Apartment/Condo optimization ideas

Post date: 2021-11-28 09:52:53

Asking for a friend: what are some things you can do to improve life in an apartment or condo? The apartment/condo version of this, basically. Snowflakes inside.

A good friend and her husband will shortly be moving to new, much higher-paying jobs in a new city and for the first time be able to afford a place all their own. For reasons, this will be a rented apartment and, hopefully soon, their own (possibly extensively renovated) condo. Their question for both renters and owners: what are some features that made your life better while living in an apartment/condo?

(The reason this is combined is that the condo plan is a year, maybe two, out tops and they'd like to be able to plan for renovations/construction in advance if they can.) Please assume landlord permission can be obtained if necessary, but rental-specific advice is also great.

Improvements can range from simple and cosmetic to extensive, this is very much at the 'dream house' stage still. Some snowflakes:

- Het couple, he's a fitness nut medic and a vet, she's a geeky IT type who works from home.
- They're both tall, in the 6' range.
- No pets or kids, but they love to garden and are looking forward to kitchen/container gardens as space allows.
- They both love color and vibrant decor, and she has a good two decades' worth of geeky things collected that she would love to be able to display. He loves to cook and regularly does so for a dozen of their friends. He also cans and preserves things when possible.

TIA!

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