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Are you living with a roommate who's messier or neater than you are, to the point where it's creating conflict? If so, you may feel stuck, believing there are only two options: learn to live with it, or end your living arrangement.
Fortunately, if you wind up with a roommate who disagrees with you when it comes to how neat and presentable you want to keep your apartment each day, there are ways you can try to make things work.
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What to Do if Your Roommate Is Too Messy -- or Too Neat originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 09:28:34.
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Tonight, we "spring ahead" to Daylight Saving Time by moving the clocks forward one hour from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. But there's something else even more important that you shouldn't forget to do if you live in an apartment.
Fire chiefs across the United States recommend using this opportunity to change the batteries in your apartment's smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. If a detector doesn't have a working battery in it, it's of no use as an alert in the unfortunate event of a fire. Replacing the battery takes about as much effort as adjusting your clocks, and it may just save a life.
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Spring for a New Battery As You Spring Ahead originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 05:45:57.
April may be Fair Housing Month, but March is Women's History Month, which is a good opportunity to shine the spotlight on sex-based discrimination in housing. When the Fair Housing Act, the federal law that bans certain types of housing discrimination, went on the books in 1968, it didn't include any protections for women. A little later, in 1973, the law was amended to add "sex" to its list of protected classes.
Thanks to this amendment, tenants and prospects who believe that a broker, landlord, property manager, or other housing professional has treated them differently simply because of their sex may file a fair housing claim and possibly recover several thousands of dollars, if not more, in damages.
Have you ever felt discriminated against because of your sex at any point in your apartment search or while already a tenant? If so, what, if anything, did you do about it?
Women's History Month: Spotlight on Sex-Based Discrimination originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 18:21:03.
If you're looking for an apartment, it's a good idea to walk or drive through the neighborhoods in which you would consider renting. As you check out an area, you may fall in love with a particular building, in which case you'll want to find out whether any rentals are currently available.
Just because you don't know anyone who currently lives in a building doesn't mean you can't get more information about possible vacancies there. Here's what you can do if you find yourself in this situation.
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When a Particular Building Grabs You originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 08:30:33.
Across the United States, the Fair Housing Act bans housing discrimination based on disability. But people who have disabilities aren't the only ones protected by this ban.
The ban on disability-based discrimination also protects apartment dwellers who used to have a disability and even some who never had a disability. Find out about the three main types of situations where you or a roommate may be protected against disability discrimination if you're not disabled.
Disability-Based Discrimination Protections Extend to Some Who Don't Have Disabilities originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 11:42:37.
If you use an elevator to get to and from your apartment each day, you no doubt consider it to be a great convenience. But elevators don't always work the way they should, and a malfunctioning elevator poses a significant safety risk to passengers, particularly children.
If you have children living with you in your apartment or if young ones visit, take a moment to remind them about elevator safety. A short talk could prevent serious problems.
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Enlighten Children About Elevator Safety originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 05:55:47.
Since the magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck just off the Chilean coast early Saturday morning, news outlets have presented stories on every angle of this tragedy, which has claimed the lives of at least 700 people and has displaced some 2 million more, according to the latest estimates.
Among the stories is a miraculous one that started on the 13th floor (ironically) of a 15-story apartment building in Concepción, roughly 70 miles from the quake's epicenter.
According to a report from the Associated Press, as the building began to collapse around them, a father held his daughter tight through a frightful descent all the way to the ground.
Not only did the pair survive the drop, but both apartment residents managed to leave the scene with nothing more than minor cuts and bruises.
(Photo part of the public domain, courtesy of the CIA World Fact Book / Wikimedia Commons)
Miracle Amidst Tragedy in Chile originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 14:47:09.
If you've been following the Vancouver Olympics, you may remember seeing Zhou Yang win two gold medals for China in speed skating events.
Reuters is reporting that the achievement has inspired the teen's home city of Changchun to award her parents a two-bedroom apartment, solving their housing difficulties. The Olympic champion looks forward to occupying one of those bedrooms when she returns from Vancouver with her gold.
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Teen's Olympic Victory Wins Apartment for Her Parents originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at 12:35:33.
Do you know what "linguistic profiling" is? Do the terms "guest card" or "railroad apartment" ring a bell?
For quick, easy definitions of these and other apartment-related terms, check out the growing glossary section of this site.
Is there a key term related to apartment living that you don't see listed but think should be included? Drop me a line, and I'll be happy to consider adding it!
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Learn the Meanings to Common Apartment Terms originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 06:46:04.
Some apartment dwellers must leave their building to take out the trash while others need only walk down the hall. Either way, once you've disposed of your garbage, you may feel glad that it's gone from your apartment, but that's probably about it.
One tenant in Garland, Texas, however, must feel very fortunate that she chose to leave her building to take out the trash yesterday morning. When she returned, she discovered her apartment had caught fire. According to a report from WFAA, the freak fire destroyed her apartment and spread throughout the building, causing extensive damage.
As tragic as this incident was, the tenant's decision to leave the building at that moment simply to take out the trash appears to have saved her from serious harm.
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Saved by the Trash originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 10:09:47.