Welcome Guide for Current Residents

How To Be A Good Neighbor

 

  • Meet your neighbors in case of an emergency or just to have a sense of community.
  • If you have animals, always clean up after them and have them on a leash when you are outside of your dwelling. We love your animal and you love your animal, but your neighbors may not love your animal. Allowing your animal to bark all day long, roam freely or “do their business” in your neighbor’s yard will certainly not make your neighbor adore you. 
  • Matchbox does not allow smoking inside or outside of your dwelling unless you have a designated smoker’s pole positioned on the property. A balcony or deck does not constitute an area to smoke; as it will waft into your neighbors windows making it an unenjoyable experience for them. We care about you, your neighbors, your safety and the owners property.
  • Noise can make or break friendships in a neighborhood or community.
    • Bass can be felt and not just heard. Keep your speakers off the ground and away from the walls where neighbors may sleep.
    • If you can hear it outside your doors, it is too loud.
    • Not everyone living around you sleeps the same hours as you. Be considerate, as I am sure you would not want to be disturbed when you are sleeping.
  • Trash belongs in the dumpsters, trash chutes or proper receptacles. Red cups, broken glass, and/or broken furniture laying in the yard is not acceptable to anyone.
  • A Party-Free Community means that you have chosen to live amongst others that wish to sleep, study and work in a peaceful home setting. Remind your guests of this fact when coming to visit you. The number of residents on your lease plus five others can be in your home – at any given time.
  • Fire Alarms—fire alarms are the only emergency tool that will alert you to a fire emergency should there be smoke in the building. Smoke doesn’t tap on your shoulder and tell you to wake up and leave. If you hear the alarm, you need to get out every, single time! On your way out, be a good neighbor and knock on your neighbors doors. Don’t wait for them, but alert them to the fact that there is an emergency by banging on their door.
    • With that being said, if you or your friends, decide to pull an alarm as a prank, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Pulling an alarm is like the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf. The more you hear the alarm, the less inclined you are to leave. Don’t play with these because they are for emergencies ONLY.
    • Count a Fire Alarm as a chance to practice saving your life. It isn’t fun waking up at odd hours but there is usually a good reason the alarms went off. Don’t roll back over and ignore it. It could be the one time you needed to escape.