Apartment complexes are a good alternative for appropriate housing if security and privacy are among the top priorities. But even the most private and secure apartment complexes are still neighborhoods at their core and it’s still wise to follow the proper etiquette of interacting with neighbors. Unlike living in a house, there’s very little an apartment renter can do when they have problems with the people they share a wall. If people want to avoid constant conflict there are unwritten rules they should abide by, and expect everyone else to follow as well.

1. Good Neighbors Are Modern Saints
Apartment complexes are a good alternative for appropriate housing if security
and privacy are among the top priorities. But even the most private and secure
apartment complexes are still neighborhoods at their core and it’s still wise to
follow the proper etiquette of interacting with neighbors.
Unlike living in a house, there’s very little an apartment renter can do when they
have problems with the people they share a wall. If people want to avoid constant
conflict there are unwritten rules they should abide by, and expect everyone else
to follow as well.
Don’t Stomp So Hard
Noise is the most common complaint apartment
renters have with their neighbors. Good neighbor
and should keep the noise down, it’s good to
remember that there are as many as four people
directly next to one’s space. One to the right, left,
below, and across the hall; the apartment below is
the most troublesome. This is because every move
the tenants above make will translate into some
sort of amplified action for the people living under
them; some are trying to sleep after all.
The most common answer renters employ is
furnishing their spaces with carpeting to muffle as
much sound as they can. But this solution isn’t for
everyone because of cost or style preferences.
Constant awareness is the answer to keeping the
peace when it comes to noise management.

2. Don’t Bark
Related to noise complaints, pets are another
common flashpoint between renters. Yappy dogs
and endlessly mewling cats can be the most
frustrating indirect methods of torture ever
conceived. Some apartment complexes allow pets,
but only under the strictest rules. The smallest
complaint against noise and droppings might force
a tenant to make a choice between his home and
his beloved pet.
People are mostly unaware about how their pets
behave when they’re not at home. So, if a tenant
receives a complaint about his dog, he shouldn’t
feel insulted, because it’s probably true. After all,
what would a neighbor gain by lying about the
dog’s annoyingly incessant barking?
RESOURCES:
http://rentinmakati.com/rent_apartment/
http://hubpages.com/hub/Etiquette-for-Being-a-Good-Apartment-Neighbor
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/tips-from-my-super-how-to-be-a-good-tenant-and-neighbor-
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