It suits me
Being a lazy fucker I enjoy having an excuse for not decorating! It IS a good point, and I agree that the quality of landlords varies considerably. For me decorating and gardening are not big priorities - aside from being a lazy fucker I just don't have time to do either (hmmm, a dichotomy - I'm lazy yet I have almost no free time.)

However the advantages of having a landlord that you can call on when things go wrong is a major bonus. We had trouble with the central heating boiler recently and had to call British Gas out a few times before it was fixed. But the landlord sorted everything and I didn't have to pay a penny.

I guess maybe I'm lucky - I've always had landlords that were willing to help and make themselves useful in a crisis. I understand that some people have had nightmare landlords, but you get what you pay for. If you're paying £200 a month for a grotty flat alarm bells should be ringing about the sort of bloke who's willing to let that out!
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Sat 24 Jan 2009, 0:04, Reply)