Yeah, you’re kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place. I guess all you can do is to keep on trying with the landlord. Or if he just doesn’t cooperate at all then just do the things that you can do yourself and write it off as an a necessary expense to maintain your sanity. Maybe you could try to get a semi-decent used stove/oven, and if nothing else you could either move it with you when you moved or resell it on Craigslist.
The oven is a wall oven and I’m not sure I trust the wiring. Before I switched it off at the breaker, it made buzzing sounds even though it wasn’t on. Scary.
The stove top is set above the counter - not a separate unit, either. I did point out that it only has two burners that work (burners that I bought and got no credit for, I might add - as I did the fridge, for that matter), and he just kind of laughed. He’s hard to read. I don’t think he got it that I was trying to request something better. :-\ It’d be nice if both stove and oven were of the sort that I could just get even just a junky used one, but as it is, the idea of replacing ‘em is intimidating. Especially as I’m skeered of electricity and fire.
I’m still really thinking about getting a decent counter top convection oven. Something big enough for bread. It’d still be cheaper than one month’s worth of extra rent in a nice place... And I could still use it in another place.