. very cheeky. how many more synonyms do I need to describe them? —erika.m

2010-01-08 08:35:54 Terrible service- can't say that enough!! We flew in from Texas to view 3 properties. They called 2 hrs before appointment and cancelled. Apparently, there was no one else who could show the properties to us. No customer service - won't use them as a property management company. —hollyp

2010-03-03 08:53:01 As an out-of-state homeowner who hired King Properties to manage the rental of my Davis home, I can't tell you how much I regret this decision. Obviously I have fired them. They did manage repairs to the property, but totally ignored the curb appeal of my home once tenants were in. This house is on a busy street, easily monitored by KP, and the renters had a garbage can full of empty beer cans sitting in the front yard and other trash littering the place. I agree with other comments about the unprofessionalism of the office staff....they seem to be in their own little world. The message comes through that they don't care about their tenants or their homeowners. Their record keeping is unclear and disorganized, with omissions and unexplained charges. I am paying now for their mistakes. —jbarryd

2010-03-29 19:16:52 I feel like I should contribute a positive note about this company (though I don't doubt the people who have left complaints here are quite justified). After living in one of their properties for a couple of years, we moved out, and we weren't able to be there for the final inspection. When we'd moved in two years prior, the walls were already painted different colors, and we didn't make any changes; however, when I got the deposit refund back, they'd kept $1000 for the cost of repainting all the walls white. It did take about six months to resolve, but at least part of that is because I moved out of town, started school, and wasn't terribly persistent about sending letters to check up on the issue. However, I will say that they agreed with my view right away, without requiring any proof that we left the walls in the same condition they were in when we first moved in. In the end, it sounded like they were having trouble getting the money out of the owner of the house. Rebecca (I think) called me to apologize, and sent me a check for $500 "from her personal account", saying that she'd get the other half to me by the end of the following month. Which she did, with a whole three days to spare ;)

Point is, I shouldn't have been charged in the first place, and it shouldn't have taken so long to get my refund, but they took me at my word that I was owed more money, and eventually followed through on getting the full amount to me. After reading the other comments here, I wasn't really expecting to see the second half of the money (it sounds like AmyG had a similar experience with a different outcome), so I was surprised and happy that they managed to do the right thing in the end. —zbrimhall

2010-04-19 14:47:52 I have not been a renter with King, since we ended up choosing an independently owned home to rent, but Lisa and Kelly at King were really professional in setting up houses to view. Kelly put together a list of five house for us to see that fit within our parameters, and when she got sick, someone else called the day before we were due to drive to Davis from the Bay Area, confirmed the schedule, improved it so it was more efficient, and told us to expect Lisa. Lisa was right on time on the day of our visits and was very nice and realistic about the properties (one was in bad shape and she didn't try to sugar coat it, and in fact noted the things about the places that might not work for us). She was friendly, encouraging and not pushy at all. We visited all five places in about two hours. It was a very positive experience. —EvaG

2011-02-03 20:35:38 I subleased an apartment from King over the summer and it was a nightmare. It seems like they can be polite and practice good business ethics with anyone but college students who live in Davis and who rent from them the most. The people on the phone were rude. The building had terrible plumbing to the point where the kitchen sink wouldnt drain for hours. The same problem with the bathrub. King sent out plumbers multiple times who just just used drain-o, and then King billed us for the plumbers. Finally someone came out and said the whole building had terrible plumbing and needed replacement, and I highly doubt King listened to that advice so my condolences to whoever lives there now. They inspected the complex the day after picnic day and sent a bill to all the tenants because of 'garbage'. I went into the King office at one point and the employees were just as rude and unhelpful to my face as they were over the phone. At one point one of them accused me of lying about who I was, and seemed to think I was not an actual tenant? In the end I was very happy it was only a short sublease considering this is the worst rental company I have come across in Davis. —cj2012aggie

2011-07-15 09:47:31 We applied for a property and paid the fees immediately. Waited 3 weeks and never got even a "No" from King despite asking them directly about it at the two week and three week mark. We put in applications elsewhere since they can not manage to give any answer at all. If they were not considering us because they want a family to move into a certain house instead of grad students then they should have told us. Instead, they just took our applications fees and sat back at their desks.

The last time I rented with King properties (6 years ago) there was a lawsuit initiated by a housemate regarding their violations of tenant right's—which they lost—guess things have not changed much. —CyraEmery

2011-07-19 22:14:38 I was really unhappy with my experience with them. I applied for a nice house that I was qualified to rent, and paid the application fee. I was the first application in and the first person to apply. Then I spent three weeks emailing them trying to get a yes or a no, and they kept just hedging and not giving me an answer. The house is still on the market, its been a month, and they never even said no. Screw you guys. —Sorrel

2011-07-21 09:23:48 the people at king properties have no morals whatsoever. my housemates and i applied for a house and were told that our application looked really promising and that we were one of the first few to turn in applications. we kept calling them for a whole month after, and they never gave us a straight answer until i called and demanded an answer. their answer was that they had already chosen tenants for that particular property (ages ago, it seemed.) so basically, all they do is keep the house on the market so that people apply and pay the $50/person application fee and they make money off of that! so messed up. and their attitude is horrendous! absolutely no respect for us, what, just because we're college students trying to find a place to live?! —xsnickerdoodle

2011-08-27 19:00:04 Great property management. We were leery leasing from them given their reputation as reflected on the wiki and through word of mouth around town. But they were above board on everything throughout our lease. They made repairs rapidly when needed, dealt with us fairly and respectfully, and only took minimal deductions out of our lease for cleaning ($60). We had vacuumed and mopped, etc, but hadn't done the stove, windows, and the big move out cleaning chores. Everyone in the office was friendly, flexible, and helpful throughout our tenancy. Would definitely rent from them again in the future. —bustercat

2011-12-06 23:12:27 As a property owner, I am completely dissatisfied with the services King Properties offers. In my own experience they are extremely unprofessional, hard to get a hold of, and most of the time unresponsive. We have had a home for rent and on the market since September of 2011 in a safe neighborhood in Mace Ranch. I understand the economy is not in the greatest condition but considering the fact that Davis is a college town and a nicer suburb of Sacramento, we would have more than one potential renter. As things weren't working out the way we had hoped, either the renter or this little real estate business wasn't meeting our needs. Extremely EXTREMELY unprofessionally, they failed to call/email us of the bad news that the renter was unable to rent our property. Instead of doing any of the above they MAILED in REGULAR USPS mail a "letter of regret" with our properties full address and the key enclosed within the letter. WHO THE HELL in their right mind does that?! Any postal man that may have had their hands on this piece of mail could have misplaced this piece of mail or in worse circumstances stolen the key and EASILY been able to access the home. It would have been like giving candy to a baby! SERIOUSLY, if they didn't want to do business with us all it would have taken was a phone call and we would have picked up out key end of story. I feel as if this was a violation of my privacy the way they very immaturely ended the owner/Realtor relationship. Please don't trust these people with your property. they already have a pretty bad name in the Davis area and i'm sorry to say I gave them a chance. —miketyson

2012-03-16 18:29:59 So far I have not been impressed with their money hungry schemes and their maintenance manager treats people like they are scum. They take way too long to fix serious problems and have no concern for you or you're family. If all of their employees were as decent and hard working as John, their maintenance man, than they would have something to brag about, but unfortunately that is not the case. —RainaCorson

2012-04-13 12:10:39 If it seems too good to be true... it probably is. My 4 roommates and I all waited to be contacted if the best house we've seen got snatched up by someone esle. I ended up having to call them just to hear that someone was already turning in a security deposit by a really rude woman. so glad we missed out on it tho after reading all of the reviews. —RachelSt