When Can (and Can’t) Your Landlord Enter Your Apartment?

October 13, 2022 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

One common question among first-time renters is regarding when your landlord can or can’t enter your apartment. Your apartment, while not technically your property, is your own space and offers you some legal privacy and protection. Read on below to learn when exactly your landlord can and can’t enter your apartment. Implied right of private…

Pros and Cons: Living Alone vs. With Roommates

September 3, 2020 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

In our Pros and Cons series, we weigh the advantages and disadvantages of important decisions that apartment dwellers are making every day. If you’re ready to move into an apartment, choosing whether to live alone or with roommates is an important decision to consider based on your personality and finances. Find some clarity on this…

Three Ways to Make Space for Your Roommates’ Privacy

February 28, 2020 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

When you live with roommates, you have to put in a bit of work to maintain your privacy. In apartments with thin walls, shared bathrooms and other common spaces, and frequent guest visits, it can be challenging to carve out a sacred space where you can feel totally, blissfully alone. You can become so focused…

Four Ways To Maintain Your Privacy With Roommates

February 10, 2020 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

When you need to keep your rent low, living with roommates can be the way to go. As anyone who’s had roommates knows, the budget-friendliness of roommate arrangements doesn’t necessarily equate to a comfortable living situation – common spaces such as living rooms and kitchens can quickly become messier or dirtier than you’d like, you…

Renter’s Guide to Apartment Privacy Rights

February 8, 2017 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

As a renter, privacy and safety should be two of your top concerns. To ensure your physical privacy, meaning your landlord does not show up unannounced or enter your apartment without your explicit permission, do research on your landlord before signing your lease, and read below to know your rights and how to protect them.…

More Reasons Why You Should Get Curtains

September 8, 2010 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

Our guest blogger Elyse is an NYU student who just recently managed to free herself from the college dormitory system. The Importance of Curtains When my roommates and I first found our apartment one of my personal favorite features was the gigantic, and I mean gigantic, windows in every room. As a film major/“photographer” and…