By Ron Leshnower
Apartment Living/Rental Expert, about.com
When you live in an apartment building, chances are you've got neighbors living close by, through your walls and possibly your ceiling and floor. Neighbors can be a big help, such as by checking your mail for you while you're away, and they may even become your friends. But difficulties with neighbors can quickly make anyone's apartment living experience become unpleasant, if not intolerable.
Fortunately, there are steps you can take to help ensure your relationship with your neighbors remains cordial and to resolve neighborly problems as they arise. Here's a list of some common apartment neighbor "how-tos" that you should keep in mind:
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Useful Apartment Neighbor How-Tos
- How to be on good terms with your apartment neighbors. Staying on good terms with neighbors is important for a positive apartment living experience. But what, exactly, do you need to do when it comes to interacting with neighbors, and just how friendly should you be? Get some insight into.
- How to communicate effectively with your neighbors. The way you get along with the people who live around you is important because it directly affects how happy you are with your apartment living experience. To help prevent problems with neighbor relationships.
- How to deal with a bad neighbor. If an apartment neighbor starts causing problems for you, it doesn't mean you need to think about moving or jump to the conclusion that apartment living just isn't for you.
- How to approach a neighbor about a problem. If an apartment neighbor repeatedly does something that annoys you, one way to handle the problem is to talk to the neighbor about it. But if you treat your neighbor like an enemy, you shouldn't expect a positive response. The key is to approach your neighbor with respect.
- How to practice neighbor-friendly entertaining. If you're hosting a social gathering of any kind at your apartment, you shouldn't bend over backwards to make sure your neighbors (who probably have parties, too) aren't at all disturbed. But you shouldn't forget about neighbors' concerns and realize that it takes little effort to be considerate when entertaining.
- How to get a neighbor to collect your mail. Whether it's for business or pleasure, hen you need to go away from your apartment, a neighbor can prove to be a big help by collecting your apartment mail. Of course, you can't choose just any neighbor, and once you've found a reliable neighbor, you need to make sure you find out about all your mail without any inconveniences.
- How to be a neighbor-friendly apartment pianist. If you want a piano in your apartment but worry too much about disturbing neighbors, there are a few things you should consider that will help make your playing neighbor-friendly and lower the chances of problems with those who live around you.
