[Ringo1]

I guarantee you that my two would be kicked out of an apartment in a New York minute.

My neighbors here jokingly complain but we all have a truce. I don't complain about their kid's loud music and ball playing into the wee hours and they don't complain (too much) about Ringo! We try to have him inside early. Of course, he's outside at the crack of dawn due to my son's early swim practice but not out for very long.

I wish you so much good luck and hope you can find a house to rent; that would be so wonderful for you.

Hang in there!

PS: I wouldn't be capable of any kind of remodeling either! It took my son and I two hours to change the furnace filter down in the crawlspace.