One of the great perks of having your own place is that you can invite over whoever you want, whenever you want. But while your parents may not be knocking on your bedroom door and asking you to keep it down, there certainly are still some considerations to make when hosting an event at your own apartment.

That doesn’t meant hat you can’t have people over or enjoy a nice get-together with your closest friends and family. It just means that you should be sure to be considerate of others around your apartment. After all, you don’t want to be known as the noisy neighbor, and you also probably don’t want to get a noise complaint either.

In order to ensure that you don’t become the neighbor that everyone despises, here are some tips for hosting an event at your apartment with everyone in mind.

Talk To Your Neighbors

As a kid, telling your neighbors that you are having a party while your parents are out of town is probably not the wisest idea. However, if you are a rational adult who plans to host an event at your apartment, then telling your neighbors is a completely valid move to make. You can let your neighbors know that you plan to have an event, about how loud you expect it might be, and what hours you think the event will run from and till. In addition, you can also give your neighbors a good telephone number to reach you at, which they can do so if things get out of hand.

To make things even better with your neighbors, consider inviting them to the event if it’s that sort activity. Obviously a neighbor won’t expect an invitation if you are just having family over, but asking to stop by if it’s just a friendly gathering is a nice gesture that will help you stay in the good graces of your neighbors.

Consider The Size Of Your Apartment And The Complex

You should also consider the space limitations that you have if you want to avoid being a bad neighbor as well. This refers to the space that you have inside of your apartment, as you want to avoid inviting too many people over if you can’t accommodate them, but also in your apartment complex because of where your guests will park.

It can be tricky to get the size of an event just right. Sometimes people show up, and sometimes they don’t. Therefore, consider asking guests to RSVP to get a better idea of how many people may be coming to your event, which will help you better prepare your apartment for guests.

Just because your apartment may not be overwhelmingly large doesn’t mean that you can’t host events. Instead, a bit of consideration to others and forethought into the amount of space you have will do wonders as yo have guests over. While these rules won’t work all of the time, they certainly are the best way to start planning for the hosted event at your apartment.