King Properties, Inc. - Davis, California

Ethan C.

TLDR; King Properties is exploitative in its approach to tenants. They will do the bare minimum to keep rent flowing in even if that means ignoring tenants or making shoddy repairs. I have rented in Davis for a few years and if I were you, I would look for any other property management company in town because King Properties is about as bad as it gets for renters. If you are looking to rent out your place then they are probably just what you are looking for!

Lived at one of their units for a year. The place was falling apart when we moved in. The windows were single paned, the mold (hidden before move in by furniture) was terrible, the attic was accessible to outside critters and there was no barrier between it and the exposed beam ceilings throughout the house. This meant there were periodic leaks and episodes of beetles falling through slats in the ceiling. When things broke, they replaced them with the cheapest, flimsiest alternative and then tried to make us foot the bill when those inevitably broke later. There was no accountability among their staff. It was very clear the whole time that renters were seen as sources of revenue and that the bare minimum would be done to keep the money coming in.

Sam C.

UPDATE:
Since Becky retired and left daily operations things have changed drastically. Down from 5 to 3 stars. Will explain more once I move.

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I have been working with Becky and her crew at King Properties for over 3 years now. They have gone to bat for me in the face of 1) a Davis HOA (trust me, a DAVIS home owner's association is a uniquely powerful beast), and 2) an unethically micromanaging first-time owner of a single rental property. In both of these cases they chose to support me despite the financial risk it poses to lose that owner-client or jeopardize a relationship with an org like the HOA.
I gotta say, this is that rare gem of an ethical business.
On the logistical side, Brooke coordinates from the office and John handles all on site repairs and maintenance, and they perform at an impressively quick turnaround with kindness and quality work.
This may be the first time I've ever celebrated the property management company in the over two decades I've been renting. Feel free to ask me questions.

Taylor N.

King Properties was always nice to our face while we live in the property they managed. We lived at 2043 Alta Loma for less than 1 year but when moving out though they kept over $1500 of our security deposit. They charged us for painting walls that they said were a different color even though we didn't paint any walls. The charged us for cleaning even though we thoroughly cleaned the house. They even charged us for things we had previously put work orders in for and they had not fixed. We did a pre-inspection and none of these things were mentioned. We were told to our face that we should receive ALL of our deposit back except the carpet cleaning fee. When we contacted them about this they added small arbitrary amounts ($5 for maintenance, $15 for vacuuming, etc.).

I am a graduate student and have lived in many rental apartments and houses. I have never had ANY of my security deposit deducted. Please do not support this business.

Robert B. M.

I have been a client of King Properties since buying the property in Davis, CA in the 1970's. At that time, I had several other properties which I managed myself to save money. Since Davis is a college town, I feared getting a 9 month tenant for a 12 month mortgage. Briefly, I had another manager at first who absconded with the rents and left the state. I have used King Properties ever since and have never regretted the choice. I even compared my management of my properties with the professional management (% of rents received, complaints handled, etc.) and King always won. It was a surprise to learn that it was easier for both tenants and owners to have professional management as a buffer between us.

Some specific things I admire about King Properties is that they are flexible in allowing me to use their maintenance people or my own. I have NEVER had a problem with King in tenant selection, rent collection, or maintenance issues. That is rare. I also believe that having women as owners of the firm, in charge of renting, bookkeeping and maintenance issues has been an asset. They seem to be more focused on details. When managing my own properties it seemed that once issues could be resolved with the wives of an incoming tenant, things moved faster. I believe King Properties has an edge here.

I have used King for over 30 years. I have a property in Portland, OR for which I had four (4) property managers in less than ten years before finding a reliable firm. One of the four, a large firm, tried 4 different managers within that firm without success and I don't believe I am that difficult to work with.

I would not hesitate to recommend King Properties to any owner or tenant.

Leah F.

Despite the extra large security deposit, abundance of fees, and high expectations for tenants, they are very willing to work with you on any issue. They really make taking care of the house and yard easy by carrying most of the physical and financial burden.

Monet L.

Brooke went above and beyond to get my roommates and I the information we needed!

Sage M.

We have had a great experience renting from King Properties--they have been responsive to maintenance issues, respectful of our privacy, and friendly!

Karen E.

King Properties has managed my rental for over 30 yrs and I've had no regrets. Great staff too.