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I think the real bar to a lot of renting stuff in the UK is the inability to get a secure long let.
Places I've rented I never had a personal relationship with the landlord so it's always been a matter of not knowing when you're leaving so you don't want to spend any time/money doing stuff.
High point was some cunt who put the place on the market about a month after we'd moved in (and we found out when the estate agent shoved a note under the door saying there was going to be a viewing). Unsurprisingly it was still on the market when we moved out, telling everyone having a viewing that I wouldn't trust the guy an inch and there's no way I'd risk buying a property off him probably didn't help...
aggi
I get what you're saying, and I don't disagree with the reality in this country, and it's hard to imagine how with get to my idealised counterfactual, but I think that view is much more influenced by my two points.
I like owning and hoarding things, so I would probably want to own a house regardless. But if I could get 2 x 5yr leases back to back, and if renting was cheaper so that I could put money into savings and invest my deposit rather than sinking it into a house Idk if it would be an obvious choice.
Our housemate who sublet us part of our apartment in New York had the whole place to her taste, with her furniture and the LL painted it the colours she asked for. Similarly a mate there had their apartment to their style. I know a LL isn't going to spunk a load of money installing supermarket flooring and swapping the kitchen cupboards doors for ply, but I think you're underestimating the stamp you can put on a place.
I don't think any of my colleagues in Berlin own. Then again on teams their apartments look dull af.