Dear Annie: My husband and I plus our four children currently reside in a first floor apartment. I love this because I don’t have to tell the kids to tiptoe everywhere so as not to disturb the ...
You’re trying to sleep, take a Zoom call, or just relax—but your neighbor’s music, shouting, or late-night construction has other plans. If you’re a renter, you may wonder: Is it your job to complain, ...
Shortly after they were married, Brittany H. and her husband moved into an apartment in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood. With Victorian houses and vintage flats dotting the tree-lined streets, they ...
There is no possible way to tell people you can hear their intimate relations and simultaneously save them from embarrassment. It would be like telling someone he’s fired and cheering him up at the ...
Some neighbors prefer to keep a low profile − exchanging the polite ‘Hello’s or ‘How are yous?’ before quietly going on about their day. Others like to make their presence known with their blaring ...
If you live somewhere that gets fairly warm, chances are you don’t know how you’d survive without a working air conditioning unit. Imagine living in a townhome or duplex where you share a wall with ...