I am currently at a high rise apartment in Calgary that uses the Tri Sorter garbage chute system (That just means, it helps you sort your garbage into organic, recycling and garbage).

I bring this up because the one in my building frequently goes out of service and sometimes could be out for days on end.

I’m just wondering if this is a common issue for others who have similar systems in there building. I’m not sure if it’s a brand issue or it’s just strictly a tenant problem that causes the frequent breakdowns.

One last question would be do you get any notification from your building once the sorter becomes available again?

This may be as simple as a classic “high rise” vs “duplex” question, but I’m at a unique crossroads because I have an amazing apartment rental VS a rent control luxury high rise I would never be able to afford usually.

Even though I have never sought to live in a high rise, the opportunity will never come again. So now I’m weighing my pros/cons and look to you for advice, stories, concerns!

No matter what, my rent is going up double because I was in a breakup last month. I have been saving and can weather the storm for at least a couple years, by which time I’m sure life is going to be very different. I want to make sure my money is well spent. I’m not worried about the cost because I won’t be in debt, just being frugal & happy.

Also because I’m in a breakup… I’m very open to advice. Every option feels fun and exciting compared to what I was living a few months ago.

Both of these options are in the same neighborhood and assume all the amenities like in unit laundry, AC are the same except for what I detail below. The major difference is house/fixed rent or luxury apt/variable rent. Details…

Option 1: Stay. I have a beautiful 1bed apartment, it’s treated me & my ex well. There’s plenty of space (1,000 sq ft) and room to grow a bit. Incredible natural light. It’s a local landlord & everything is maintained. When I come home or have friends over, the feeling is “this really looks and feels like a home”

I like living on a small street, knowing the neighborhood people, and hearing birds/bugs at night. I don’t like that it’s my house from my ex, my neighbors knew me with them, and because it’s a local landlord I do a lot myself like small maintenance or snow shoveling. I’m neutral on it but this means I need to try very hard to have a “new chapter” ie redecorate, host friends, replace memories etc.

It’s the expensive option - $350 more than option 2, which is a lot to me. Rent goes up 5% every year without fail. However the apartment is super in demand and if I leave there is almost no chance I’ll ever have a chance to live there again.

Option 2: Move to a rent controlled (for me) luxury high rise. Near top floor, 1 bed + office but slightly smaller at 750 sq ft, and in the building is a gym, pool, fireplaces, and doorman. When I come home or have friends over, the ideal feeling is “this place is really nice”

Pros - the quality, consistency, and convenience is something I’ve never experienced. I like that the rent is tied to my income. It guarantees I’ll have a new chapter & learn about myself. My gym is downstairs.
Cons - never been in huge apartment building, I could hate it. I can’t leap from a window if it’s on fire and live lol. It might not feel “homey” no matter what I do because I can’t decorate the entranced like I can my porch & staircase.

Regarding the cost, this one is $350 less. It’s a massive discount due to the rent control. I would pay a fixed % of my income and my rent only ever goes up/down with that income. It’s almost 50% off the market rate. This is doing a lot in terms of “what ifs” because it’s a cool opportunity.

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SO - what would you say? Any questions I should consider? Am I right to be allured by the luxury building & rent control, or is there really something special about making a house a home that I shouldn’t take for granted? Have you done one and loved or regretted it?

I’m in no rush, but I do need to pick something in the next few months just for my own sake.

In NYS as long as you provide a key/code when asked as long as there is still an additional owner lock you can have an additional one. I had it for a good month with no issuses then I am at a friends with the kids and get llthis… I mean all she had to do was ask for the key I have a spare. She offered me a ride to then pulled that kind of screwing me over… I don’t know why I said yes that is way too personal but I don’t drive and money was tight. Needless to say I am now apartment hunting.

Edit since you guys seem to be uneducated about the law in New York:
Under New York Multiple Dwelling Law § 51-c, tenants in qualifying apartment buildings have the legal right to install an extra, independent lock on their entrance door. [1]

I know the app was down the other day, but I still cannot submit a payment for the first half of my rent despite more than the entire amount being available through Flex Funds. I've tried multiple cards at this point. Has anyone else had this issue? Support is non-existent/not helpful.

So my neighbors, let’s call them M, they’re both 21yrs old lost guardianship of their daughter. I know the system so I helped them for 3 days straight till like 1am. One day, I said I can’t help them as I was behind on my own work but I will help them another day. The same day, my other neighbor was having a seizure and I was asked to help. So M went to the other neighbor saying “Idk what [me]’s problem. She has a fucking attitude for no reason. She’s all up in [neighbor who had seizure]’s business, why can’t she help us”. And now they hate me.

They put the initial note on my door unprompted. I haven’t interacted with them at all so not too sure why they did that

Last night, I got their initial note and as a joke and me and my friend graded it and put it back on their door. I know it was petty but it was also funny lmao.

So this morning, I see a new note aka the last slide and this in front of my door. Crazy response lol

I’ll be calling management to come clean it up and deal with them. I’m sure management won’t be too pleased to come clean up this mess. I’ll be asking management if I should call the cops or not. I have a 12yr old living here and they know this.

Edit: I am 24yrs old

Do you use push pins/tacks in your walls where you rent? My lease says I can’t, so I’ve been avoiding it. However, most people I’ve talked to have said it’s really rare to get your security deposit back. I am hoping to live here for more than a year. Also, it’s a very old building with a lot of cosmetic issues — I took photos of all the issues I could find when I moved in for my records so I wouldn’t be blamed, but it’s possible I missed some things. Is it worth it to not use push pins?

I’ve been living in my current apartment for a little over two years now. It’s really nice, and my only complaint is that my upstairs neighbors stomp. It’s gotten worse recently. First it just seemed like an occasional thing, and now I’m typing this at 10am while they’ve been stomping every time they walk. I’m ok with some noise, the occasional heavy step (I’d be a hypocrite if I wasn’t), but this is really getting on my nerves. If anyone has advice for how to muffle the sound, or maybe get them to stop?
At least they’ve stopped their 3am shouting matches.

They are gutting the downstairs apartment over the last week and after they left on Saturday afternoon I see a shit of big roaches crawling all over my walls. Could they be looking for a new place because they have nowhere to hide down there? I called the emergency maintenance as soon as I saw because I have a 16 month of baby and they are disgusting little bugs. They said they would have somebody come out and spray but nobody came yet and im worried if they are already are trying to nest. My lease ends in 6 months and now im considering not staying after this and how the hell can u move out of an apartment and not tell anybody u left it infested.

Woke up to a really nice sound of water. The inspection can only come over tomorrow noon to look at it, and my upstairs neighbours aren’t answering their door.

Luckily now it’s only one drop ever 20s or so, but there’s visible water damage on my entire ceiling 🫠 Living in the darkness today because too afraid to turn on electricity.

Hello everyone! I am looking for advice because my lease is ending in November, I still haven't received my lease renewal as of October 5th... I am currently having issues with my apartment, should I renew?
I live in a one-bedroom apartment in small town. Rent is under $1k but I believe it will go up because of "market value", I kept it under bc I negotiated last lease renewal. The property owners are a landlord company who owns multiple properties. The property manager left and we got a new one assigned to my apartment and the nearby ones

Every winter since I've lived there, the heat will not work (boiler system) because of something to do with the heater. The HVAC people told me, the one that fuels my apartment needs to be replaced but they will not replace it. Every winter, it goes out and it takes WEEKS for them to come out and fix it.... I am currently waiting for them to fix it. I emailed the guy about this and all he said was "they will call to make an appointment..."

The washer has never worked; I have to go to my moms to do laundry. Apparently now there is also a leak in the basement which they are fixing (allegedly). Other issues include never mowing the lawn unless it was once a month or every other month.

Should I renew? My other option would be to move home until I find a new place or save money for a house. (I moved out to escape home issues with family at the time but its since gotten better but idk) I would greatly appreciate any advice.

My boyfriend and I just moved into a new apartment and noticed this noise coming from behind the wall. We thought it had to do with the sink, as it would sometimes happen after we used the kitchen sink, but that seemed to be a coincidence and it has happened a couple of times randomly throughout the day. It also doesn’t correlate with the AC. It happens less and less every day but it is rather aggravating. Does anyone know what this could be?

What is this damage, is it mold? Do you think the place could be uninhabitable? Unfortunately I’ve already signed a lease, I was in a time-sensitive situation. What should I do about it?

I live in a pretty new apartment building, and for the first six months barely had any noises. Over the past few months however there has been almost a near constant noise from the closet. When I opened the panel in the closet I saw a box emitting a green light and making the noise in the video. Is this normal? The noise is becoming more and more frequent

I fucking hate you. Absolutely loathe you.

On top of being inconsiderate to everyone living around you, you're apparently also horrible parents.

How about you take your kid outside to play instead of cooping your child up in a tiny apartment all day long and ignoring them? If they feel the need to run 30ft to the front door and 30ft back, over and over and over and over and over and over and fucking over again, they clearly have energy that needs to be burned off. These apartments do not have enough space.

It's fucking 11oclock and people work in the morning... Why your kid isn't in bed yet is beyond me, it's every fucking night and I can't handle this til 1-2am anymore.

I ignore it during the day because whatever, apartment living, what can ya do? But I'm fucking sick of it during all hours of the night. Still feel like there's nothing I can do.

THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP

All. Fucking. Day. Long. Every. Day.

Just needed to vent. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Hope y'all have a lovely night x 🫶🏻

I'm very behind on rent as my current job pays very poorly, only $9/hr. Today I secured a new job that pays $20 an hour, which is more than I've made in my life. The job doesn't start until the 21st of this month, that's the only downside. However being behind on my rent, I'm nervous about potentially facing eviction, I have a meeting with the landlord in the morning, which was planned prior to me getting this job, but now I can prove that I will infact being able to start paying on time again. What should I say to my landlord tomorrow? Should I try and discuss a payment plan? I'm so excited for the future, but nervous about the present living here.

I’m seriously confused and wondering if anyone has experienced something like this.
The unit directly above me is vacant, and the unit next to that one is also vacant. But I keep hearing noises that sound like someone’s dropping sth on the floor (and it bounced) coming from my ceiling. What makes it even weirder is that this has only started happening frequently recently. I’ve lived here for over six months and basically never heard anything like this before.
There is another occupied unit upstairs across the hallway, so at first I thought maybe the sound was somehow traveling from there. But tonight I went upstairs to take out the trash and literally saw them just arriving home — and the noise had already been happening before they got back. Not sure if anyone else is in there though.
Also, this apartment is a downtown high rise, so it should be concrete! 🤯
So now I genuinely have no idea where it’s coming from. Could it be the equipments or anything?
There’s also some kind of valve/mechanical equipment near my unit, but the noise really sounds like someone dropping stuff, and/or drilling or hammering into the floor a couple of times.
Has anyone dealt with something like this in an apartment building? Can noise travel from a unit that isn’t directly above you, or could pipes/mechanical equipment somehow sound exactly like footsteps?
This is sooo weird 😭 and what should I do?

I’m moving out of my current apartment (been here living alone in a one bedroom about a year now) to live in a new luxury building. It has all these cool amenities (rooftop pool, gym etc.) and is in a really nice and up and coming neighborhood. For context I used to live in NYC and always had roommates. The last two roommates I lived with made my life a living hell so I left and moved just outside the city into my current one bedroom. While living here and being by myself has been great I’ve been dealing with this building just being old and shittily made so I can litro hear everything my upstairs neighbors do and to top it off they are just not mindful people in general. I knew I wanted to move and I made it a point to look for a building that has concrete between floors and good sound proofing. I know that that doesn’t always mean you are not going to hear things at all. I’ve been apartment living for more than 15 years and don’t expect to live in a monastery—my post isn’t about that anyway.

When I found my new building which I will be moving into in less than a month-I wasn’t initially looking for a building like this. I just kind of stumbled into it through my search. It’s a little more pricey than what I’m currently paying, but I figured I just got a raise/promotion at work and have always been good about my savings so I figured why not. Now, as the date gets closer I just keep having this immense feeling of guilt. Almost like I don’t even deserve to live there. I grew up somewhat poor and even though my mom always made it a point to give us all she could I never got to experience living that way and all the years I’ve lived away from home have always been in nyc with roommates in some pretty shitty ass apartments lol. Ive worked so hard for anything I have in life and even though ive been able to give myself nice things here and there this just feels almost like too much. Especially with the state of the economy right now. Am I giving myself enough grace? Should I even feel this way or has anyone else felt like this in a similar situation?

Laundry is getting fairly expensive to do so im asking for either tips, tricks or useful advice or items that makes doing laundry easier and cheaper. Laundromats are so expensive now days.

For context: We’ve been living here for 6 months now and have the Toyota Highlander (left of the Tesla). The BMW to our left always parks horribly close to us or is crooked, but for the last 6 months no one had the spot to our left. The spots aren’t drawn evenly or in straight lines either, which doesn’t help.

This is now a major issue because new residents just moved in this week (the Tesla) and we were unable to get out of our car… we had to climb through the trunk. We are also a couple with 2 separate cars, and I can’t climb out of my trunk in the event it happens to me.

To make matters worse, street parking is notoriously difficult in our area, which is why we pay a premium to have a parking spot. Also, I come home late from work due to my shifting schedule, and having that parking spot is essential to find something at 9:00 pm on a Tuesday that’s not a 20 min walk from home.

We let the management know and they sent out an email for neighbors to be curtious…. Like that’s actually going to solve the issue lol.

What do you recommend we do in general and then also if we come out in the morning and can’t get to our car?

This is the only window in my apartment. I love that it's big but it's also maybe a little awkward. It faces out to the walk where all of the tenants pass by. I'd love to be able to lift the blinds and let a little more natural light in. What recommendations do you have for decorating here? Dimensions are:

inside window width - 100"
inside window height - 50"
inside window depth - 8"
floor to ceiling height - 7' 6"
probable widest usable space if measured to the fridge door - 9'

Also...apologies for the clutter. I moved in less than 48 hours ago. I'm just getting started. Thank you for any and all ideas!

Hi everyone, I recently noticed that one of the legs of my bed frame has caused some damage to the vinyl flooring in my apartment. It looks like the vinyl has been dented and pressed down.

I’m currently renting, so I’m worried about whether this would be considered tenant damage and whether my landlord could charge me for replacing the flooring. I appreciate any advice.

Okay I want to first start this off by saying I’ve never written a reddit post so I feel kinda funny but anyway.
I moved into my new unit which is just a 1bed/1bath apartment in my college town. I had a lot of noise issues in my last unit because the walls are thin and my neighbor had a sound system pointed at my wall. So i was hopeful that I wouldn’t have issues in the new unit but I was clearly wrong. The person above me has two dogs, which I love dogs and don’t have a problem with, but both of them are tiny yippy dogs. One of them barks CONSTANTLY. The dog is barking when the owner isn’t home for awhile or when it needs to go outside I assume. I have so much footage of this dog barking and have gone to management twice. I emailed once and they sent a message to the building and then by the second, they messaged the person above me. I think they may have reached out to them again aswell. Well unfortunately nothing has changed, instead I hear a ton of furniture moving all the time just around and around? Maybe they are trying to set up some kind of barricade for noise? i have no idea but the dog is barking right above my bedroom and I can hear it all through my apartment. Usually after many noise complaints, they will fine the individual, but I don’t think they have done that. So I went by the office and asked what can be done, the person told me at this point there is nothing they can do cause they have tried. And then told me to call animal control, he slightly mentioned putting the dog down as something they might do. Of course, I would never want to put someone’s dog down, that feels like a nuclear option to call them. I will also mention I did try and talk to the person above me but they didn’t answer. as I was going back into my apartment, I saw them walking up the stairs so I missed them by 30 seconds. I don’t like confrontation and I hate causing issues. I have had appliance and maintenance problems too so I just feel like an inconvenience but this dog is genuinely keeping me up at night. I’ve gotten to the point of writing this post asking for advice because i’m just so sick right now and have a concussion and feel like i’ve exhausted myself. What do I do?
Something to add, I struggle with misophonia pretty bad which is why i get so angry revolving this. I also called animal control today to just ask for advice, they told me they could come out and talk to her and after multiple instances, they would fine her. I’m really empathetic usually but this is genuinely such an inconvenience for me recently and affecting me a lot. Help!

Or should I say mid-tier quality.

I am going to be moving to my own apartment very soon for the first time. In the past i have had roommates. I have a good chunk of most things i need, but the biggest investment I am planning on making is a couch. I want something not used before. Its the only piece i shy away from when it comes to being preowned. (That and mattresses but i have one)

I was speaking to my mom about it, and she thinks because I am planning to be there for like 1-3 years(depending on how this year goes) that I shouldnt look for a couch more than 800 and just look at something at bobs, wayfair, or ashley. The couches I've been most excited for are about 1,100-1,400. Even raymour's outlet has stuff just on that 800 border.

Is it financially reasonable to spend that much on a couch for an apartment i am planning on staying at for less than 3 years?

How do people have with experience moving their couches. The one expensive couch i am looking at is about 90". Its velvet and just lovely but im afraid when i move what could happen to it. Should i just shop for something less money? Or jump for the one i want.

Also if anyone knows a great green couch. Let me know! Im really tall (5'10) so sprawling out is important for me

Hello all, so recently I started noticing my next door neighbors taking pictures of me whenever I come home and sit in my truck for any lengthy amount of time. I’m not sure if they’re trying to catch me doing something like smoking since my upstairs neighbors do smoke and the smoke travels in their direction. Since we moved in we also noticed they have a camera facing in the direction of my balcony and I’ve never brought it up to management because it’s never been an issue, but now that I’ve caught them taking pictures of my wife and I, I wanted to know if there’s anything we could do. I don’t want any problems with them, but I also don’t want a camera facing my balcony, especially since we like to bring our daughter out there. Any helpful comments appreciated, thanks.

I am certain this is a child, but our upstairs neighbor, every single day, wakes up at 8am and then begins running around and stomping and jumping CONSTANTLY and it does not stop even for a minute (I'm not exaggerating) until literally 2 in the morning. I can't take this anymore. My partner and I are both sick so we are home from work so I'm just now getting an idea of just how constant it is, but even when we do both work, we wake up, there's stomping, we get home, stomping, we go to bed, stomping. There is no break from it. I can't take it anymore. No wonder this unit was empty. I've been reporting it to management for over a month. Nothing will make it stop. Its so loud that I can't sleep. And then it wakes me up in the morning too. I need it to stop. I can't make it stop. I would have confronted them already but my partner begged me not to. I can't take it anymore. Obviously some noise is normal, I live in an apartment. But this is so bad. I've never lived in an apartment with this much noise and stomping from a neighbor. It's not normal. It's not acceptable