Common sense says if it's not move in ready, then it's not available for rent.
Say you're advertising for rent and I walk up to you with the deposit and first months rent on Dec 1st and I want to move in that day. But you tell me I can't because you're still doing work on the property until say, Dec 15th. Then the property is not available for rent until Dec 15th, regardless of when I paid the rent/deposit.
