The rental market con
Back in 2016 I rented a wonderful 2 bed flat for £695 PCM with a deposit of £695. It was part furnished with cheap IKEA sofas (no fire regs on them though), a rickety dining table and four chairs and two single beds in the back bedroom. In the main bedroom I asked them to remove the Ikea bed and mattress there as I brought my own. They got people to remove the bed and then I had to point out that I didn't want the old stained mattress either and why wouldn't they have just removed it? They provided wardrobes, bedside drawers and two chests of drawers. I put in a new double bed, new corner sofa (well, bought from my pal who had hardy used it), desk and chair, a new bookshelf and new lamps, uplighters and bedside lamps. I put in a lot of work to that flat. Then I had to leave it, three years after I moved in. I could only take simple things like TV, PC, etc. I couldn't take my bigger assets and they were left with the owner. I tried to get t...