I don’t even mean just large remodels, a lot of times in most Apartments the appliances are whatever you get and you can’t put your own in. Many apartments have rules and limitations on what can or can’t be hung on the walls personally I’m a huge fan of shelves on the walls a couple L brackets and some stainless steel string make for a very aesthetically pleasing and very useful shelf space most Apartments don’t enjoy you doing that.
Electricity bill getting really high and you wish you could have a heat pump dryer instead of the cheap ass piece of s*** they put in? Well that’s just too damn bad etc. Want to modify your balcony? Put up special netting or something? Some places will let you some places tell you don’t even think about it. And don’t you dare leave stuff sitting on the balcony we can’t have that it has to look nice
There are plenty of rules and limitations on apartments that go well beyond just Mass renovations
a lot of those are more limitations of renting more than limitations of an apartment. if you own your place, you can put things on the wall, paint, and change appliances. also, you can definetely make a lot of changes in the space even when renting an apartment, even hang things on the wall, but you might need to cover the holes when leaving.
and there are HOA that would also limit what you can do with your property and put on your yard as well, so, while it is shitty, even owning a house doesn’t mean that you get the freedom to do what you want.
living in an apartment is definetely not for everyone, but it has advantanges (and disadvantages) over living in a house.
Ah, I see. This apartment doesn’t have any rules (that I’m aware of) about what you can put on the walls, but I don’t have anything more than some picture frames up.
I’m also lucky that heat and hot water are included - a friend of mine had electric heating and it was really expensive.
Anyway, point taken that there are some limitations. I guess I’m lucky enough that I’ve never run into them, personally. Thanks.
I don’t even mean just large remodels, a lot of times in most Apartments the appliances are whatever you get and you can’t put your own in. Many apartments have rules and limitations on what can or can’t be hung on the walls personally I’m a huge fan of shelves on the walls a couple L brackets and some stainless steel string make for a very aesthetically pleasing and very useful shelf space most Apartments don’t enjoy you doing that.
Electricity bill getting really high and you wish you could have a heat pump dryer instead of the cheap ass piece of s*** they put in? Well that’s just too damn bad etc. Want to modify your balcony? Put up special netting or something? Some places will let you some places tell you don’t even think about it. And don’t you dare leave stuff sitting on the balcony we can’t have that it has to look nice
There are plenty of rules and limitations on apartments that go well beyond just Mass renovations
a lot of those are more limitations of renting more than limitations of an apartment. if you own your place, you can put things on the wall, paint, and change appliances. also, you can definetely make a lot of changes in the space even when renting an apartment, even hang things on the wall, but you might need to cover the holes when leaving.
and there are HOA that would also limit what you can do with your property and put on your yard as well, so, while it is shitty, even owning a house doesn’t mean that you get the freedom to do what you want.
living in an apartment is definetely not for everyone, but it has advantanges (and disadvantages) over living in a house.
Ah, I see. This apartment doesn’t have any rules (that I’m aware of) about what you can put on the walls, but I don’t have anything more than some picture frames up.
I’m also lucky that heat and hot water are included - a friend of mine had electric heating and it was really expensive.
Anyway, point taken that there are some limitations. I guess I’m lucky enough that I’ve never run into them, personally. Thanks.