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When the flooring in a kitchen is truly heinous (like the mental institution style, completely stripped commercial tile I had in one run-down kitchen), I have no problem sticking down new self stick vinyl tile squares.

Be sure to search for tips online for a successful install. The benefit of actually being able to clean the new temporary floor outweighs any potential fight with the landlord on the modification, in my opinion (they might even be thankful).

I also had a friend in the same building who stripped the bathroom tiles, cleaned the grout and then re-sealed the tile. The end result was sparkling and amazingly clean.