I’m moving out soon and I’m thinking of moving into this beautiful pre-war building. I’m worried though about covid spreading and I’m wondering what precautions people living in apartments currently are taking.
Thing is I can find an apartment with a private entrance and in-unit wash/dryer, which would probably be better for covid, but this building is just nicer - better location, maintained better, it seems like the landlord is more present and responsive. Idk it’s a better deal, I’m just worried about covid.
We were in an old soviet style apartment building in the beginning of covid and never got it from there. Up until we did get Omicron but that came from work exposure, not the housing.
We wore masks in the hallway always and when opening the door, also made sure not to walk in the stairs with other people in there, listened for the traffic before leaving.
We did have a towel under the main door, kept our balcony door and windows open as much as possible (winter) and just were cautious.
There is no real ac in these buildings and we could always smell our neighbours cooking, smoking or weed smoking in our bathroom especially so we covered that vent for some time too. Also already owned a HEPA filtered air purifier and that was always on.
Oh and never using the lift was one, I still don’t use those anywhere unless there is no other way. That is just too much shared air.
And after we’d open the door to for example receive a food delivery we would keep masks on for a while and ventilate the apartment fully by opening windows and the balcony door.
We did have our own washer.