The dishwashers here can be very poorly made - think: scraping the bottom of the line in the U.S., if that. We live in a very nice compound, yet the dishwashers don't even reach the underside of the counter - there's a good 2" gap. You really have to CLEAN your dishes before they go in. . .not just scrape, but clean.

I'm sure there are models out there that are good, but if you cut a deal with your landlord whereby he "will provide a dishwasher" then you'll want to know that he may very well give you something like ours.

It's so bad that we don't even use it. We do have a housemaid, but before we hired her I had gotten to the point of not using the dishwasher anymore.