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Is your bed a Full or Queen size? If it's only a Full, Ikea has a loft bed that you could use to reclaim the space below. You could look at that.

My favorite neighbors ever was a LARGE family next door. I expect that there were actually way more people living in the apartment than were on the lease. As a result, they were the quietist neighbors I ever had. Never heard a peep out of them at any time of day. They did occasionally cook things that were pungent, but it was rare, and I worked second shift at the time, so I didn't have to deal with it.

Too bad at my next, much nicer and more expensive apartment I had a neighbor who was very loud during certain activities, and we shared a bedroom wall. I left them a note after the third time they woke me up and it stopped thank goodness.

My last apartment had an old mercury bulb thermostat that was not installed on the level (extremely important in the old mercury bulb thermostats). I also didn't have a heat pump and couldn't remember to turn down the heat when I was going to be out for a significant amount of time. I went out and bought a programmable thermostat and installed it. It was fairly simple to do, and I made sure to get a really good one, where each individual day could be set by itself (in case I have a work schedule that is odd) and that could work with almost any system. When I left, I put the old thermostat back in, and mine is with me, so when I get a new apartment, I can put my thermostat in again, since programmable thermostats don't seem to be a priority in most apartments.