grace period

I think landlords should allow for a grace period of whether you wish to sign a lease for an apartment or even buy a home! The practice of signing your whole year for a place that you're supposed to call home without really knowing how the experience of living in the space simply is ridiculous. How could a tenant know that the water drastically switches temperature from freezing cold to boiling hot almost every morning while taking a shower? Or that the neighborhood is actually in the middle of a gang war zone? Or that the two small kids next door run screaming out their door at 6am on weekdays to wake you up because of the thin walls and extra space around the front door? Or that the heavy-footed neighbors upstairs pound their way down the stairs? How can you tell all these things from a meeting that lasts minutes to check out the apartment in the middle of a weekday? They won't say any of these things because how would they rent out the tiny studio apartment? Stores let you fit clothes before buying, a similar practice for renting or buying homes should also exist!