Fox, just some advice. If you living somewhere a bit dodgy. Invest in a carbon monoxide detector (you can get them for a few quid at sainsburies) and check it regularly. It's definatly worth it. Make sure you have smoke detectors too... I know it's not very rock n roll... but you may be happy of them one day.
Worst place I lived... it was in a converted loft, had a broken window, and I was sleeping on a VERY questionable matress on the floor... during the winter... I would awake in the morning to find mist forming in my room and everything covered in frost. I couldn't afford a hot water bottle to keep warm, so I used an old sherry bottle filled with boiling water. One day the gas man turned up to check the meter... before we knew it there were 12 gas men trudging through the house... turns out it was a deathtrap... and we were VERY lucky to be alive, The cooker was fitted by our landlords friend... it used "ancient" gas pipe connectors... and was on casters. Apparantly if we had moved it a milimetre forward (not forgetting it was on fecking WHEELS) then we would have either gassed ourselves, or blew the street up.
The landlord also tried to have us arrested when some kids kicked down the crumbling outside wall. The police were almost as confused as us, especially when witnesses came forward to confirm it was kids... and the landlord was still insisting it was us.
Great days tho.
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