One of the things that I really hate about living in an apartment is that I end up disliking someone I don’t even know. We have a new neighbor that moved in below us last week. I haven’t actually spoken to him because he’s pretty much keeping to himself. But…I already didn’t like him before he moved in.
I loved not having anyone below us. (We haven’t had the best luck with people living in the apartment underneath us.) With the place empty, I didn’t worry about how much noise we were creating or my dog barking. I also didn’t have to hear anything from below like yelling or slamming doors.
The new guy seemed to be fairly quiet so I tried to keep any open mind. Yesterday morning, however, as his alarm went off from 6:15 until 7:15 I found myself not liking him so much. He also keeps his kitchen light on continuously. I want to tap on his window when I come home and say “Save electricity. Turn your light off!”. I don’t. And he must leave his TV on continuously because I hear it ALL the time (even in the morning while his alarm is going off!).
Honestly we have had much, much worse neighbors so I’m thankful. I think I’m really just ready to live in my own house. And I feel guilty for not liking someone that I haven’t even spoken to!
The most memorable/notable thing from when I lived in my apartment was the trashy guy who decided to change his engine/transmission in the parking lot outside my window, during the NIGHT. From midnight until roughly 7 a.m. While constantly yelling at his gf/wife to get him “the %&#(&$*# wrench” (and other things). Between stuff like that and the rampant drug dealing, I was sooo glad to move out of there.
Jeremy lived in an apartment of college kids, so there were many alarms going off throughout the day, that people had forgotten to turn off. Annoying. His worst experience was probably the guys down the hall who passed out while they were cooking hot dogs on the stove. Waking up to the fire department is never a good thing. It was a very small fire and nobody was hurt, thankfully, but it is always scary when you know there are other people in the building who could potentially harm you/your stuff.
I hope you get your house soon!! (It is definitely a buyer’s market right now.) You’ll likely still have neighbor issues now and then, but at least you can go into your own house and shut the door and forget about them.
Sorry for a comment that is longer than your entire post.
My fear is totally that one of the tenants in my building will burn the place down. I think that apartment living just isn’t for me.
I remember at one of the apartments we had in Seattle, you could hear the dude next door…snoring. All. The. Time. It was awful.
Here’s to future homeownership being closer than you think. :)
i think brett and i should live downstairs…and yuan can come when she gets done with medical school
i agree with stick… that way, i wouldn’t have to watch tv alone.
brett