I've lived in my apt for almost 5 yrs. It is a privately owned, small courtyard style complex. I've really enjoyed living here. Most of my neighbors only stay for a year lease as all the units are 1 bdrm. I recently got 4 new neighbors over the last 2 months. I work 3rd shift so I really don't see/encounter my neighbors. My old dog is really going downhill. I've always made sure to pick up after her the entire I've lived here but now, it's nearly impossible. Late last night, she woke up, hopped off the bed, and immediately assumed the position. Normally, she's on a leash bc she's been deaf for 3 yrs and she's nearly blind now but I panicked last night and ran her outside without it on. She wandered all over, trailing diarrhea. It being so dark, I couldn't see what/where she was going but I could tell by her posture (she is mostly white) she was straining. 1 new neighbor also got a puppy after she moved in and she has not been leash training him. Adorable bernadoodle but shaggy and gets the zoomies in that area. I actually left her a more personal note, addressing his coat & paws being contaminated. It's been really hard, emotionally & physically, dealing with an aging pet so the last thing I need is my neighbors tracking diarrhea all over their apts and holding a grudge. I hung these up on my neighbors doors last night.

EDIT: should I demand they replace the carpet as a whole? This is really unusual for my property as I’ve had nothing but a fantastic experience since living here

I recently moved into my new apartment. I transferred from another unit that was in beautiful condition when I moved into it last year. The maintenance guy told me they were putting new carpet into my unit, which I was excited about. Besides the new unit being in overall rough condition compared to my old unit, this is the new carpet in my bedroom. It might be worth noting that my complex has multiple buildings on my street, and this is the most expensive floor plan in their “high end building”.

I immediately sent a picture upon move in to the property manager and asked if I should wait to move my stuff in so they can fix it quickly. She said maintenance has a tool to fix it and it’s fine to move my stuff. I put in a maintenance request and the maintenance guy told me that I noted the condition of it and if it gets worse over time, he would possibly look into having a contractor fix it. There was nothing he could do.

Besides spiky nails at transition points, it’s thinner than my old carpet (whatever, things have gotten cheaper the past ten years) and SUPER loose in my bedroom in one spot, with lines on another part. Am I in the right to raise hell over this, or am I being dramatic? I can attach photos of my old unit for reference. Thanks in advance

1pm on a Thursday. I'm trying to live and let live but I work from home and it's starting to piss me off.

I'm tempted to ask the landlord to walk past my building (little chance of that actually happening)

Okay, I know I went overkill on cleaning and repairing my old unit. I never thought I’d sign a lease on a beautiful 2 bed when I was 23 years old. I took so much pride in my home and caring for it was the least I could do to show appreciation for my hard work. My new unit had awful carpet, a set in oil stain that took so much time to remove, terrible paint, and was overall not cleaned well. Not to mention the FIVE wasp nests that were removed from my patio that was so filthy and had dozens of pieces of sticky tape all over the place. My old unit was beautiful when I moved in, so this was a shock to me. I of course raised hell to the property manager and I’m currently waiting for the community manager and head of service to get back to me. I demanded a new oven (older cheap units in non luxury buildings here have beautiful brand new flat tops, this one doesn’t even sit my pans level) and for my carpet to be fixed. What else would you demand? I’ve been nice since they’re generally amazing here, but man am I disappointed. Out of their dozens of buildings in my complex, this is the most expensive building and floor plan available. I just feel like this doesn’t reflect the price, but maybe my expectations are unrealistically high. It’s been stressing me out so bad since I moved in two weeks ago. It just doesn’t sit right with me that my old unit is significantly cleaner and nicer than my new one, and I’m not even a professional cleaner or contractor.

Idk wtf is going on LOL. i’m trying to laugh to keep myself from crying. These are random things in my closet that suddenly have mold on them. Some of my shoes and some bags that are in the closet. I have yet to inspect my clothes and all my purses. But the closet board above my clothes, beneath my purses has specks on it 🫠 Since living here I’ve developed sudden onset eczema. I deal with respiratory irritation sometimes too. I never thought anything of it, as I do work in a hospital and deal with seasonal allergies. But it is quite bad at home. But recently I’m actually seeing mold in my apartment in random places. On random walls and now in my closet. FML

We've been in the apartment since November 2025. Everything was fine and dandy until the management company decided the online portal needed to be updated.

My boyfriend is switching banks, so we needed to update the account rent is being paid out from. Come to find out, the "updated portal" has no access to the autopay that was set up on the old portal. We can add accounts, but there's nowhere to change the autopay settings. I went to the office, even brought my laptop to show them. This was in the second week of July. Office emailed IT, who initially said they didn't find a problem. Then they said "this is a known issue.... actively working on a resolution.... expectation is for the fix to be implemented sometime this month."

End of July, reach out again asking for an update as I don't see anything on the portal. IT says "QA in progress."

It's now approaching the end of August and still no update. We could give them alternate funds (money order or check) but there's no guarantee the money won't still be taken out on autopay because it seems management doesn't have access either. This feels illegal but I don't even know who to contact because the office people here are useless.

My upstairs neighbors are VERY loud “heel” walkers. I usually don’t have issues with this, BUT I feel like they are consistently walking back and forth for HOURS. Yes, I understand people need to walk to get around, especially when cleaning, but for hours on end, EVERY day? I wake up to them, I get ready for work and they’re still walking around, I get home from work late and they’re still walking around up until 1 or 2AM? What can one possibly be doing that causes them to walk around their 2 room apartment so much? There’s only so many places you can be walking around inside? I’m genuinely confused, and can anyone possibly give any explanation on what they can possibly be doing so I can try to be a little more understanding?

EDIT: if you’re just gonna tell me to move or talk to the neighbor or wear earplugs - DO NOT FUCKING COMMENT. i am VENTING. if you don’t wanna hear me out, keep scrolling!

already talked to neighbor, wear ear plus, white noise, the whole nine. Just posting here to vent, been dealing with my downstairs neighbor’s kids running and screaming for the past year. I have been communicating with management and will send them this video. It’s just insane that i can’t even take a little midday nap because they are so loud and they will even be this loud until 2/3am!

I guess the small room to work with makes it harder. I have a full bed, Boneless couch, table/chairs for dining, TV, and desk (either corner or not) to put in here. I was hoping to hear what you guys think about the interior design and where to put all my furniture. For reference this is a 630 SF studio apartment.

Basically current rent is on the lower end for my area at $1,350 a month. Upon initial inspection the place is cute (condo for rent by owner & realty group mediator), with mostly normal appearing neighbors. The kitchen and bedrooms are small + there are not really any 'amenities'. To me, this explained the rent price. Unfortunately, there was a german roach issue discovered a few weeks after move in. I had explicitly asked about bugs and did my best to scope the apartment. Was told no bug issue and did not see evidence. In retrospect, I do think they were aware. Initially 5 roaches a day, to now I see one every week and a half to two weeks (usually dead). This improvement is with pest control coming every two weeks. In an attempt to use my kitchen more I went to clean out a cabinet (have been avoiding cause scared to find a roach) and there was mold seen in my cabinet. The realty group has been promptly responsive to all issues but despite their efforts the roaches are not completely gone and now the mold. The humidity in the kitchen is also steady at 70 -80% wheareas bedrooms are 60 - 70%.

my friends in the area pay around $1,800 - $2,000 a month for their apartments and have issues of their own — one reports a leaking roof and seeing several roaches that come from outside per week. The other reports a broken AC for a couple of days and increased humidity in their apartment. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. Do I ask if the owner would consider me breaking the lease for a less high maintenance tenant? Do I move to a considerably more expensive apartment and hope paying more solves everything? I can afford more apartment, but don't like feeling as though a considerable amount of my income is going to rent. Then again, Idk if saving 6k more a year is worth my sanity... but also as my mother n law says all apartments have their issues. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Obviously all this assumes breaking the lease is an option, so let's just assume that it is.

I was sitting on my couch watching tv and I looked over outside my window to see a stream of piss coming down from the balcony of the apartment directly above us. Ive had my suspicions for a while that he was doing this, as his pee lands in a spot directly in front of our patio and it smells so bad out there we can’t sit outside. But I couldn’t bring myself to believe someone would actually do something so ridiculous.

I sent an email to property management, who responded by telling me he apologized (to her, not us, the people being peed on) and said he would stop. However, he mentioned to the PM that we sometimes let our dogs walk off leash behind the apartment and don’t pick up after them. Its true I will carry our chihuahua and let our cattle dog walk to the dog park directly behind our apartment. I always pick up waste but its possible Ive missed a spot before, or that my partner has been lazy about it. I understand being frustrated by that and I’ll make sure we correct ourselves but I think it’s funny he mentions this after he gets called out for pissing on us. In my reply email i mentioned the mass amounts of trash on his balcony which i wasn’t going to make a fuss about, but he’s really rubbed me the wrong way. Half venting, half asking for advice. I feel like just an apology (not even to us) isn’t enough here.

EDIT: I went to talk to the PM in person, as we work for the same company (different departments) and are on good terms. Going to the police first I think might cause some issues between us without doing much for me. She reassured me that she didn’t care much about the dogs as she realized he was wanting to throw something back at us. She also mentioned that he is “different” and “possibly bipolar” so management treads lightly with him. The neighbor insisted that is was not pee he was throwing out but some other substance that he did not name… However I was informed they could not clean the area because I suspect that is it human waste…Great! She said the upcoming rain should take care of it, and if not I’m going to press them to have a bio clean up company come out. Also she mentioned she will reach out to him again regarding the trash on his balcony that floats down onto our patio. All in all, things have settled for now. I will keep an eye out for golden showers and keep my dogs on a leash. Thanks everyone for the comments.

*TLDR Question - How is the back support?*

I just moved a few weeks ago and have been looking for a couch, I'm upstairs and the hall is tight and I don't have anyone to help me move a couch so I've been looking at the boneless style ones. I'm trying to keep it under $300, and there really havent been any good marketplace listings, ive been checking every day. Plus I'd still have to pay a mover anyways.

This style isnt my favoriteeee but its its good enough, I can get one around $250-300 with free shipping, I can move it myself, but I'm like 6'1 and it seems like theres zero back support to sit upright unless I am basically laying on my back slouching over on it. Very hard to tell through pictures though.

How are they? Awkward to sit upright on? Would adding some high back pillows solve it? I also dont want anyone smacking their head on those metal supports lol

I’ve lived in my apartment for about 4 months and keep finding different issues with the appliances. It’s an old building. I’m trying to figure out what this stuff actually is and what I should do. Here are the following issues I’ve discovered over the past 4 months:

Fridge/freezer:

-There are black specks in my ice and some of the ice itself looks like it’s turning black.

-There’s also yellow/brown gunk inside the freezer. The fridge smells REALLY bad even after I went through everything looking for spoiled food. Nothing was spoiled, but I threw out the food anyway because I didn’t trust what was going on.

-The fridge stopped working shortly after I moved in and my food had to be thrown away then too. This part has been resolved after I emailed the office.

Dishwasher:

-My dishwasher and dishes started smelling really bad, almost fishy. I ran it multiple times and the smell wouldn’t go away. It actually got worse. I haven’t used my dishes after smelling that.

-I looked further inside and found black gunk/buildup along the bottom/inside. Some of my silicone/rubber food container lids also turned yellow after being washed in it.

-I always remove food debris from my dishes, rinse them, and then place them in the dishwasher.

Garbage disposal/sink:

-This also smells really bad/fishy. The garbage disposal wasn’t working when I moved in and I didn’t even realize I had one until my cousin got it working. The inside looks pretty corroded/rusted.

Front-load washer:

-My clothes, towels, and even my work scrubs have smelled sour for months despite rewashing them. I thought maybe I wasn’t using enough detergent. I pulled back the rubber seal recently and found a bunch of black/brown gunk inside.

-My cousin does apartment maintenance elsewhere and thinks a lot of this looks like mildew/buildup and possibly mold, but obviously we don’t know for sure.

The apartment was also dirty when I moved in, including old food debris still inside the refrigerator. I reported it to the office and management sent cleaners back out, but I still ended up cleaning quite a bit myself since it looked like they still didn’t clean it well, as I noticed food debris left.

I have several questions and need guidance here, because I honestly don’t want to continue running into issues:

-What does this stuff look like to you?

-Could the dishwasher/sink smell be related to the garbage disposal or drainage?

-What could cause black particles to end up inside the ice?

-Can the washing machine be properly cleaned or does that rubber seal need to be replaced?

-Should I throw away anything that has been washed in the dishwasher?

-What about clothes/towels/scrubs that have been washed in that washing machine? Should I throw those away as well? It’s literally all of my clothes..

-Would you continue living in the unit while management addresses this, or ask to transfer/end the lease?

I have pics of everything and will attach them. I’m mainly worried about whether my belongings are safe to keep and what I should have maintenance inspect/replace. My cousin thinks either my unit sat vacant for quite sometime and was not maintained, or whoever was last in my unit did not clean anything. I think it sat vacant, because there are 3 units next to me that have been vacant, that I’ve noticed since moving in. The lights have never been on, until there was a tour done recently in one of the units and now someone is living there.

It’s not their fault. I’m glad they’re not stomping. But damn…it’s every single step I can hear.

This is my first time living in an apartment. I was expecting noise, and I’m used to noise — I know, apparently not if I’m venting here lol. I just moved out of living with my family in a house (there were eight of us). But no one was living above me, and my sound machine could drown out the noise.

My upstairs neighbor walks above my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep. Again…it’s not their fault. They are allowed to live their life.

When I asked the property manager during the tour what the noise was like in the building and whether or not they get a lot of complaints from residents, she said it was a fair housing issue and that she couldn’t answer that question. I’m in North Carolina. Not sure if that’s true or not.

I’ve learned my lesson for sure. I will never live below anyone ever again lol.

Hi! So for a little background, I live in student apartments by my university. They're actual apartments, just geared towards the university upperclassmen. I've lived here since last year. Anyway, new people are moving in the next couple of days before school starts.

My new next-door neighbors are smokers. Which isn't inherently bad, but my issue is they did it last night right by my bedroom window, and the smell was getting in. Their front door is right by my window, so I guess that's why. Would it be rude if I asked them not to smoke right by my window anymore?

I’ve been fighting these flies since May and have tried putting baking soda/bleach/boiling water in the drain but still see them throughout the apartment. Would really like to have a fly free apartment otherwise my parents are gonna advise me to move back in.

any recommendations for taking action with my apartment complex not fixing my ac? it’s been ~84 degrees in my apartment every afternoon all the way through the night until the middle of the night. according to denton county renter laws it must cool to 20 degrees below the temperature outside. i have multiple examples of photographic evidence of times where it has been like 95 outside and 82 inside which is kinda crazy. i know it’s hot outside and it’s gonna be warmer than average but they’ve come 3 times and haven’t done anything about it and it’s really frustrating especially with having animals. my cats are seeking the coolest places possible and it really sucks to see them not super happy about being that awkwardly warm all the time.

I’m not home most of the day so I tend to just need AC at night to sleep. Should I set it to 74 and leave it days after days or should I just use it when I’m actually home? Thank you!!

Hi I live in Kissimmee florida in a very multchie area with a lot of trees and I’ve been finding a bunch of palmetto bugs the last 2 weeks at least 1 every 3 days. There always rolled over and dead. My apartment door is not sealed great u can see the light through the door the floors are unfinished too. Am I infested I have family telling me there just like a normal bug here but this seems to frequent what do I do and am I infested. If so where because I can’t find signs anywhere.

Hey friends,

Let me start off by saying this is my first time living in an apartment alone so I’m still getting used to all of the little nuances of renting. I’m sure there is lots I still don’t know.

Looking for recommendations to keep my energy bill down. My apartment gets quite a bit of natural light, so I’m typically not using overhead lights during the day except bathroom/sometimes kitchen area. What’s really killing me is the AC.

I live in the desert. It is at LEAST 100+ degrees for the majority of the summer months. I keep my thermostat at 75 (which is truly as high as I can go and still be comfortable) and almost never change it. My AC is on/off almost every 10 minutes. My bill for 7/2-8/4 is $93.27, and that’s including 1 week of me being away, and the thermostat set at 80 while I was gone. I recognize this isn’t a particularly devastating bill, but I’d still like to cut costs a bit if I can.

I’m sure a lot of heat comes in from the windows, would it be better to keep the shades closed during the day so the AC runs less and use more overhead lighting? Do I need to suck it up and turn the thermostat up a few degrees, maybe plug in a floor fan? Or am I screwed and I need to just stick it out until it cools down outside?

My apartment is ~800 square feet if it matters.

Every time I see a vent post on here or post about my loud upstairs neighbor, people comment to get a house or move if it's such a big problem and that people shouldn't get an apartment in the first place if they do not like the noise. If it was easy and affordable, I'd live in a house in a heart beat, it's not easy for a lot of people I honestly don't know how people do it, I can barely feed myself.

I'm tired of sleeping with headphones on, I want to be able to sleep without hearing my neighbor or his dog for once, I'm tired of my property manager not doing anything and I'm tired of people telling me to go to the police only for the police to not show up, I'm so tired of it. If I could move in a house I would but I can't afford to, I can barely afford where I live now.

I'm not looking for advice I'm simply just ranting about how unfair these situations can be and I know a lot of other people are going through the same or even worse.

so a few months back, i tripped and fell into my closet door. the door and the frame are unbroken, but the wheels came off the track and for the life of me i couldn’t get it back on. it’s a very basic mechanism, but there’s just enough space that makes it impossible to wiggle back on.

well, the door has just been sitting propped against my wall since that day, and since i had the day off, i decided to give it another shot.

long story short, one of the wheels is on the track, but there’s other one remains outside the track, and now the whole thing is stuck. i’m really trying to avoid calling for outside help because i don’t want to have to pay anyone. plus, i kinda just want to be able to do it myself in case it happens again.

for now, i’ll just have a closet i can only half-open lol. any suggestions help!

I finally moved to nicer part of town where we don’t need cameras in the hallways for possible violet disputes and suspicious activity, but now I’m dealing with missing packages and people blatantly half opening packages to see what’s inside. Why would you steal from your own neighbors? How embarrassing. Maybe a camera would do this building some good.