h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This is important:
If anything has to be repaired or cleaned before you can move in do not trust the landlord on his word that of course this will be done. The moment you have signed there is a good chance he will forget all about it. I never trust a landlord on this point.
One of the first places I lived after I moved from home was a nice little flat or rather it could have been. When I first inspected it they were in the middle of instaling the kithcen and making a shower corner in the room where the washing mashine was going to be placed. It looked like it was going to be nice and I signed. Well, one month later when I moved in nothing further had been done. The kithcen was non-existing. The shower was not there. The washing mashine was not there. The sink was not there. The place had not been washed and the old furniture had not been removed. The landlord claimed that it was not his fault and he gave me a little reduction in the rent and promised that everything would be in order within a month. I was allowed to use his familys shower and collect water two floors up.
When I finally gave up and moved out after three months nothing had been done. The landlord acted insulted that I did not trust him and wanted to deduct a lot from the deposit since he claimed I had given him a lot of extra work. Then he made a big show of starting to work on the kitchen the day I moved out. He claimed that everything would be ready in a week and that he had new tenants moving in. I wonder how long they stayed.....