The day after I signed the lease I read in the front page of the newspaper that a murdered man had been found outside my new building. Great. When I moved in, about half the problems with the apartment were not addressed by maintenace after filling out the check-in sheet, most notably the non-functional closet shelves which had some unidentifiable disgusting substance on them. When the heat broke in the winter (stuck on all the time, 80 degrees with windows open) it took five trips to the office and a threat to go to the building inspector before it was finally fixed correctly.