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(TLDR at bottom) I live on an MAA property and woke up this morning to see that my silver Saturn has a massive blue scrape running down the side of the driver side doors and wheel.

There is only one blue car in this lot so I can reasonably assume that this car was the one that did the damage.

I also took a tape measure to my car and his and saw that the scrape is basically at the same height, so I feel like that's pretty ample evidence as to what happened.

I'm trying not to split hairs about it because its such an old car, but I MYSELF do not have collision coverage for stuff that I cause. But if I'm not at fault and the guy just tried to act as if nothing happened, am I right to escalate this situation? Because I want what I'm owed.

I already filed a police report; the car that I suspect was at fault left the apartment building about fifteen minutes before the officer showed up, and I already contacted my apartment manager to let them know that this is a situation that may escalate involving two tenants.

What else can I do to ensure something is done? Or have I done all I can? I'm inclined to almost leave a note on the guy's windshield asking that we swap insurance information, but (apparently, according to the police), the guy doesn't even have a driver's license when they looked his plate up, so I doubt he's going to even have coverage of some kind.

TLDR: While I'm waiting for the police report to process on being hit and run, is this an appropriate response to leave on the car of my neighbor?

$3350 total rent.

Bedroom #1. Slightly smaller room space room and regular size closet. Need to use bathroom near the entry.

Bedroom #2. Slightly larger room space (with in bedroom hallway adds space and privacy) and a big size walk in closet and a private bathroom.

What should be a reasonable range for each room?

We might do coin flip on who gets master. He initially proposed to take masters paying $50 extra claiming no difference in room size so I’m proposing 1625/1725. After reading tho, do think it makes more sense to do at least 1600/1750 regardless of who takes master. Or I might propose one of the idea from comments : one person chooses the price, another choose which bedroom to take.

Because if it’s even, who wouldn’t want a more private room with WIC and en-suite bathroom?

Hi,

So I just officially got approved for a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment. I’m confused on what is actually due. On the move in statement it shows a balance of $2,934 due at move in.

I paid $1107 for a Rhino policy for security deposits and that covered $2573.

But in the email it states: “Move-In Balance Due (please see the email attachment for additional detail):
$5,362.06”

There’s also something going on with the actual amount each semester, I don’t understand how they spread the special across random months and why I owe almost $700 in August if I’m scheduled to move in on 08/31/2026.

This is my first apartment, I don’t have the remaining amount if they do need that so i’m just like what would my options be?

Please see attachment for move-in statement i received in the approval email.

Thank yall!

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

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.

I’ve lived here for a year but moved to a bigger apartment right next door. I have a neighbor 3 floors above me who is watering her plants over her patio and on to mine. It’s lasting for 5-10 minutes at a time multiple times a day and damaging my patio and items. Even splashing my dog and I when we are sitting outside.
I had to walk up there last night to ask her to please stop because we got hit at 10pm sitting and watching the moon and it just KEPT coming. I thought it would have been a simple convo, but she does not care and says she’s had no complaints…yea cause the apartment was empty???
I’ve sent an email but our office is short staffed and very busy… I just think this is INSANE. And then she continued when I got back down to my apartment…

Edit: Yall she is not the only gardener in this building on a high floor. No other units drip on to the lower levels. You can water plants without it dripping on to a lower floor. I am also a gardener. She also waters the plants multiple times a day. This is my first time noticing it at night because I was sitting outside.

There’s an alarm that’s been going off in this room and I can hear it inside my apartment, on top of my heavy footed upstairs neighbor. I called the front office of course they did nothing. Any advice on what to do next? It’s driving me crazy!!

I just moved into a basement apartment and need help styling this corner. It use to have an old-style oven however now is just a little brick corner with a platform. The platform is throwing me off and I don’t know if it will be weird to have furniture there?

Also ideally something my cat won’t completely destroy.

Hey there, I’ve lived in this apartment complex for over a year now. We’ve been having bad storms and a lot of rain in Kentucky lately, and my unit had experienced pretty severe water damage.

I realized it was becoming consistently worse. I alerted the property manager earlier this year in the spring, but nothing had been done. He had even seen it in person.

Fast forward, I was gone on vacation and I see THIS in my bedroom on the back wall. It had been raining like crazy and I swear it had grown almost overnight (or maybe I wasn’t perceptive?) either way the damage is evident and MUSHROOMS ARE GROWING ON MY WALL.

I’m more worried about what could be underneath. My question is, could I be compensated in any way for this? What if they don’t act on it in a timely manner? What’s next?

I messaged my property manager the photo and requested action. No response yet. Kinda freaking out a little bit because I’ve been having a bad cough since returning from vacation. It might be in my head but I’m still paranoid.

Any advice is appreciated.

So we just moved into a new apartment, nice complex, great unit itself and got it for a discount due to one minor problem…..

We are next to the complex’s garbage compactor. The complex does a great job of making sure there is no stench from the compactor, however there is an abundance of flies in the area. My fiancée and love to use outdoor space and I was wondering what we could do/ products to buy to essentially keep them out of our balcony.

We have a neighbor next door who has a 4-5 year old boy who runs around the apartment, making these stomping noises every day. We understand kids make noise and they should be free to play within their own homes and have been tolerating it. I have a baby on the way so I get it. But the noise level can be pretty annoying especially during early morning and in the evening. I read some posts regarding children's noise in this forum and feel conflicted. The way I am feeling now is that this level of noise every day is something I can ask the neighbor to watch out for it. At the same time, I've read so many people saying "kids will be kids, that's expected of apartment living". I am having a difficult time making a judgement. Here's a video of the noise I captured this morning. Could I get some secondary opinions on this noise level and if this is something I am over-sensitive about or if my annoyance is valid? Thank you.

EDIT: I did visit them this morning and asked them if they could be a bit more considerate and the lady basically said "so what? a child is running around in his own place" and dismissed me. Zero acknowledgement of my frustration.

we lived here for only a year and deep cleaned the apartment before leaving. ill never understand what my rent costs are going towards if theyre just going to push these costs on us when we move out.

ETA: i dont have any move in/out photos, which is my mistake…

A neighbour moved in and has started renovation since April. We each get two designated parking spaces, and he filled his with construction waste, and eventually ours too.

His workers installed a tarp, then our car’s rear mirror got tangled in it and the tarp tore it off. We paid over $100 for the damage.

His workers also constantly park at our spot when we drive one of our cars to work. We have asked them multiple times to move their cars so we can park after work.

Cherry on the top: yesterday the workers cut off the water in our apartment by accident. I had to make several calls to find out.

We talked to the neighbour but he was so condescending. He first denied any wrongdoing of his workers, then claimed we had to pay half of the car damage since it’s not his problem. He just shrugged and said “the workers aren’t very smart” and that was it. No apologies. For four months of inconvenience.

While offering no apologies, he kept saying he’s a doctor and he has real estate projects here and there. Maybe he wanted to look like a big man.

I had to file formal complaints to the management office. This morning the neighbour texted my husband, “tell your wife to stop creating problems. I’ll pay you by Friday.”

So arrogant. So disrespectful. If a man cannot admit he’s in the wrong and make mends, he’s a very small man.

Alright, I need to vent. I recently within the last month or 2 got new upstairs neighbors and they are LOUD. They're running around at midnight 4-5 nights a week and I can hear them over my tower fan and sound machine.I get up at 6 for work, and once I hear them it's hard to sleep since I'm just irritated. To add to it, they keep dumping what I'm assuming is mop water off their balcony and it keeps getting on mine. I've been sitting on the balcony reading when they've done it before and gotten splashed with it and it absolutely disgusts me. I went to the office 2 Saturdays ago to mention it to the leasing office to see if they would talk to them just like a "hey please be mindful type of thing." It's since continued. If the office talked to them I feel like they're doing it out of spite now. I've started recording things so I can show the office cause honestly, getting splashed with some unknown substance has me feeling some type of way. Is there anything I can do besides just keep documenting and sending to the office?

The throwing stuff of the balcony is the biggest thing to me. I feel like I can't even sit outside and read and enjoy my patio. I'm beyond frustrated to say the least. Advice appreciated. Earlier when I got home from work, I went outside to water my herbs when they threw stuff off the balcony and I literally yelled dude can you NOT?? AND THEY LAUGHED.