What Renters Think About Apartment Crime Recently, Apartments.com conducted a poll to current renters about their thoughts on crime prevention. It’s really no surprise that 97% of the people that took the survey said that ... Read More Posted in Safety | 6 Comments »

Staying Safe in Your Apartment Safety is paramount when living in an apartment. Here are a few tips to make sure you’ve got all your safety bases covered. Smoke Detectors Smoke detectors are a ... Read More Posted in Safety | 8 Comments »

Reducing the Noise Part of living in an apartment is accepting the fact that peace and quiet will never be achievable 100% of the time.  Whether you’ve got rowdy neighbors, an ... Read More Posted in Roommates & Neighbors | 32 Comments »

Hosting an Apartment Warming Party Congratulations! You've just moved into your new apartment and you're starting to sink your feet in. O.K., maybe your boxes aren't unpacked and you have yet to put ... Read More Posted in Entertaining | 2 Comments »

Choose Furniture Wisely for Your New Apartment Decorating an apartment can be an enormous challenge.  One normally has more ideas than space to work with, making the challenge to whittle down those ideas into a ... Read More Posted in Decorating | 2 Comments »

How to Paint Your Apartment Changing dull beige walls to a serene pale yellow or splashing a fresh coat of shimmering white paint on an over killed red room can magically transform your ... Read More Posted in Decorating | 2 Comments »

Why Rent? As the demand for apartment housing rises, Apartments.com conducted a survey to current renters to find out why they choose to ... Read More Posted in Apartment Basics | 68 Comments »

Location, Location, Location So you're ready to move out and you need to pick WHERE you're going to live. Here's a couple things you should think about. The distance between your home and ... Read More Posted in Apartment Basics | 11 Comments »

Quick and Easy Dinners Cooking in your apartment, is that possible? The anwser is YES, of COURSE! You don't have to order out every day, there are tons of great meals that ... Read More Posted in Settling In, Entertaining | 1 Comment »

Things You Need to Know About Living in an Apartment With A Pet You’ve made the first step, you’re out on your own for the first time.  You’ve had to listen to all the reasons why you couldn’t have ... Read More Posted in Pets | 40 Comments »