I just moved into the new Brooklyn apartment that I'm renting and of all the issues getting under my skin, the poorly fitted doors are the main irk. NONE of the doors and door jams fit properly into the space that was cut for them. If you look straight at the doors, they appear to be fine, but if you look closely at the moulding around the doors, you'll see a 1/4" gap between the moulding and the wall. Did I mention that this is the case on ALL of the doors? (The previous landlord's workers pulled a fast one by placing one side of masking tape on the moulding, pressing the other side to the wall, and then painted over it -- so it looked like the moulding was flush to the wall.) I'd like to redo their hap-hazard work PROPERLY...and easily. Any advice?

I have old brass door knobs from the early 1950s. I spent a lot of time re polishing them and getting the old brass look back. My question is, how do I get it to stay and look like brand new brass? It tends to dis color real quick. Is there a special sealer I can apply?