Our bedroom is roomy with a closet that holds both are 'wardrobes' AND shoes. There is a built in desk (left corner) but we're not using it that way. Again, c-r-a-p.
Our apartment is on the first floor and on the corner so we have one neighbor above us (which we haven't met). Evidence suggests that she is 250lbs. and likes to put on heels at 10pm. No, it's not really that bad. Everyone we've met in the complex is super friendly. We live about 1 block from a new middle school so there are quite a few families here which I'll take any day over college kids!