I know that the title sounds kinda rude or evil, but this is just me. I have lived in this 4 unit apart complex for the last 2 1/2 years. I moved out because I could not stand living with my family anymore and time by myself with just me and my cat has been the best time of my life.

But now, after my neighbor was recently evicted (selling drugs) both my brother and my mother are trying to get him into the apartment of the guy who was evicted. I don't have any legal issues with my family, but my brother is a very loud, agressive person sometimes and my family will be using this as an excuse to butt their way into my life more. I understand there are laws of fair housing and all that, but I genuinely do not want my family burrowing their way back into my life, I've created distance for a reason. And this will ruin all of that.

Thank you for reading, even if there's nothing that can be done.

Renters: which would you prefer in a 3-bedroom apartment — first-floor stacked front load laundry or full-size side by side top load basement laundry?

I’m renovating a roughly 1,200 sq. ft. 3-bedroom/1-bath first-floor apartment and trying to decide between two laundry setups.

Option A: Existing full-size side-by-side top-load washer and dryer in the basement. The basement is private to the apartment and also provides a lot of storage space.

Option B: smaller full-size stacked/front-load washer and dryer in a recessed closet inside the first-floor bathroom.

If I put the laundry upstairs, I lose the space that could otherwise be used for a large built-in linen/storage cabinet.

Rent would be the same either way and the washer/dryer would be included.

Which would you prefer as a renter?

A — Full-size side-by-side washer/dryer in basement + more bathroom storage

B — Stacked washer/dryer on the first floor + less bathroom storage

I’m especially interested in hearing from families or people renting 2–3 bedroom apartments. Would first-floor laundry actually influence which apartment you chose?

I just want to know if this is normal or even allowed? My property manager who I could not even get a hold of. Ignores contact most of the time. Takes days or weeks to respond. When I went to the office to renew the lease for year 2 he tried charging me not only the next month rent but another months worth of rent. So it was double what I was expecting. He did not put it in writing and was not explaining what the second charge was. He just kept saying escrow.

When I moved in a year ago I paid first month, last month and security deposit which he still has. So it seems like he was demanding a second security deposit? I really don't know what was going on.

It was really sketchy behavior. He actually may have tried to charge me rent twice for September. I called them to correct it but it's still on my website account.

The manager of my place has a bunch of really bad reviews on Google.

My lease is coming up for renewal in a couple weeks and don’t plan on going anywhere. I got a renewal offer letter that said my rate would only go up $30 to sign another 15 month lease. I logged into the online portal and noticed that same increase still applies if I sign as short as 10 months.

Is there any reason or benefit to sign 10 vs 15 if it’s going to cost the same either way?

I rent an apartment, and when I signed the lease, I wasn’t told that my bedroom would share a wall with an Airbnb/short-term rental.
I’ve repeatedly been woken up by loud talking, music, and partying at 2–4 a.m., especially on Friday and Saturday nights. It feels like the guests are in “vacation mode” while I’m just trying to sleep in my own home.
So far, I’ve tried:

1. Emailing building management, who said they would speak with the host.
2. Knocking on the guests’ door at 3–4 a.m. to ask them to quiet down. Sometimes they apologize, but the same issue happens again with the next group.
3. Calling local non-emergency services and filing noise complaints. I have case/reference numbers, but the problem continues.
4. Contacting the Airbnb host directly, sometimes in the middle of the night after being woken up. They usually say they’ll contact the guests.
5. Recording the noise and my interactions when asking guests to quiet down, and sending those recordings to management and Airbnb.
6. Reporting the Airbnb listing directly to Airbnb.
7. Airbnb itself has honestly been very unhelpful. Responses have been extremely slow, and at one point they told me they couldn’t view the video evidence I sent. Overall, it felt like there was very little urgency or interest in actually resolving the problem.

Management and the host often respond by saying that the particular guests involved have already checked out. But that completely misses the point: another group arrives, and eventually the same thing happens again.
My sleep and quality of life have taken a serious hit. I’m exhausted from having to knock on strangers’ doors, message hosts, make complaints, and document everything in the middle of the night just to be able to sleep.
I’m now considering taking the issue through my local residential tenancy dispute process, and I’ve already told building management that I’m considering doing so. They haven’t responded to that point, which makes me feel like the issue isn’t being taken seriously.
I’ve been keeping records of the incidents, recordings, complaints, case numbers, and communications.

Has anyone dealt with a similar situation involving a short-term rental next door? Did you manage to get it resolved? What actually worked?
Also, if you’re apartment hunting, I strongly recommend asking whether short-term rentals are allowed in the building and whether any are directly beside your unit. After this experience, I personally would avoid living next to one. The constant turnover of strangers and repeated nighttime noise has been a nightmare, and I really wish I had known before signing my lease.

\*\*TL;DR:\*\* My bedroom shares a wall with an Airbnb/short-term rental, and repeated late-night partying is destroying my sleep. I’ve contacted management, the host, Airbnb, local authorities, filed complaints, documented incidents, and sent recordings. Airbnb support was slow and largely unhelpful. The problem keeps repeating with new guests. I’m now considering formal tenancy-dispute action. Has anyone successfully dealt with something similar?

When I signed my lease last year I had to pay first and last month’s rent as well as a security deposit. My last month on the lease is Oct, which I have already paid, however my landlord accidentally took the money ($2900) out of my account anyways and says that it will be returned to me with my security deposit, which is up to 30 days after Oct 31st. I need the money now to put towards my new apartment, but they say there is nothing they can do to get me the money back sooner. They also received signed written notice from me back in September that I won’t be renewing the lease.

I’m not sure how to get the money back…do I threaten to take them to small claims court?

I live in an apartment building and no one lives above me. Randomly last night there started to be a loud "buzz" coming from my ceiling vent. What is strange is that the buzz is still there when the power is cut and no heat or AC is running so I'm not sure what to do. I was considering bothering my landlord about it do you think that is appropriate?