> came without a refrigerator Funny that you pointed this out, does that make any difference to anything? A fridge is pretty cheap to buy. About 1 week's rent.

> came without a refrigerator Funny that you pointed this out, does that make any difference to anything? A fridge is pretty cheap to buy. About 1 week's rent. In the UK each landlord has their own idea of what to supply. So some places have a fridge/washing machine other's don't. It is a bit frustrating when moving as sometimes you need to buy new stuff, sometimes you need to sell stuff as you have duplicates. I don't think the decision to include a fridge or not is intentional. If someone lives in a property, decides to rent it out and can't be bothered moving the fridge they think 'sod it the tennant can use it'. Conversely someone 1000 miles away using an agent would just say "rent it out" and not even think about appliances. I imagine even in the flyover states they have apartments for rent that don't come furnished with all the creature comforts. I'm not sure what more I can say on the topic of "fridges in rented apartments" - so I will finish there :-)