Etiquette for renters ?

Apartment life is different, you do have to show respect to others. Have you moved in your apartment yet? Are you going to have a place to plant flowers? I hope so, I know you like to have flowers growing. With living in a house you have to keep up the yard, the grass, shoveling snow that kind of stuff. When you live in an apartment you don't have to do that stuff. I do wish you all the best with your move and the rest of your life. I wish yoiu nothing but peacefulness and happiness.

Yes, I do agree! It is important to have respect and consideration to others especially if we live in a place almost right next to each other. Take us for instance. We occupy a unit on the 2nd floor of a building owned by my mother. During the first few months after we moved in, I was too annoyed with the occupants of the unit right next to ours. They were a bunch of noisy and boisterous women who didn't seem to know what cleanliness was all about. One time, when I got too pissed of cleaning all their trash that flew to my place, I confronted them and told them that if they wanted to live in this building, they had to keep their own trash inside their own unit. I also demanded them to shut their holes up after 12 midnight because we needed to get some sleep too. It took several confrontations before they could get the point. Oh, how they hated my guts! All I was asking for is some respect and consideration, and that isn't really too hard to give, is it? But I guess they have learned a lot. They haven't heard my voice for sometime now as obviously they have started cleaning up their own place everyday and keep their door closed if they felt like making a whole lot of noise at night.

Absolutely I agree, when you share a common building with other tennants then they all need to practice common sense, common courtesy, and respect for their neighbors. Unfortunately, not all seem to feel the same way. A good neighbor is a blessing, and ones that only take themselves into consideration are a royal pain in the bee-hind! I SO do hope you get wonderful neighbors in your new apartment complex!

Yes, I think that you have to be considerate of other renters. I try to keep all noises and activities confined to my apartment. I am pleasant to my neighbors, but I don't go out of my way to get involved in their lives unless I were to become friends with them. I understand that other people are noisier and try not to get upset if they are unless it's outrageous. But, some people have no consideration of others and act like the common areas are their own private spaces.

Yeah. It is alot different than owning your own home. You have to respect others around you and they should respect you also with quietness and privacy. I would hate to rent again though because most people do not respect each others privacy.

Honey It's like everything You should treat others with respect and hope they do the same. xoxoxoxoxoxo

When we were renting when we got first married, the rule in our apartment block was that no loud noises after ten pm and also those who have pets have to rent the bottom two floors. We did not have sound proof insulation, not a very expensive building and it was in a residential neighborhood with houses and apartments scattered about. Another rule was to use those special hooks to put pictures on the wall, and not nail them on. So with you rent, because you do not own, you may have to pay for the damage and a small hole can be just wiped with a bit of plaster and not cost the landlord anything. While a large hole may need more attention. Also with so many neighbors close by, people have to get to sleep sometime and they do not want to be disturbed.

i think pretty much the only advantages of an apartment is its small so you don't have alot of space to clean and it usually includes utilities so all you have to pay is rent and sometimes power. other than that i would radther have a place that has a back yard. i have 3 young kids and i need a place that they can go outside and play with out me having to sit out there with them. soething that i can jsut watch them out the window

i haven't lived in an apartment for 12 years, and I sure don't miss it. You are right have to be considerate of the one's that live around you. The only advantage i see in living in an apartment is that don't have the up keep of your place to live.

Common sense and respect go a long way to not being evicted for not getting on with the neighbours. Thankfully, we have a house big enough (well, not any more) for our family and don't have to worry about what the neighbours are hearing. Hhhhmmm, walls are rather thin though, and we can often hear them as clear as day. Please don't make me go there!

You do have to have consideration for the other tennants in your building. It's not just you living there, it could be quite a number more there. If you just practice consideration for the other people around you, there will be no problems. Become involved in your community, and be friendly. You never know what kind of people you'll meet in your complex.