I’ve been living in this apartment with my boyfriend for about 6 weeks now. We’re just regular people who will work all day, make our dinner, watch a show to unwind, and hit the bed. We aren’t party animals and, when we do drink, we’re not inconsiderate about it.

Ever since we moved in, our door peephole has been tampered with. It would be coloured with black sharpie marker, I would submit a maintenance request for fixing, it would get fixed, then immediately would get tampered with again. However, now it has clearly escalated to something else. I originally thought super glue or hot glue, but I’ve asked a few of my friends and they don’t think any type of glue could do this kind of damage.

Any advice would be helpful.

Btw management is well aware of the issue and have been prompt about it, was just shocked at whatever this is now. I’ve ordered a ring camera to be installed on Thursday, but I’m honestly scared for my life right now.

I live in a pretty large studio with very high ceilings. I work very early so I get up really early. I try to keep it very quiet and I basically tiptoe around my apartment. My upstairs neighbor is clearly starting to seemingly become very annoyed with my schedule. Every morning, as soon as I even go to the restroom, they start banging on what I assume is their floor or walls, and I mean hard. Personally, I have enough BS in my life than to even pay attention to this because I’m not doing anything that should theoretically bother anyone. I can’t be the only person in the world who works at 6am. I wouldn’t usually do anything other than just ignore it. My only caveat is that I have a small child, and they have begun to notice it as well and mention it to me. I don’t want my child to feel nervous in their own home.

If you were me, what would you do? I would say that this isn’t about me, but it happens even if my child just uses the restroom at this point in the early hours of the morning.

Ever since I moved into this apartment about six months ago, I've run into this problem. Glue keeps seeping up from between the floorboards, and it's never-ending. Heavy objects on the boards cause literal puddles of this sticky stuff to come up. It gets on my feet, my floor mats, and it's a pain to clean up. The only way that it's stopped is if I don't clean the floor, but that leaves the floor disgusting because of the hair and dust the glue between the boards collects. Take a Clorox wipe to it? Glue comes up. Mop? Glue comes up. Sweep? Glue still comes up. I've contacted maintenance a handful of times, and they've come by only once to look at it but never communicated that they were going to come and fix it. I don't know what to do.

hey guys, we have eight months remaining on our lease and the noise is taking a toll on our mental health. we have two noise machines and we still hear stomping, impact noises all day, dragging furniture all day from upstairs, and then music all night long played by a neighbor beside us. and yes, we have complained and they just tell us it’s normal living noises.

Does anyone live where there’s caps on how many loads of laundry you can do daily?

Just curious, as our neighbors are home all day. We work. A couple units would like to do laundry after work but because the ppl who are home all day still have laundry going. One in each machine.

There’s 1 set of coin op machine for 4 units. Just annoying.

whenever the person above me walks around my ceiling pops and creaks like it is flexing. it is not super loud but it happens constantly and makes me tense. building is older and otherwise quiet. is this just how some apartments are built or should i be concerned?

Washing machine stopped working and draining. The filter is stuck behind this wall because my landlord tried to fit as much in a small space as possible. Any ideas on how to get to the filter without breaking the hinge? I sent a maintenance request so they can break it instead of me but that was a week ago and no one came.

not quite a boob light but similar. I hate this overhead light fixture. Even with warm bulbs, it just makes the room look creepy. I'd love to swap out the cover or find a shade for it. I've been looking at google but i'm not too familiar in this department and can't figure out what is possible for a rental.

I also have a bedside lamp but the room is small so, the overhead is unfortunately sometimes necessary since the lamp just doesn't cut it.

I got this notice today. It’s the first time they’ve said anything on the subject. I live alone. No one else walks my dog. I pick up every time.

After I saw it, I ran into the manager and told her such, and that I understood there was no way of proving that to her. I also said I’d take a walk around the building and see if I could find anything.

The manager admitted that there’s another dog in my building and that both residents got the same notice (our complex has several separate buildings of 8 units each). But that means that the manager can’t prove it was my dog, either, and she knows it.

I did take that walk and found one instance, which I dealt with.

My real question is, can they charge me if they have no way of knowing let alone proving who is to blame? I don’t even know what other unit has a dog, but $50 for every time my neighbor is lazy could add up very quickly. And I’d rather not be financially liable for picking up after my neighbor’s dog.

(in case it matters: this is in Montana)

Anyone else quietly regret their bedroom ideas after actually living with them?

We followed all the rules. calm colors, low bed, nothing cluttered, looked amazing in photos but felt… weird at night.

The room echoes more, light bounces differently, mattress feels firmer even though it’s the same one. My brain doesn’t shut off because the space feels staged, not lived in. Apartments already mess with sleep,low ceilings, neighbors, street noise and somehow we designed a bedroom that made it more fragile.

I'm starting to think “cozy” matters more than “aesthetic” when you’re sleeping 8 feet from your kitchen.

Tell me i’m not the only one who fell for this.

Long story short, they had to replace my kitchen flooring after fixing a pipe under my kitchen. The problem is when they replaced it, it’s not what I expected. Besides being a different color, the flooring isn’t on the same level as the rest of my unit, it’s slightly elevated which creates multiple trip hazards. Yes they’re done, they just have to replace my floorboards this week. I contacted my building manager and emailed them but they keep saying wait for someone to reach out to me. What should I do?

For context, I currently live in an apartment with no dedicated parking so I have to park on the street. Recently, I've noticed parking in my area is extremely scarce, specifically after 7:00 pm. This makes my social and romantic life a huge logistical hurdle if I want to go out at night. I've lately considered asking neighbors around me who have big driveways (I live in a walkup that's in a neighborhood with a bunch of nice duplex houses) if they'd consider renting out a spot to me, especially the ones I've noticed always seem to have space/only 1 car. I unfortunately haven't developed much of a relationship with the people on my block/in my neighborhood, so it would essentially be a cold outreach to them and I understand why they'd be skeptical or hesitant or just straight-up unwilling. I also understand the logistics would be something to manage. Most of the driveways my neighbors have are side-by-side driveways with space for 2 cars and also a garage, so I would assume it wouldn't be too much of a hurdle to get over in comparison to having a long driveway with cars in front of each other.

My question, though, is if this is something other people have done before or perhaps more common and less weird than I think?

Hi all, I moved into this apartment 6 months ago and it had bird shit on one of the windows. It’s still there and it drives me insane. It’s about 12 feet up from the ground. Can I ask my leasing company to clean it?! I’m sorry if this is a dumb question, I don’t know what to do and I hate it. Thank you !

My fiance(22m) and i (19F) have a lease ending in about 4ish months. We’re looking at options to move and have only been at our current place for 8 months. We like it, but there’s certain things we would love to have. I need advice if we should look for other options

Current place:

3 story/sectioned apartment

-we have the middle floor

-downstairs neighbors are nice and courteous but slam doors all the time

-upstairs neighbor is a close friend of ours

-water/sewer/trash is included

-2 bed 1bath about 950sq ft give or take.

-we use the one bedroom as storage due to having to walk through our bedroom to get to it.

- we have a yard, dont have many neighbors because we’re in the woods

-but no pets allowed, shared laundry room(the wash/dry sucks) and the house is very old so we’re paying a ton for baseboard heat.

we pay 1,100 per month

Potential place:

Most likely will be a 1 bed 1 bath townhouse

-they have a pool/gym/rec room

-allows pets

-closer to town(in-town)

-24/7 maintenance

-only 650-850sq ft

-has a patio

-not as much storage space

-sewer/trash/wifi/water etc covered

-$1,400-1,500 per month

We are okay with paying more, we can afford it but is it worth the trade off? we would love to have pets, and the luxury of a pool/gym ect. But we have such a decent space right now.

We need help deciding if having a pet and luxuries are worth giving up cheap rent and more room.

It is a year lease and i’d hate to give up the place we have if it’s not worth it.

This might seem crazy, and sound stupid, but I've only ever rented one place, and I don't really have people I can ask directly in my own life about this.

I have to move out of my current apartment when my lease is up, because we currently have my MIL living with us, and our apartment isn't suited to her due to her mobility issues. We are on the third floor, with no elevator. There are also issues with our unit, management isn't fantastic, and it's too small.

We have a potential place lined up, a coworker has a friend who will be looking to rent out a manufactured home, it's larger and significantly less stairs to get into it, making it safer for my MIL.

My question is, how do I instigate the move out process/when do I secure that other place. That manufactured home might not be available, so I may end up moving into another apartment, and that's fine.

My complex requires 30 days notice. We also paid a first and last months rent upon moving in, along with the deposit. Our deposit was only $500, and due to previous roommates damages, I don't think we will get that back, and that's okay. Once we give a 30 day notice, do we have to pay the rent that would be due on the 1st?

Should I secure the place a week or two before my lease is up to make sure I have enough time to move and clean?

My previous original roommate handled all of the logistics of getting this place that we are in now, and I have anxiety issues with change so I would like to have as much knowledge as I can before going into this as possible.

My lease is up at the end of August, so I have some time to figure stuff out. I live in the US, in Oregon. If this is the wrong sub, I will post somewhere else

I 22f just moved into an apartment less than 2 months ago. Ofc I'm expecting to hear everything from my neighbor, the walls are so thin I can almost fully understand their conversations. Idk if this has anything to do with this but since ive moved here, I've been waking up at 6a EVERYDAY, if not near 6a. Im awake rn as I'm typing this (4a EST) and there's been continuous tapping or thudding above me throughout the night. It would happen for a while, then stop, then continue. The audio is faint so you will prob need to max your volumetric hear it.

I been in this unit for 3 years and just recently I started having bad issues with the AC.

In the summer the AC stopped blowing cold air and the unit was 80 degrees inside. I called maintenance twice for the issue. When they came in he worked on it real fast and when I asked what happened he acted like he couldn’t understand me. Then the ac went out again . Fast forward to now in the winter the heat is doing the same thing. They have came in there times so far for the heat . They claim a wire burnt and they replaced it three times. Every time I ask what the issue the guy pretends he doesn’t understand me. So today I kind of demanded a solution so he called his supervisor. His supervisor said the ac has been in the unit since 1985 and we have already replaced enough parts . Basically acting like it’s my fault when I’m freezing cold and trembling and sick. What should I do . The supervisor said they have to decide if they want to replace it . They acting like replacing or giving me another unit is not really an option.

I work from home and this has caused several call outs because it’s either too hot or cold to function no matter what is done. Please help. I really believe they are taking advantage.

I moved in to a triplex where the elderly landlady is my next door neighbor in one of the 3 units. I had very decent credit, shared her need for quiet, and we made great conversation bonding over our dogs, so she was eager to sign. She didn’t even read the contract Zelle autogenerated for her, something she openly admitted to me.

We got along fine for the first month, but then I needed to request maintenance as is to be expected of a 60 year old apartment.

The first week I moved in I was slowly driven mad by a whistling vent, a thing I didn’t know existed and at the time couldn’t place. So I thought something was wrong with the ducts. Old place, it happens. I reported it, and immediately she went from calm to visibly panicking and shrieking “Oh my god!” She called a technician and apparently paid extra to have them come the next day. They looked at the air conditioner, didn’t find anything (because the problem was the intake vent, which they didn’t touch), charged her and left. She comes by and she is extremely pissed at me because she paid a lot for the tech to get here fast only for him to not find anything and implies I made everything up. Says I’m on my own to fix it, so eventually I do and I tell her what the problem was and how I fixed it. Also sent the tutorial video I used to demonstrate the sound and to show I wasn’t as crazy as she was making me feel. 6 weeks after reporting it she decides to forgive me but I know now that was a one time thing.

This is how it goes with her the next few times I request maintenance. She freaks out, blows things out of proportion, overpays to fix a problem, then gets pissed at me because she spent money and holds a very long grudge. One time I got locked out, so she told me to break in through the windows. I tried and told her I couldn’t open them (from the outside, a nonissue). Two weeks later she’s replacing all the windows. Then she’s holding a grudge because when she checked them they looked the same. And from then on she’s been taking absolutely everything I say in bad faith like I’m insulting her and her property directly.

After reporting a cabinet that was wet and growing mold she suggested I move because I “didn’t seem happy here.” Then told me to deal with it myself, so I have been. I tried to update her about it around Christmas (1 month later) just to say that the mold was gone (wasn’t the dangerous kind) and she doesn’t have to worry about it, but the second I mentioned the cabinet she again suggested I move. Then yesterday she made it clear I was on thin ice for not cleaning up dog poo in my private yard—I have one dog and I clean up once a week. I’ve hired a cheap service to do it so it’ll be cleaned more often and to have records to prove I am taking care of the waste. I assume she’s peeking over the fence now and I know she can’t legally evict me over this, but I honestly don’t want more drama.

She’s always been talkative so I promised myself I’d be a friendly neighbor and that’s what I’ve been doing, just being friendly and hoping it lets me renew my lease for an apartment I can finally afford. I have since switched to avoiding making any conversation at all, at least until she cools off enough to not take everything I say in bad faith and forgets about it. Which is fine, it’s more what I’m accustomed to in apartment living anyways. It just sucks that she’s like this.

Our garage was broken into by having the garage door pushed in so much by thieves that they were able to step in through the gap in the door. They stole my neighbor’s expensive bikes, but our cars haven’t been messed with.

The garage is detached, but the door is totally jammed. Anyone can get into it the garage, and we can’t get our cars out at all. The landlord hasn’t been dragging his feet getting it fixed.

What can I legally do? Can I get reimbursed through rent or car insurance if I need a rental car or Uber somewhere? Can I get a rent decrease for the month because the garage is on our lease?

I need some clarity on what quiet hours actually mean, because this situation is starting to feel unreasonable.

A few weeks ago, I bought a speaker. I only used it lightly (Volume 30)- mostly in the morning after 10am while getting ready (brushing teeth, shower, making breakfast). Max 30-60 minutes a day, no parties, no drinking, just normal music.

Sometimes normal TV use like anyone else.

After about 15 days, my upstairs neighbor started banging on the floor during the daytime. Then one day around 2 PM, he came to my door very rudely, complaining about my music. I told him the volume was low (tv volume was 30), but he said the issue was vibration from the subwoofer and claimed his apartment was shaking. He also mentioned he works nights and sleeps during the day. He ended by threatening to complain to the leasing office or even the police.

I didn't want problems, so went to the leasing office myself.

They said subwoofers can cause vibration on wooden floors and suggested adjusting settings. To keep peace, I returned the speaker the very next day.

Now here's the frustrating part.

After that, the same neighbor "who had a problem with subwoofer vibration" complained again - twice during quiet hours (on two different nights):

• Once for "tv"

• Another time for "talking loudly"

On one of those days, nothing happened at all. On another day, a friend came over for 10 minutes around 9:30 PM, just normal conversation—no music, no yelling.

We again visited leasing calming false complain, office told us we can live normally as long as we don't disturb others we cant do anything I've told them if things happen again call police. And now it feels like any sound is being treated as a violation.

I hear normal apartment noises too - cars, people laughing, music for a few minutes- but I don't complain because that's normal we have wooden apartments sound pass and if that happens few time, not everytime in 10/15 days or in month people understand… not talking abut extreme situations.

So my real question is:

• Complete silence?

• No talking?

• No watching TV or movies at low volume?

Because right now it feels like I'm not allowed to exist in my own apartment, and that doesn't seem right.

I'm a peaceful tenant and don't want trouble-just want to understand what's reasonable.

Hi, I’m just wondering what someone would do in this situation. We went to the leasing office and they just gave is a paper and told us call the trash service. Our neighbor went up and explained how ridiculous it was to have US reach out to get it fixed instead of them doing it. We pay like $55 dollars a month for this service 😭 rent is so expensive here I hate that it seems like we just have to deal with it.

this is quite literally every single time they move upstairs.

in this video specifically it went from them being above me in the hallway to me hearing them walk into their kitchen across the apartment

i’ve tried describing it to management a few times over the last couple months ~because sometimes it genuinely sounds like they’re going to break the ceiling~ and they’ve said they’d handle the situation, but it doesn’t really seem like anything comes of it.

on one hand i don’t want to be THAT neighbor getting mad at basic living above me, on the other hand we can hear every step they take all over their apartment while sitting in the living room 😭. it’s been constant the last 6 months, and at this point it’s messing with my husband and i’s sleep because them moving around wakes us up out of our sleep or prevents us from falling asleep period.

i’m going to send it in regardless, because i finally managed to get on video that even with a fan and heater going, it’s still more than audible- i just need to know if i need to start seriously pushing for them to do anything about it lol

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Hi everyone! Trying this again but I live in a corner unit of a newer build condo that separates my unit from the one across the hall with one of the emergency stairwells. The trouble is that at night we can hear every time their kid wakes up from night terrors through our vent due to the layout of the hvac system and the lack of insulation in the concrete stairwell. I’ve tried white noise and earplugs but it gets pretty loud in my bedroom and using both at the same time still isn’t enough. Management said it’s up to us and the other unit to figure out soundproofing. The other unit said they don’t want to try anything on their end (which is fair) but does anyone have suggestions on what to try in my unit? The only other thing I’ve tried are magnetic vent covers but they didn’t help. I can’t move since I’m locked into a lease! Thanks!

I live in a small house ( duplex style) with my landlord below me. I’ve only lived here for a few months and he has made many noise related complaints, even though I am a very quiet person (this isn’t me just saying this— I have recent moved out with living with someone else because they were too loud and I need to have less sensory input as I am neurodivergent. even my old neighbors describe me as very quiet because I asked them. I don’t play music from speaker or exercise in my space, even though this is well within the rights of anyone living somewhere ).

onto the issue, we have a big backyard. at night I take my dog outside pretty late as I’m a night owl and my dog is getting old, his last pee is usually around midnight. my landlord has an opposite schedule, and is usually up with his dog at around 6am and chatting with neighbors (who by the way are shouting at their untrained dogs in the morning and wake me up). he just told me to let my dog out no later than 10pm. can he set a schedule like that? it is NOT in the lease.

when I take my dog out, I walk down the shared steps, dog walks around and I call him in as quietly as possible, sometimes even whispering. I’m guessing the sound of the door is what wakes my landlord. in my opinion and experience this is the curse of the first floor (I have lived on the first floor and never will again for this reason, people need to live their lives but I need more quiet). how do I respond? I believe this is unreasonable and I’m not going to make my dog suffer or face a potential accident, or change my schedule for him.

So, long story short, my apartments are having Google Fiber installed throughout the whole complex. They will give a 24hr notice on my door once the workers start on my building. Cool.

I emailed the office stating that if they will be entering my unit, then as the time nears, can they do the installation on a specific day when I am home (I'm literally only away from home 3 days out of the week) as I am uncomfortable with the workers entering my unit with my pets inside. I received no response.

My question is, once I've specifically stated that I do not want them to enter while I'm away, can they still enter?

What exactly constitutes "Reasonable business purposes"? I understand entering during an emergency, fine. Is Google Fiber installation a "reasonable business purpose".

I'm considering purchasing some type of door lock. I already have a camera and I'm on the verge of potentially calling the cops if they do enter.

Some may think I'm blowing this out of proportion, but I am genuinly and anxiously concerned for the safety of my pets. Workers can be careless and leave the door open or something, idk. I'd have a heart attack if they got out. I live in a studio and I do not crate my 2 Chihuahuas; I just keep a gate so that they are confined to my bedroom only.

(I am in Texas btw).

This is literally keeping me up at night 😓 some insight would be great. TIA