For about two years, I had no choice but to live in an apartment that didn’t have the best of living accommodations to say the least.
My old college buddy was the primary leaseholder and paid about twice as much of the rent and utilities as I did, so I didn’t have quite as much of a say in how things were done in the apartment as he did.
I bring that up because he was a rather sloppy person and the apartment was generally kept untidy except for my room. It’s rough having to clean your roommate’s dishes so that you can stop looking at them festering in the sink! Anyway, another difficulty I faced at this apartment was it’s almost constantly faulty heating and air conditioning system. HVAC repairmen came and went at our behest, but they never really seemed to do anything to fix the problems we were facing. We didn’t really need to rely on heating as much as the air conditioning in our climate, so at least winters weren’t so bad. Summers on the other hand, were really tough! My roommate insisted most of the time to keep the thermostat at 80° because he said that our air conditioner really couldn’t handle any more than that. Eighty degrees was like not having the thermostat on at all! That’s why I had to invest in two things in my bedroom. I had to get a couple fans that were nice and powerful. I also needed to get a dehumidifier, because our air conditioner did a very poor job at getting rid of the moisture in the air.