The article stated that this was dismissed because the author lives in a rental apartment and he was not certain the landlord would agree to making this change.

The article stated that this was dismissed because the author lives in a rental apartment and he was not certain the landlord would agree to making this change. I did not see any indication that the landlord was ever actually asked, it appeared to be the author's "sense" that any answer would be "no" from the landlord.