What to Do if Your Roommate Is Too Messy -- or Too Neat - 
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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(Photo © ballyscanlon / Getty Images) 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. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Spring for a New Battery As You Spring Ahead - 
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.
(Photo © Paavo Leinonen / SXC) 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. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Disability-Based Discrimination Protections Extend to Some Who Don't Have Disabilities - 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.
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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. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Enlighten Children About Elevator Safety - 
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. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Learn the Meanings to Common Apartment Terms - 
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!
(Photo © doctor-a / SXC) Learn the Meanings to Common Apartment Terms originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 06:46:04. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Saved by the Trash - 
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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(Photo © Eric Ortner / SXC) Saved by the Trash originally appeared on About.com Apartment Living / Rental on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 10:09:47. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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