Its nice, isn't it?

I rent my upstairs apts because I love money to much and My tenant above me is a heel walker.
I have gotten used to it.

…You may want to check the terms and conditions of your lease to ensure you did not just violate it. Though chances are that unless you had express written permission from your landlord, you just did as it is a common enough clause in any lease to not make any structural changes to the apartment without the consent of the property owner. Just like how it's a similar clause to not perform any repairs or maintenance work yourself without, again, express written permission of the property owner.

At the bare minimum you may have just lost your deposit, because they will have to recoup money on that investment somehow. At worse, you may at some point be given a notice to comply or quit if not a thirty day notice - or whatever the legal minimum is in your jurisdiction - outright. You might even depending on the laws in your locale and how things are handled between you and your landlord have criminal charges leveled against you for destruction of property, at the very least.

In either case it will probably affect your rental history and that may limit possibilities of where you can live in the future. You might even wind up on one of those lists some renters use to filter out problem tenants - in which case you might be up a creek and without a paddle.

Of course disclaimer - I am not a lawyer. I am not a legal advisor. I have not attempted to pass the bar exam - yet. This input is offered pro bono and is to be taken with a grain of salt. Consult your lease agreement and the laws in your jurisdiction prior to making a decision.

Originally posted by Adversary:

…You may want to check the terms and conditions of your lease to ensure you did not just violate it. Though chances are that unless you had express written permission from your landlord, you just did as it is a common enough clause in any lease to not make any structural changes to the apartment without the consent of the property owner. Just like how it's a similar clause to not perform any repairs or maintenance work yourself without, again, express written permission of the property owner.

At the bare minimum you may have just lost your deposit, because they will have to recoup money on that investment somehow. At worse, you may at some point be given a notice to comply or quit if not a thirty day notice - or whatever the legal minimum is in your jurisdiction - outright. You might even depending on the laws in your locale and how things are handled between you and your landlord have criminal charges leveled against you for destruction of property, at the very least.

In either case it will probably affect your rental history and that may limit possibilities of where you can live in the future. You might even wind up on one of those lists some renters use to filter out problem tenants - in which case you might be up a creek and without a paddle.

Of course disclaimer - I am not a lawyer. I am not a legal advisor. I have not attempted to pass the bar exam - yet. This input is offered pro bono and is to be taken with a grain of salt. Consult your lease agreement and the laws in your jurisdiction prior to making a decision.

Sorry I should have mentioned, I bought it. I am the owner.

maybe i'm just insane then.

i just love all the noise around me, banging walking and all the creaky door noises.
heck, sometimes i sleep better when i open the window and in comes the car noises and beeping sounds.

but when its too quiet and i can actually hear my own thoughts, i get scared.
feel like theres someone in my head.

next thing you'll be complaining about people popping popcorn too loudly >.>

Originally posted by Alxndr:

Originally posted by Adversary:

…You may want to check the terms and conditions of your lease to ensure you did not just violate it. Though chances are that unless you had express written permission from your landlord, you just did as it is a common enough clause in any lease to not make any structural changes to the apartment without the consent of the property owner. Just like how it's a similar clause to not perform any repairs or maintenance work yourself without, again, express written permission of the property owner.

At the bare minimum you may have just lost your deposit, because they will have to recoup money on that investment somehow. At worse, you may at some point be given a notice to comply or quit if not a thirty day notice - or whatever the legal minimum is in your jurisdiction - outright. You might even depending on the laws in your locale and how things are handled between you and your landlord have criminal charges leveled against you for destruction of property, at the very least.

In either case it will probably affect your rental history and that may limit possibilities of where you can live in the future. You might even wind up on one of those lists some renters use to filter out problem tenants - in which case you might be up a creek and without a paddle.

Of course disclaimer - I am not a lawyer. I am not a legal advisor. I have not attempted to pass the bar exam - yet. This input is offered pro bono and is to be taken with a grain of salt. Consult your lease agreement and the laws in your jurisdiction prior to making a decision.

Sorry I should have mentioned, I bought it. I am the owner.

…Then congratulations are in order, because that is an achievement. One I would like to make someday.

You have my sympathies regarding upstairs neighbors. Actually, you have my sympathy regarding neighbors in general. I can count the number of good ones I have had in my 15 years of renting on one hand.

Which is to say I had that one couple who baked me a cake on my birthday one year and that's it. Oddly enough, they were the upstairs neighbors at the time.

Location even within a building is a real factor.

Some people want endcaps and corner units for reasons like this.

Sometimes they also have better views.

Where are you allowed to buy an apartment? Not in the US, right?

It's nice to live in a house so you don't have upstairs neighbors.

Originally posted by Zero:

Where are you allowed to buy an apartment? Not in the US, right?

UK.

Originally posted by Alxndr:

Originally posted by Zero:

Where are you allowed to buy an apartment? Not in the US, right?

UK.

Ah, ok.

i rather like hearing noises from neighbours, as long as it is only occasional and not incessant. something about it is cosy and reassuring to me

Originally posted by Grimmz:

maybe i'm just insane then.

i just love all the noise around me, banging walking and all the creaky door noises.
heck, sometimes i sleep better when i open the window and in comes the car noises and beeping sounds.

but when its too quiet and i can actually hear my own thoughts, i get scared.
feel like theres someone in my head.

You masochist!

Originally posted by salamander:

i rather like hearing noises from neighbours, as long as it is only occasional and not incessant. something about it is cosy and reassuring to me

I am quite sensitive to noise and find it really jarring. I don't mind if it's ambient noise of everyday stuff like if I'm outside for example, cars driving by, the wind, people chatting whatever.

But sitting there watching TV and randomly hearing bangs, scraps, thumping of footsteps really drives me nuts. I think it's because when I'm inside my home I expect it to be quiet and controlled, so when it's not, it frustrates me.