Holiday Let Prices

Lets say you want to rent a place. Lets say the price of the place is at a premium for its size and location, but is fully furnished and very good quality nonetheless.

So you put in an offer for the place, its accepted. Yay you move in 3 weeks from now. Now you have some questions for the landlord which you forward to the estate agents a day later, but get a response that some of the questions you have asked will have to wait as the landlord has gone on holidays for 2 weeks (bearing in mind this is 1 day after you made the offer and it being accepted).

So 2 weeks pass by, and now its less than a week till move in date. During this time the estate agents ring you up and ask to increase the minimum rental period by a month as the date falls during the christmas period and the landlord would have problems if we decided to move out then. You agree to this in order not to be difficult.

Finally the landlord gets back from his holiday and is able to answer your question, which is 'Can the landlord remove some of the smaller items from the place, cutlery, pictures etc' as there is not much storage space at the place.

The landlord replies back saying No.

You then reply back saying 'Well would the landlord consider a reduction of £20 a month in rent which would cover half the cost of hiring extra storage for your items as not eveything would fit into the flat?'

Bearing in mind at this point, there is 3 days till move in date.

The landlord says No.

My questions (yeah I got there in the end) are:

"Is the request to remove some of the items in the place to free up some space, a reasonable one?"

"Should the request have been made at the very start before an offer was even made for the place?"

"Would you just give in and accept it because its a relatively minor matter?"

Finally.

"would you scupper the whole deal even though its just £20 on principle that you felt you showed flexibility and also asked the original question 3 weeks prior but because the landlord decided to take a holiday it forced what was a minor issue into a major one because the timeframe became very squeezed? and you get the impression he knows he has you over a barrel because of the timeframe so thinks you'll back down and give in?"
Alan R - Fair enough. By the same token, when the estate agents decided to change their minimum terms in their favour should I have blanket refused and not shown any flexibility. And when I did, should the landlord have reciprocated?