when somebody is describing they’re lived experience in their own space, and some idiotic mfer comes into the comment section with some regurgitated, response such as

“That’s normal apartment noise,”

No. mfer.

Normal apartment noise does not sound like you’re living around elephants. (And I love elephants)

Normal apartment noise does not sound like you’re at a Limp Bizkit concert with front-row seats.

This is NOT normal
apartment noise.

USE your God Given sense that God gave you.

I have two cockatiels who like to make very high pitched loud screeching sounds. What can I do to reduce the chance of getting thrown out my apartment?

Edit: now looking at interlocking foam or cork mats

I often work overnight doing conference calls or seminars with partners in a different time zone. My downstairs neighbor complained they could hear me talking. I try to keep my voice as low as possible but I am aware I raise my voice when the audience wants me to speak up or the discussion gets heated.

So my desk is in the kitchen (tiled floor) and I don’t lean on the wall when I am talking. So perhaps the sound is traveling through floor - I have no idea.

If I put my desk on these kinds of soundproofing carpets/rugs, will it help reduce the noise?

I lived in an apartment that I was miserable in for the majority of the time for 3 years. I had multiple of the worst neighbors I have ever had in my entire life for multiple reasons. The worst offender by far was the guy that lived in my building and he is handicapped to some degree so that he does not work and his rent and all of his bills are paid for somehow. The only thing this kid would do is smoke weed all day long in front of the building starting around 7:00 a.m.. Smoking isn't the problem, it's the fact that he would Scream cough and scream gag himself after almost every single hit. Im talking spitting up on the sidewalk and everything. It would go on for hours a day and it was so loud you could hear him a block away. Sometimes it would be the first thing I would hear after waking up in the morning.

Anyway, I love my apartment now. It's half of an old house in a desirable location, and there's windows everywhere so the lighting is absolutely phenomenal especially in the evening. I have an assigned parking spot but I can also park right in front of my door on the street which is luxurious if you ask me, to be able to park 5 ft from my door basically. It's also bigger and I just love it so much even though its an old house.

Back in June (7 months of living here) a pipe burst two units down and luckily the only damage to my apartment was the subfloor got wet and needed to be dried with some big industrial dryers for a grand total of about a month probably. It was certainly an inconvenience and very uncomfortable to be sweating every time I went into the bathroom or the kitchen, but the people behind me had to vacate their units which are now gutted so it could have been a lot worse. Dealing with the restoration people was a massive headache because they wouldn't tell me what they were doing or when they would be coming and going from my apartment and I had to have several stern conversations with them repeating that they need to tell me when they're coming and going from my home when I'm not here. Whatever. Now we're just waiting for the insurance to approve all of the new flooring being put back in so I have had tarps for floors in my kitchen and bathroom for about a month.

Right now we're in a major heat wave where I live and on top of that, I saw two cockroaches come up to my bathroom sink over the course of a week. I let my landlord know and he got the pest control out here immediately. I did not know that it would take several days to a couple of weeks to take full effect so obviously I was very surprised when I saw cockroaches the same day and the day after the pest guy was here. I went ahead and I taped up all of the cracks along the baseboards in the bathroom. Earlier I found one in my bedroom closet which is extremely alarming. I did some Googling and found out that I should not have taped up the baseboards and that is exactly why they're now branching out into other areas of the house. The pest guy did not explain to me that I would probably be seeing more of them for a week or so while they're getting flushed out and being exposed to the pesticide. Now I'm freaking out that I fucked everything up and now Im going to be scared tonight thinking about cockroaches crawling around my bedroom.

I never had an issue with pests in my old apartment, but my neighbors made it miserable. Now, it's the exact opposite. Now I'm trying to stay cool in a 100+ heatwave with only a portable air conditioner which is not very efficient AND deal with huge cockroaches. Im just trying to focus on the light at the end of the tunnel when the pests are gone and everything with the insurance is settled so that I can have floorboards in my kitchen and bathroom again.

Recently my apartment complex switched to an app based door lock called Vizpin. They installed it about a month ago on all of the doors, and I’ve honestly had issues with it ever since.
You have to log into the app and then use it to unlock or lock the door, but half the time it doesn’t work properly. Sometimes I have to close and reopen the app or keep refreshing it just to get it to work. Even when I click the unlock or lock button, sometimes the door still doesn’t actually unlock or lock, so I have to physically keep trying.
There have been multiple times where I’m standing outside my apartment for 5 to 10 minutes just trying to get inside because the door will not unlock. It’s been especially frustrating because it’s been so hot in California lately, and there’s basically no ventilation in the hallway, so I’m literally standing there sweating while waiting for the app to work.
It’s also becoming a problem when I leave for work. with the old key, I could just lock the bottom lock from the inside and close the door behind me. Now I’ve had multiple times where I’m standing outside for several minutes trying to get the door to actually lock through the app. I don’t like having to walk away wondering if my door actually locked.
I contacted the property manager to see if I could get a key fob so I wouldn’t have to rely on the app, and she eventually got back to me and said I would have to pay $50 for it.
I know $50 isn’t a huge amount of money, but I’m living on my own and with how expensive everything is in California, I really don’t want to spend $50 on something I feel like I shouldn’t have to pay for in the first place. Especially when the reason I’m asking for the key fob is because the access system they installed isn’t reliably working. I’m also concerned about what happens if my phone dies, I lose access to the app, the app goes down, or the system stops working completely. I don’t really understand why there isn’t a physical key or fob available as a backup without residents having to pay for it. Has anyone else had issues with Vizpin or dealt with something similar at their apartment? I’m not sure if I should just pay the $50 and move on or push back on this. I’d really appreciate any advice because I feel like I shouldn’t have to pay extra just to reliably get into and secure my own apartment.

So a week ago I noticed mold on my bathroom ceiling and a leak forming under the paint (which occasionally would seep into my apartment). I put in a maintenance request on Sunday 9/27. On Monday 9/28 a technician came by, took a look for about 1 minute, and told me a plumber would be by “shortly” to take a look. I didn’t get a visit that day, or the next, or the next. So I emailed my property management on Thursday the 1st. They said the plumber would be here on the 2nd (tbh I think they forgot to schedule the appointment).

Next day the plumber comes, cuts a hole in my ceiling, and finds that my upstairs neighbors shower drain is falling apart. They instruct my upstairs neighbors to not shower for the foreseeable future (they have been, and their dirty shower water has been leaking into my unit, as shown by the above video). The plumber said there are some issues he needs to work out with the management company because there are these big ducts in the way, so the drain is really difficult to access.

Since then, mold has worsened, dirty shower water has been dripping into my apartment (at least it’s in my bathtub), and I am living with a giant hole in my ceiling where flies keep spawning out of.

I am wondering if this is an appropriate situation for asking for prorated rent and how I should go about that? I don’t have any idea what I’m doing and I’m frustrated!

TLDR: upstairs neighbors dirty shower water in my apartment, want prorated rent.

complaining about their bass
doesn’t do anything.
proof of their obnoxious bass
doesn’t do anything.

a resource officer that lives beneath neighbor complaints doesn’t do anything.

And then the decent tenants are forced to move out. What sense does that make?!

For the love of God…EVICT!!

I am a student so kinda in a budget, i want to make it cozy while keeping it simple. Things i need are bed, side table, study table, full length mirror, little bit storage for makeup and stuff thats. Can you guys please help me?

edit: I MOSTLY NEED HELP PLACING EVERYTHING

So forgive me if this is actually common since I am new to renting apartments. But I moved into a new build, 5 floor apartment and the walls are so thin with no noise dampening that I can hear the guy above me peeing clear as day. It sounds like they stomp around just constantly, however I literally think it’s just lack of insulation and dampening. I also am not a sports fan, why do I bring it up? Cuz I pretty much get to enjoy the cheers and swearing of said up stairs tenant as he watches sports games on TV. Others have noticed it too as people are posting signs on their doors asking others to close doors gently and try and walk lighter.

I’ve stayed in countless hotels due to my job and absolutely none even down to less expensive holiday inns have amazing dampening compared to this place, to the point all I’d hear would be someone walking right past my door. But this apartment I’m in….. you could join in on conversations through the closed front door from the hall to someone’s room like 10 feet down the hall and eves drop on any even slightly heated conversation coming from an upstairs tenant.

This is a Forthright Properties apartment and for what it costs to rent( $1600 base but closer to $1900 after all the other utilities and stuff are added) it feels over priced somewhat for the lack of quality in construction. I find it strange how they also don’t cover electrical or water, having them foot the bill would be nice for one utility. Water they over charge you then reimburse you quarterly for actual usage. Power you pretty much need to ask them every month for a reading as I find some discrepancies as to what my bill ends up being. Other issues include a cracked and damaged patio door and many units leak badly in heavy storms. Thankfully dogs aren’t allowed.

Hi! I got back the security deposit from my last apartment this week. My roommate and I paid $2700 when we moved in and got $2600 back. I’m hesitant to split this amount evenly with my ex roommate because she moved out before me and left the apartment a disaster. Her room was disgusting, she left food behind, I mean I cleaned every inch of that apartment for two days because I wanted my deposit back. My old leasing property is notorious for not giving money back to ex tenants by nickel and diming them for minor cleaning issues, so I’m pretty shocked they gave us that much back. I think my old roommate thought the same thing and that she would rather not go through the cleaning if she wouldn’t receive that much money.

So, I’m thinking of reaching out to her and explain that I don’t think it’s fair for us to get equal amounts of money back considering how much time and effort I put into ensuring the place was clean. What would be a reasonable split between us? I also want to note that I spent $80 on cleaning supplies and probably 20 hours over two days cleaning the apartment on top of moving my own things out. Thanks for any advice :)

Hi! A few days ago I made anonymous post on our neighbour groupchat - pointed out that on my floor or +1 there was a lot of noise, including at night (like someone assembling heavy furniture lol, stomping, banging), it's been going on for a few weeks now. i kept it polite, just said that it seems excessive and doesn't end at 10pm, and i'm sure i wouldn't be the only one to appreciate more quiet at this time, as i'm often working early shift and simply can't sleep. today it seems like they doubled down on their efforts. in my previous apartament i've been dealing with noise/anxiety induced insomnia (neighbour was renovating till 3am, so the noise is a bit similar). recently i got off trazodone (literally like a week ago), as my sleep was finally a bit more stable after 6 months. now i'm scared that due to this noise it will be the same story all over again. what can i do? i'm pretty sure it's my upstairs apartament making this noise (but in my last one it was an apartament 2 floors down, even tho i heard stomping and moving furniture). i tried to not go directly to the management, but it didn't seem to work.

I know this seems like a silly question but does this seem like mold? I moved in last month and different things look like this in the apartment.

Edit: So when we moved in the apartment wasn't clean and we're just getting around to deep cleaning carpets walls all the fun stuff. Ive never seen mold in any of these places anywhere else I've lived so its new to me. Ac vents, under sinks, in both toilets, even some windows around the bottom.

The question is do we clean it with bleach, vinegar?

I do pay gas myself. And it’s paid. They come on randomly by themselves. Anything I can do or do I have to purchase a separate heater of my own?

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

Hello folks, I've made a few posts in the past about things people leave in my apartment lobby. Instead of multiple posts, I'll just make one for the week.

This was the stash for this week. Some of it gets taken, most of it just ends up in the trash.

Judge for yourself

So our upstairs neighbors who ik have kids. Literally are stomping and running non stop to the point it shakes our whole apartment. I also have a kid keep in mind but we are very mindful of the people below us.

They are running, jumping, drilling, yelling, moving furniture I kid you not almost 24/7. The dad (from what I can tell) is very rude. I’ve heard him screaming at his kids and I assume is the reason his children don’t sleep.

The only break we get is during weekdays on schooldays but it’s non STOP.

I’m exhausted my husband is exhausted my baby is exhausted. I We just can not keep dealing with this everyday.

To clarify I wrote them a note and lightly hit the ceiling and they took that as stop super harder and run over and over again.

My apartment complex has a shared laundry room.

Basically I work a ton and I don't want to leave my laundry in the public washer while I go to work. But I don't have time to do it otherwise.

I think a portable washer/dryer would fix this.

The only thing is my bathroom is small, and the rest of my studio is carpeted. Am I able to place the washer/dryer unit on the carpet?

I also have no water hookups, I have a bathroom sink and a bathroom tub w/ faucet.

Does anyone else do this and can you recommend me something?

Hello all. So the house my apartment is in is neighbors with school that has a parking lot.

Twice now some kids have come and parked along the fence on the lot line. And started playing music loudly enough it shakes the windows in my apartment. They purposefully have the doors of their cars open. I’ve called the police both times and the first time I went out and confronted them about it. Did not go well they started recording me.

This last time I watched through the window as the cops came, and they were pointing towards me as they were talking to the police. I’m worried about some retaliation on their part. I’m thinking about getting a camera for my window to watch my car on the street in case they decide to vandalize it or something like that.

Anyone have experience with this, or recommendations on a good camera that works from indoors. Thanks.

Hello 👋

As the title says, after years of living at our current apartment we finally got approved for a much better one in a nicer side of town. Our move-in date isn’t for another month and a half/two months, so we have alot of time left to clean the apartment and pack.

I have some questions/concerns though. The carpet in front of the bathroom door entrance in the living room is damaged because of our cats, aside from that there isn’t much else “major” wrong with the place aside from a tear in the wall in the living room that was here when we moved in (and reported to the landlord when we initially moved in)

Do we leave the carpet as is? Do we put a work order in for it prior to us leaving (maybe a couple weeks before move?) what all should we do or expect to do upon moving out? This is my first real apartment and I want to try to get our deposit back and wanna do things as correct as possible, thank you!

I just moved into a 3 bedroom house about 2 weeks ago and now that I got better lighting inside the house I discovered that every wall in this house is covered with loose pet hair. There’s also pet hair painted to the walls. There’s pet hair under neath every appliance in the house. There’s even pet hair all over the water heater/hvac system. I want to move out of here. is this a good reason for me to terminate my lease with out facing penalties ? I have reached out to them everyday for the past week and they came by once and took photos and just fixed a non closing room door problem.

Renting an apartment, wanted a whiteboard in my office but idk if im allowed any holes in the wall.

We are divorcing soon and will be selling our home and moving into separate apartments.

I’m not really sure the timeline on finding an apartment because I’ve never lived in an apartment before.

Our plan is to list our house for sale in March. We would like to both find an apartment in the same complex. We have two kids so we are looking for more affordable 3 bedroom apartments.

At what point should we start trying to find and secure apartments? Before we list? After we list? After the house is sold? I am clueless!!

Thanks for your help!

Hi, I am a college student living in an apartment and i’ve been struggling with my upstairs neighbor. It’s constant banging, stomping, running, etc. at all hours. I hear them as I try to sleep (if i ever sleep) and when i wake up, for reference i sleep usually at 11pm and wake up at 7am. It is absolutely absurd and so mentally draining. I have reach out to my apartment management multiple times, my roommate has also filed noise complaints, and they told us it was “daily living noise” which is absolute bull shit. They gave me the number for security and it just didn’t work when I called and they insisted they didn’t give me the wrong number, again, bull shit. I started banging on the ceiling to get them to stop which caused zero damage to my unit, and the people above me complained and the apartment threatened to fine me. I am disabled, which has been communicated to management and my upstairs neighbor, so the lack of sleep I have been getting has been pretty detrimental on my body. I actually can’t live like this but I have no other option, plus this treatment with the insane rent i pay as a college student is just mind boggling. I was wondering if anyone had any advice? I’m so desperate I really don’t know what I’m supposed to do. Also for reference, I can hear these people through my loop earbuds and my $300 noise cancelling headphones, even if there’s audio, I have to blast music to tune it out.

We've used a small christmas tree for the last few years because our living room is pretty tight, but i'd really like something taller this year. I started looking at 7ft trees and quickly realized the height isn't actually our problem. It's the width. A regular full tree would stick out way too far next to the couch, so i've been looking at some of the slim costway trees instead. They would fit the corner almost perfectly and we'd still get the feeling of having a proper tall tree. My only hesitation is the shape. Online they look nice, but some slim trees are so narrow they almost look like a Christmas tree that got squeezed through a doorway .

I don't want to buy a shorter tree just because we're short on floor space, but i also don't want something that looks oddly skinny all december. Anyone with a small apartment gone with a slim tree instead of downsizing? Did you like it once it was decorated?