For your second and third/final (hopefully not first) year heckle, but do it politely. I am sure, unless you are very very very lucky you will at some point have a very annoying landlord! The ones who are there to take money off you, who pretend to want to help you…yeh right! If things aren’t right it’s up to you to sort it out, and it probably won’t happen over night!
Always be polite, you don’t want to give them a reason not to do some work. I have had work carried out which was completely wrong! like knocking down the wrong wall! That cost me 3 weeks of valuable uni time. Don’t let it happen to you! Haggle for rent reductions if work is done…we all like to save when we’re living off a loan.