Is better to live in a House or an Apartment? Is better to live in a House or an Apartment? I live in an apartment with my mother, my father and my elder sister. The flat is quite big but we can’t afford the costs of a house. In fact living in an apartment have some disadvantages but also many advantages. If you live in a buildings with many flats sometimes it could happen you hear rumors from the above flats or loud speaking. We don’t have a yard with flowers where I can sit to read my books or take sunbathe. Besides we have just a garage even if we have two cars, so we have to leave a car on the street but it’s not a good thing, especially in winter when temperatures decrease and it is freezing and snowy. We have got a tiny cellar on the ground floor near the garage but my father would have a bigger one to put inside his tools. By the way living in a flat has several facilities as well. For example it is safer because if you are not at home and someone want to enter in your flat with bad intentions, it could happen that people who live in the flat above or under yours see them and call the police. Secondly if you need something you can ask help to people who live in your building and this make you feel more confident. Thirtly living in an apartment permit you to share the costs of the entire buildings, someone share central heating costs, someone else share garbage or condo costs. So in my opinion living in a flat is a good choice and if you haven’t got much money it could be a great opportunity.