Student landlords are amongst the most unreliable human beings on the planet, second only to politicians and BT engineers coming to install your broadband. In fact, you can count on them for only one thing: fixing all the problems they've exhibited throughout your entire contract just as you're coming to the end of your tenancy. You know, when they're just about to have a new set of poor naïve fools wander into their open jaws with their quarterly maintenance loans in hand. As soon as your contract is about up, they suddenly sweep in and you can't get rid of them. New furniture is bought. Wire wool is stuffed in mouse holes. Rooms are re-painted, mould obliterated. The pernicious thing that all student landlords do? Nothing. That's the exact problem. They do nothing, take all your money without listening to anything you have to say, then turn up to fix your catalogue of issues as soon as you're not going to be giving them money any more. Doing work without pay? That's a very strange business model indeed. Do you recognise these student landlord crimes? Share your frustrations below in the comments.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
