Our experience with TRAMCO was awful. They were consistently unhelpful, slow to respond to requests, and generally unprofessional. They exist solely to serve their property owners and it shows.
If you're considering renting a property managed by TRAMCO, run away as quickly as possible. If you're a property owner who doesn't care about the happiness or quality of life of your tenants, doesn't care about upkeep of your property, and wants to nickle and dime tenants without having to actually look them in the eye while you're doing it, this might be the perfect property management company for you!
It took more than 2 months to complete the repairs to damage we discovered upon move-in.
Within 2 weeks of moving in, the attic flooded due to a draining issue. The ceiling collapsed and ruined some of our furniture. Repairs and related communication were slow and the property owner refused to reimburse us for any damage. Fortunately, we were insured, but he wouldn't even cover our deductible.
The garage door broke at some point. It took a week for our rep to get back to us. When she finally did, the repair company tried to get me to diagnose the issue myself because our landlord refused to send someone. I asked why and it was because he refused to pay the $20 trip charge. So I told the company to come out, they fixed the garage door opener for $85. When I asked my TRAMCO rep how the landlord would reimburse me, she conveyed a threat from him that if I ever contracted repairs myself again he would not reimburse me. Please recall this was after a week with no working garage door.
Upon move-out, TRAMCO took a full week to inspect the property. Realtors were allowed to show the house the entire time, allowing potential tenants to walk through the house. TRAMCO used the full 30 days allowed by law to reimburse our deposit and, when they did, charging us for extra items without any communication before the official letter. We specifically asked our rep after inspection if there were any issues and, other than a few items we agreed would need to be covered, she said there were none.
Also - and this is picking nits at this point - tenants have to go out to their offices in waaaaaaay NW Houston for move-in and move-out. They can't even bother to come by and get the keys themselves.
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