When one lives in an apartment building it means he/she is sharing certain amenities with two or three more people. In Jakarta the social, religion and personal etiquette is highly regarded. When moving to an apartment building it is important to maintain nice and friendly relations with the person next door. Crossing paths with new neighbors will happen every day; one needs to exude positive vibes in order to have positive relations. While living in an apartment building its important to learn etiquettes to interacting with people on the next door.
Here are a few tips to help interact with people on the next door without been offensive.

Be Friendly
It sounds cliché but one of the best ways to keep the interaction open is by been friendly with the neighbor. Indonesians are simply the friendliest bunch of people, a simple hello’ goes a long way in their books. There are many benefits of making nice with a neighbor they can keep an eye on your home when you are away or even pick mails for you. During organized special events participate in them, it’s a good place to meet the rest of the neighbors and spend time with them.

No Loud Noises
Noisy neighbors can be irritating, it’s important to be considerate to other tenants who enjoy the peace and quiet. If in between floors be considerate of both the next door neighbor above and the one below. It’s important to keep the volume down, and not bother your neighbors’ peace. If the floor is hardwood use buffers to reduce the noise levels.

Shared Amenities
In apartment buildings certain amenities such as laundry rooms are shared. Keep it clean at all times and removes clothes after washing to give other tenants space. Never stop another person’s laundry to use the machine but always be considerate of everyone else using the amenity. If there is no washers or dryers available, come back when its less crowded and do the laundry.

Garbage Disposal
Garbage is disposed at one specific place. Neatly placed garbage and well sort goes a long way in ensuring the apartment building is clean. As a tenant you are expected to neatly package your garbage and disposing it on corresponding days of disposal. If the garbage is bulky be sure to dispose it in the right place without affecting other tenants. Crossing paths with new neighbors will happen every day; one needs to exude positive vibes in order to have positive relations.

Been a good neighbor in a new complex building apartment is a challenge and also an exciting opportunity to network. Learning to interact with the people next door is an advantage for business and personal purposes. With the culture of Jakarta the friendly and social nature of the Indonesian people as well as certain religion beliefs will quickly sink in. simple bows of respect to symbolize greeting and sharing a meal together will certainly change how you interact.
With these simple yet doable skills one can keep the neighborly respect alive and create a good environment for other neighbors.