My cousin is a landlord who owns a bunch of properties in our little podunk hometown. He says he gives the security deposit back unless the damage is more than would be fixed by what they normally do between renters. They deep-clean, and fill in nailholes and re-paint, and replace the carpet, anyway. After he told me that, I quit fretting about leaving apartments pristine, and I've always gotten my deposit back.
Yeah, I was really worried because I didn't have time to really clean my place in MD before I left and I just gave it a cursory cleaning. My landlord said he had never seen a cleaner place. Some people must be so bad that any attempt looks better in comparison.
I've eaten Polish once, and a friend turned to me, gestured at the plate and said "Isn't this why they left Poland?" It's about the only cuisine I've written off in majority. Most everything else has something I like or love. Don't even want to try again with Polish food.
I wonder what you had, because much of what people I know consider to be Polish food are things like kielbasa and pierogies (which I love, but are really foods that "poor" people made traditionally). On the higher end there are things like roasted meats with dried fruits that are quite tasty. My favorite dish is Bigos, which is a hunter's stew with pork, sauerkraut, and potatoes. I also love fruit pierogies for dessert (which are served with sweet cream on top). Luckily I now happen to live next to a great Polish restaurant.