Tribolet & Associates

This is the worst property management I have EVER had the misfortune of having to deal with. They are complete SLUMLORDS!!! Pipes burst in my wall that is shared with one other townhouse. It did not leak on our side for a couple days apparently and our neighbors (who had SEVERAL alarming issues) never reported it. Once reported, they sent someone with dryers and then attempted to repair the drywall until my fiancé (a painting contractor) stopped them because it wasn’t even dry yet!!! As a result, we were basically forced to live in a townhouse that was completely exposed to our neighbors giving us only one plastic sheet that was not even secured to separate our property from our negligent neighbors property. We had both heard and witnessed them and their aggressive dog on our side of the shred wall but still behind the plastic sheeting. These neighbors of whom did not work at all as my fiancé and I work mon-​fri.
I called every social service agency, the city, the better business bureau and only the better business bureau would take note and contact them of my horrifying living conditions. I had NO PRIVACY and NO KITCHEN AT ALL for 2 – 3 MONTHS. After complaining several times they gave us a check for $ 100 of)$ 1295/​month rent for the aggravation they put us through.
They would not give us the name of the repairman and would not even tell me if he was on the sex offenders list or a licensed contractor which was scary and completely unheard of to me, especially if he was a legitimate guy.
The place was trashed when we moved in, yet somehow clean when I visited two times before signing the lease. Clogged stinking toilet downstairs. Horrible mouse infestation that not even traps helped five over the year lease.
But most ridiculous of all is that they did not give one cent of our deposit back or pet deposit for my small chihuahua who caused no damage. And to boot we were broken into and robbed the month we were ready to move out. However they said that the lack of privacy and secured walls between us and our out of control neighbors who were evicted for being several months behind rent could not possibly have anything to do with.
Please contact the better business bureau to verify my report before moving in with these horrible slumlords who should NOT be in business!!!

SLUM LORDS!!! My family & I lived at one of there properties in Santa Ana off Washington and Ross. We paid extra to move in early and nothing was done. They claimed it ready for move in. It was not painted or cleaned, no stove for at least a couple of weeks maybe even a month. MAJOR ROACH PROBLEM! Horrible at repairs! Things that they are required by LAW to provide they try to charge you for when you move out. Use low quality products on repairs and usually do a half ass job that requires more maintenance that never happens. When I moved out added ridiculous charges to keep my deposit & charged extra then when I told them about all the problems they no longer pursued extra $ from me and just stopped contacting me. DO NOT RENT FROM THEM! It’ll be the biggest mistake ever!

I have lived (and continue to live) in a Tribolet & Associates managed building for almost 4 years. During that time we’ve had some issues with injuries and employment and they have been great with regard to rent being a bit past the first the few times we’ve had to. Repairs have been made in a generally reasonable time frame and issues are tended to quickly, based upon their urgency. Their staff have always been extremely friendly and courteous and I’ve never sat on hold for long. Considering they are willing to work with people with less than perfect credit, and I was able to get in quickly, my experience has been generally good with them. I would rent from them again.

I agree to Denaee, the first review. I have not moved in to one of their propertis & already have to chase to tell to call me back & always «reasons» for delaying our application. My husband has perfect credit no doubt, good references & no reason why we would be turn down. Thought it through and after the holdidays they tell us we are approved, we are NOT moving in. It is funny, the people that just moved in is already complaining about getting the property getting cleaned & fixed. They have been approved for two weeks and recently moved in and already having RENTERS ISSUE.
Thank You for your bad business WE WILL NOT BE RENTING PROPERTIESBFROM YOU
THEY can have the $ 30 applicatiin fee. Id rather loose $ 30 than have a long term headache dealing with the slackness and lies.

Great company. We rented our place from them about a month ago and we love our new place. Everyone at Tribolet and Associates has been very helpful and friendly. We recommend this company to all of our friends.

DO NOT RENT FROM THIS COMPANY!
I wish I read the review of Denae H. prior to moving in. We moved in to one of their properties a month ago, and have nothing but similar issues to Denae. Broken sink, toilets, stairs, railings, fences, gates, etc. we are about a month in to our rental and not even nearly 25% done with the repairs. It has been nothing short of a nightmare trying to get into contact with these people, and when you finally talk to one of them, they will bad mouth their fellow employees to cover their own butts with what they are slipping on. And when you start to talk real to them and bring up your rights as a renter, they try to act like they are concerned and doing what they can. please.
Its a constant game of cat and mouse chasing/​calling THEM, and asking what is going on — where is this vendor who should’ve been here an hour ago? Its TOO TOO TOO much. You would think they would call us to let us know the progress. Nope — TOO much to ask of them apparently. So instead, we waste time at work, and on our days off dealing with it. If we didnt — we would get NO answers, NO repairs done. GUARANTEED.
Sadly, we moved into this place because we thought we could love it, and it only took the employees of Tribolet and Associates about 2 weeks now to get us to HATE this place. I don’t wish that on anyone.
On a side note: I checked the State Real Estate Association for the license of this company at the advice of another management company, and discovered that the real estate license for Mr. Randy Tribolet has been expired for over 20 years… hmmmm. No shock right?
Terrible.

I wouldn’t recommend renting an apartment from this management company.
We had many issues that they took forever to get back to us on! i.e. broken shower (took four days to get back to us and fix!), broken mailbox (our mail was soaked and it took them months to fix), extremely slippery stairs (my husband had a really bad slip down the stairs and our neighbor slipped down while holding their baby– it took them about 3 months to finally put grip tape on the stairs).
When we moved out we put in our 30 days notice and a request for a pre-​walk through to give them a chance for them to point out any little issues that we might need to fix in order for us to receive our entire deposit. We submitted this request in writing. It never happened. 21 days later we still never received our deposit check (so legally this means that they forfeit their right to hold back any of our deposit, yet they still decided to hold back $ 300.
After many phone calls and emails I finally received the remainder of the deposit. But, they were a pain to deal with!