Have you ever lived in an apartment? Has it been a while? Are you currently living in an apartment? Oh the woes of apartment living! I just realized in the last couple of days how sick of it I am!
I realized the space is not my own. Which means changes and major modifications are out (like more counter space, or re-wiring the kitchen/family room so that if both computers are on, and the lights are on, we can run the microwave or the heater without blowing a fuse). It also means that the landlord, repair guy, or pretty much anyone else can just come right in. Practically unannounced, with no warning besides the doorbell! This happened yesterday. The repair guy came over, SURPRISE, and had to work on something electrical (nothing to do with our wiring problems, of course). He said he needed to turn off all the electricity. Ok, fine. So save what you're doing and turn your computer off. Ok, fine. Sav..... OFF! Aaahhh! We hadn't even finished saving our work before the power went off! Let alone turning off the machine!
The other big an obvious problem is the neighbors! Sometimes you luck out and have great neighbors! Usually you end up with people you barely know, let alone like. On top of that, if you're in the basement, you will ALWAYS hear the upstairs neighbors. Whether they're sliding furniture, invited elephants over for game night, or just play their music so loudly in the mornings that it wakes you up! Btw- a good rule of thumb with music and apartment living: if you can hear it in the other room, your neighbors can hear it too!
Long story short... I'm pondering a new place to live. Hopefully I'll luck out and have great neighbors, but if not, maybe at least I'll get ones with music I like!
Any tips or ideas about how to ask (for the second time) to turn the music down?
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