My next door neighbour took a lease of one year but ended up staying there for eight years. She came from a town a few hours away with a few suitcases. The land lord took pity on her and left in his old house a few pieces of furniture. After the first year, they did not bother to sign any more contracts as she was a prompt paymaster.
Furniture aged and they broke down. My neighbour was at fault when the sofa broke, she did not inform the land lord. She threw it away, bought a replacement. Since the replacement was cheap and not of good quality, it broke too. After living without a sofa for close to three years, she saved up enough to move to a better house fully furnished. At this point, the land lord followed the book and asked her to replace the sofa. She replied that she was surprised that he expected the second hand sofa to last more than 8 years, but since she was busy, would he deduct the cost of the sofa and be done with it. In this instance, it was a good lesson for her to learn that one could not expect property owners to be reasonable. Since the beginning of time, the rich exploits the poor. Nothing would change that. Even if the land lord was more than kind in not increasing the rental every year, one cannot and should not assume that he would be reasonable in all ways.
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