Hamilton Property Management

Can I give zero stars? This company is dishonest. We used them to «manage» our home, except I ended up doing all the work and they got paid for it. They never found any renters for us yet we paid then a finders fee. We were going to end our contract with them but they said they would collect no finders fee this time around and I found the renter again AND THEY WENT BACK ON THEIR WORD! I sent them a first round of 8 people interested that they said they’d contact, but they never followed through with those people. I found out because I was suspicious and contacted those people myself and they all said they were disappointed to have never been reached but went on to find other places to reside. This company would also come up with things that «needed» to be fixed and charge us for it, and not only were the «fix» jobs done extremely poorly but the renters told us they never really needed or asked for these things but it was prompted by the company (to get their handyman money!!) furthermore they were supposed to approve money over a certain amount with us but they went over that amount without checking with us. They are crooks and by far the worst group of people I’ve ever had to work with in my entire life. NEVER use these people. They are the scum of the earth lying cheaters. I normally only write in to Unilocal to give great reviews, you’ll find this is only my second negative review, but people need to know about how horrible this company is.

BEWARE! This company is basically a scam, run by the biggest scam artist/​used car salesman «Joe Nap». We hired them to manage our home as a rental in Newark, which for the first 3 months they listed it wrong so who knows what market we missed out on. We asked june and Julie on multiple occasions to fix the mistake but it was never fixed. Finally they did get a renter in there– come to find out the listing wasn’t even on MLS and our tenant found it herself on another site. Joe tried to tell us not to get the house professionally cleaned since they only signed a 6 month lease (real great business). They didn’t seem to know that in the city of Newark you need a rental permit, and as we were scrambling to get one because our movers were already past move in date, we asked again repeatedly for what exactly needs to be done to pass inspection. (Keep in mind at this point they have already been paid $ 3,000). So we failed inspection! At this point we are paying the utilities still because they couldn’t be switched over into our tenants name! Joe hired some dirt bag that doesn’t seem to have a legitimate company (probably his brother) to charge us $ 345 to change a knob, and replace a cover on a vent in the bathroom WHICH WASNT EVEN DONE. So now we are fighting this scum bag for this handy mans information, he has refused to give it to us, just paid him out of the security deposit. AND has decided to keep the rest of the security deposit. Yes we are hiring a lawyer because that is illegal! If you are looking at Hamilton property management for your rental. RUN!

This is the management company for the unit I rented at the River Tower, 105 Christina Landing Drive in Wilmington. I also posted a review under the owner’s name to help any hapless would-​be victims of this terrible company.
Do not rent from these people, they are horrible. They increased my rent by $ 165/​mo at renewal, then agreed to increase it to only $ 40/​mo, and after we reached a signed agreement, went back on their agreement tried to bully me into signing a new lease THAT DAY for a $ 90/​month increase. When I said my legal rights under the Landlord Tenant Code allow me 15 days to think about it, they retaliated against me by rescinding their offer to renew my lease at all. I’ve been a good tenant for THREE YEARS and this is how they’ve treated me. Do not sign up for the same mistreatment.
While I was a tenant, I had to do all of my own repairs as they would not send out people to repair anything in a timely fashion. Once, the light fixture fell out of my ceiling, I reported it, and it took them over a month to put it back in. The fixture was just hanging by wires that whole time — a total fire hazard! I called multiple times but they just said they’d get to it. I’ve never been treated so poorly in my life; STAY AWAY!