Apartment living--would you rather the top floor or bottom floor. And why?

Top you can get stuck in a fire and is harder to cool in the summertime. Bottom you hear neighbors walking above but is easier to move stuff in.

usually when you sign up at an apartment complex you get what's available at the time or you can wait for a specific apartment but you'd have to put down a deposit to hold it when it comes open. But usually it's the first.

I've had both top floor and bottom floors and I prefer the top floor, but it depends on the layout. Things to consider are where the HVAC units are located, whether they will keep you up at night or not), whether you're near the door and hear everyone coming and going, whether you're near the mail boxes, whether you have a pet (dogs should be on the first floor and cats on the top floor). Usually the top floor is hotter than the first floor. If you like the exercise of walking the stairs (maybe they have elevators and if so can you walk all the steps up and down if necessary) then a second floor is good. It could also depend on where the apartment is located, like near a tree. An upstairs near the parking lot would be the cheapest of the apartments. Some people like a patio, some like a large patio to entertain guests, some like an efficiency or a studio (but you'd need a one bedroom if you planned to have someone stay overnight although you can't have them there often or for long stays). I save on electric because the guy downstairs loves to heat up his place in the winter and in fact so warm that I have to open my windows. Depending on where you are located, usually upstairs (not near trees or obvious) you can crack your windows open during the day or evenings. My main concern is that I live in an area where in the past some areas or in some storms got flooded and I saw people lose their things and I don't want that to happen to me so I choose a second floor, and I like being able to see my car. On the first floor the complex is always making noise cutting grass, blowing dirt, etc. and the grass is always being sprayed with insecticides and I don't like being near that stuff.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. If you live on the bottom (ground) floor, you don't have to move your stuff -- especially the heavy things like mattresses and sofas up or down stairs, BUT you get to listen to people walking around over your head. Once you get past the first couple of weeks, this isn't such a big deal unless they start practicing karate in the living room.

Upstairs, you get the benefit of bleed-through heating in the winter, especially if your neighbors have radiant ceiling heat, BUT you gotta carry the groceries upstairs every week, haul the garbage downstairs every week.

Bonus Hazard: If you live in an apartment that you have to go downstairs from the parking lot to get into (apartment below grade, or ground level) then you run the risk of having your living room flood in the event of heavy rains, should the storm-water system be overwhelmed.

Some apartments have washer-dryer hookups, and will even rent you a washer-dryer combo for a nominal fee each month, so you don't have to haul laundry out in the rain. (This is a big plus in the Northwest, where we celebrate our Regional Rain Festival beginning January 1 and running through December 31.)

My daughter feels the top (third) floor was safer, but we didn't visit very often because the stairs were hard for us to climb. I always lived on the ground floor and never have had a problem. I live in a 1 story house because of the whole stairs hurt my knees thing.

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