The worst thing about garden apartments vary... (RANT)

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NOTE: Now, mind you different garden apartments are different experiences for people and their locations. Those apartments aren’t for a one size fits all to everyone.

So, I live in a garden-type apartment with my mother for now. The worst things about this apartment are how you can’t control the heating during the winter. During the winter month or even fall months when it starts getting colder outside, the workers at the apartment turn on the heat at night, but never during the day for all of the apartment. I can’t control the heat on my own, I have to bundle up in a thick blanket.

And no we do not use a portable heater, short circuiting is something we avoid (at least my mom does. But when the heat is on, it gets hot and dry. I do not have a humidifier that I can use or vibe with. It’s bad because the fan turned on high does nothing for me. I do have the air conditioner that comes with the apartment. I use it on a low setting, but man. It’s bad for me because I hate being too cold or too hot. I am never comfortable.

There are other things to rant about, but right now I am freaking cold. I know they do it because everyone who lives in the apartment is out and doing things (job, schooling, vacation, etc). There are still people who are home doing things as well. So, we either have to use a portable heater, turn on then open the oven, bundle up in heavy clothing and blankets.

I find it annoying because I would like to control the heating and air overall, but shit like that is for houses and luxury apartments.

I am freezing. I know you all will say that I should complain to the landlord, but I am among the few in a huge crowd of many apartment residents who just deal with it.

I can deal with it, but it is so damn annoying to deal with that while I am here for the time being.

I am looking at another apartment similar, this is something that worries me a bit.

TL;DR: I am sitting in my apartment cold and felt like complaining because it’s just annoying for me to be this cold right now. I can complain when I am annoyed, but I will get over it because I can’t do much.

Thoughts and feelings?

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You are allowed to complain, you know that there are apartments that come with both positives and negatives. So, I wanted to vent a little, because I hate being cold.

Just wanted to share.

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Omg I’ve never heard of an apartment where the temperature is controlled outside the apartment. Back when I lived in an apt, and it definitely wasn’t a luxury apartment, the thermostat was inside the apartment. If you used more heat or a/c than your neighbors, then you just paid a higher electric bill since everyone’s electric bill was separate.

Anyhoo, things to get warm:

hot soup!
hot tea/coffee/cocoa
electric blanket
hunting socks and leg warmers (you could even crochet your own)
exercise (like jumping jacks or running in place)
warm gloves or mittens
put the oven on lowest setting and leave the door open to warm up the house

It’s cold here too so I sympathize, although 38° probably isn’t cold to you, but to us Floridians it’s freeeeezing! ﾍ( ´Д`)ﾉ

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The apartments I’ve lived in were like this. Though every apartment is different in regards to things like that.

Yeah, the apartment doesn’t allow us that. It’s terrible because everyone has to put up with it equally.

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