Flameless Candles

These are a simple and safe way to introduce both October and November holiday’s to the outside of your apartment. Perfect for standing solo in lanterns, candle holders, and pumpkins alike. Avoiding any concerns with actual flame, candle wax damage or staining, and exterior sprinkler heads is just an added bonus. In addition, these always look gorgeous inside window sills all throughout December too.

Pumpkins

Nothing says autumn is finally here quite like pumpkins. If you’re looking for a cost effective way to spice up your patio or balcony, pumpkins are a must have décor item. Try buying pumpkins of all shapes and sizes, the uglier the better. Fill a bowl on your outdoor table with small pumpkins as a centerpiece. Toss in different colors like white with sage green, and a little orange. Pumpkins add versatility to your outdoor space, no matter which ones you choose. So have fun with it!

Apartment renter note – make sure you’re checking your pumpkins regularly, and dispose of any that start rotting.

Outdoor Pillows

Decorations are fun, but they’re even better when they’re functional. The chillier it gets, the more we all embrace fall as the season to start snuggling for warmth. Now is the time to whip out and layer cozy throw pillows.

Select traditional prints like dark red, mustard yellow, or plaid. For an intimate outdoor patio or balcony, choose different textures and add a few neutral tones to add more warmth. Since this space is an extension of your apartment home, the inside of your apartment will feel more comfy with this added view too.

Decorating your apartment can be a great mood-booster for yourself, and also for your neighbors. We hope you try out some of our outdoor fall decorating ideas and can’t wait to enjoy them with you while visiting our different Southeastern Wisconsin communities!

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Typical Maintenance Requests

Typical maintenance items include clogged toilets, light bulb replacements, and garbage disposal concerns. These are requests residents are able to resolve themselves in a lot of instances. Battery replacements for a smoke detector or garage remote are two other examples.

When to submit these types of requests?

Cathedral ceilings are such a perk! The only downfall is when you notice a light bulb burned out and you can’t reach it to replace it. This is also the case if you hear your smoke detector chirping, but you cannot access it from a small step ladder. Submit a request for direct maintenance whenever safety is a concern, like climbing a tall ladder.

Many times, residents may even have questions as to what sort of light bulb or battery to purchase. Our managers can share links to different retailers that sell each type of bulb or battery used at their property too.

Anyone who’s ever clogged a toilet and experienced the fear of rising water knows how important it is not to test the porcelain God’s. Should you not succeed you may end up flooding your bathroom. Instead of avoiding eye contact with your property manager, maintenance staff, or potenial downstairs neighbor for the remainder of your residency, we suggest submitting a maintenance request right away.

While certain items can be corrected with ease, there are things residents may not feel comfortable handling without assistance. Thankfully, we’ve created video turtorials for residents at all Morgenson Realty properties to utilize for that not-so-typical stuff. Resetting your garbage disposal or a tripped breaker shouldn’t be cause for stress or feeling inconvenienced by maintenance staff in your apartment. That same location on our website allows residents to login to their portal and submit maintenance remotely. To learn more about the benefits of submitting maintenance online, click here.

Why it’s Important to Submit Minor Requests

We rely on our residents to ensure a smaller problem does not become a much larger one. Informing your property manager of a minor maintenance matter can be a good guide of what is a residents responsibility and what is the responsibility of the property management company.

There are also times our managers can correct the issue themselves without maintenance. In other instances, we may already have a third-party vendor on-site and be able to send them over to look at your request immediately. 

Emergency Maintenance

Let us open by saying, anything you consider to be an emergency maintenance concern should be called in right away. We are lucky that our policies allow for several lines of defense when it comes to emergencies. Property Managers for all Morgenson Realty Company, Inc. locations have smart phones on their person 24/7. This allows a resident to call at any time, day or night. Our teams have saved contacts and alarm montioring companies that also communicate with them directly. Major property accidents or emergencies can set off alarms that alert our staff immediately, as well. These communications can also be received by our maintenance team.

When to submit emergency maintenance requests?

Water leaking from your toilet, dishwasher or under your sink. Your refrigerator won’t stay cool, your heat isn’t working or your toilet is running. All of these examples are reasons to submit maintenance immediately. Additionally, broken door locks or unexplained power outages, though uncommon, are serious matters that are our responsibility to fix too. For anything outside our maintenance teams capabilities, we contact a third party vendor to assist.

This is true when it comes to common area concerns too. If a resident notices water dripping in underground parking, that is cause for an emergency maintenance request. If you hear your neighbors arguing past quiet hours however, that would not be consider an emergency. Your communities emergency phone line should be used when appropriate and for serious situations only.

Why it’s Important to Submit Emergency Maintenance Requests

There are two main reasons it’s imporant to submit an urgent request. If the situation presents a safety risk or property damage – you should reach out right away.

Avoiding charges upon moving out of your apartment is also a good reason. If your toilet is running, but you never contact management, there is no way of knowing when it started. If your properties water utility bill is paid by the management company, that could lead to losing money from your security deposit.

Unfortunately, no property manager or maintenance technician can anticipate every problem. Your position as a renter is an important one in keeping an eye on your apartment home. If you’re unsure of the level of importance on a certain maintenance item please feel free to call/email/text your property manager. They will be happy to provide guidance or schedule a member of our maintenance staff to look into the concern.

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 1.  Fall Smells

Cinnamon, pumpkin, berry, and apple, all conjure up images of plaid shirts and board games by the fire. A way you might not think about transforming your apartment for Fall is by the way it smells. There are tons of amazing scents out there that emanate the feeling of Fall. Spice (not the pumpkin kind) up those classic scents by tossing in a few newer smells this year. Our scent list below should help bring notes that will warm up your apartment and give you all the Fall feels.

• Pumpkin Pecan Waffles
• Dark Rum
• Maple
• Autumn Hayride
• Alder
• Plum
• Sage

2.  Fall Foliage

We love having Mums at all of our properties. We start planning to pick-up pots of them, in deep Autumn hues, as soon as the weather cools. The colors are beautiful and they last when we experience lower temps. These plants stand out in rustic pots or in both railing and window boxes to add easy seasonal flair to your windows, balconies or patios. In true fall style, mum varieties with golden yellow or deep burgundy blooms work perfectly with those pumpkin and gourd displays.

3.  Food for display

The cornucopia of fall brings a heaping bounty of squash, pumpkins, and gourds. Using your apartment’s patio or balcony is another great way to display your love of Fall. Various sizes of pumpkins make for beautiful arrangements. Don’t skip over ugly gourds or pimpled squashes either. Mixed in with white pumpkins, the imperfections will allow cool textures to be a decoration of their own.

If you’re more in the Halloween spirit, pumpkins as decoration only mean one thing. Jack-o’-lanterns! Whether it’s for spooks or because you love a good challenge, carving the best pumpkin in your community brings back nostalgic feelings from your childhood into your adult apartment. (The best kind of adulting, in our opinion.)

4.  All things cozy! 

Small changes that bring hints of the season can really transform your whole space. Plus, they won’t put a burden on your wallet!

Pillows may seem like an odd choice, but changing the pop of color on your couch to reflect deeper colors can really set the Fall mood. Add depth to your living room or guest bedroom by layering blankets or hanging them partially from a wicker basket.

Finally, nothing says Fall more than the crispness in the air and the first fire in your own fireplace. Problem is, there is no fireplace in your apartment. That’s a problem no more! Home Depot offers a compact electric fireplace that has a realistic flame AND produces heat for an area up to 400 sq. feet! It can provide you all the comforts of a real fireplace, in the comfort of your own apartment!

We hope our list gives you a head start on creating The Perfect Fall Apartment. If you’re one step ahead of us, what have you already done to decorate your apartment for Fall? We want to know!

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Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be spent dodging your sister-in-law’s burnt gravy and your cousin’s political rants. It can be a festive get-together without forced conversation and even without turkey! Enter Friendsgiving. Peep more perks to celebrating Turkey Day with your closest buddies below and decide for yourself. 

Relax, really.

You can always be yourself around friends. That’s why Friendsgiving is so great! Speaking freely, without judgment really takes a huge stress out of the holiday. Make new traditions or decide no traditional behaviors are allowed. Maybe you take this gathering up a notch and everyone wears pajamas. Shake things up and create the memories your aunts can never gossip about later.

Standard Food Rules Do Not Apply

A golden-brown turkey, a big bowl of stuffing, piping hot mashed potatoes, sugary yams, buttery dinner rolls, copious amounts of gravy and THE PERFECT PUMPKIN PIE. All the adjectives!

Many of your friends will still attend family celebrations and enjoy a meal similar to the one described above. If you have a group of friends that all love the standard food list for every Thanksgiving, then no need to stray here. If you are looking for an eclectic assortment of options, however, why not create a Friendsgiving built around dishes they love most? Ask your pals to bring one or two of their favorites and maybe learn a little more about each of them by asking why those dishes are a must-have in their home.

Weekend Holiday

Whether you join in on Thanksgiving with relatives or not, you now know Friendsgiving doesn’t follow the same rules. That means you can celebrate it the weekend before Thanksgiving or even the weekend after.

Schedules get filled quickly and both friends and family are difficult to plan around. Don’t force yourself into inviting your friends over the week of Thanksgiving. Touch base and work out a date that keeps everyone experiencing a pressure-free Friendsgiving, along with you.

Have you been hosting a Friendsgiving for years now? Share how you celebrate this worry-free get together in the comments section!

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Your windows are cracked open, the crisp scent of fall air breezes throughout your apartment, and the only things on your agenda are getting chili started in the crockpot, watching football, and enjoying pumpkin flavored everything. Southeastern Wisconsin is the one of the most beautiful places to live this time of year. Leaves of various colors and cozy weather makes the desire of staying home truly enjoyable.

Check out our top 3 reasons why apartment living is so fitting for fall below!

1. “DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY”

When living in an apartment, the worry of maintaining a yard or house is non-existent. Raking leaves? Nope! Preparing for the first snowfall? I don’t think so! You have all the time needed to make pecan pie, visit Cozy Nook Farm in Waukesha to pick out a huge pumpkin, and enjoy all autumn has to offer in Wisconsin. Apartment living certainly provides tenants with more time to enjoy the things that really matter.

Where else to go for perfect pumpkin pick’n & early holiday cheer?

The Elegant Farmer – Mukwonago, WI   |    Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival – Milwaukee, WI

2. COMMUNITY

Morgenson Realty likes to keep a strong sense of community within our company, as well as our properties. Whether it’s a costume contest, door decorating competition or food drive for charity, celebrating the holiday’s at work and at home always creates the comradery and community that truly unify our priorities.

Get Inspired!

Decorating for the holiday’s is always something to look forward to. Save yourself hours of Pinterest pinning or wandering the aisles of Hobby Lobby (not that BOTH of those options aren’t insanely fun) by gaining and sharing the perfect fall vision from your neighbors! Seeing a couples unique pumpkin decorating skills, cute kids in costumes or the prettiest homemade wreath you’ve ever seen, really keeps to the tight-knit community feel that living in a rental apartment provides.

3. THAT COMFY LIFE

Overpaying for heat, water, etc. is old news! Your home should be a place where you relax, decompress and enjoy the tranquility of knowing somebody “has your back”. The perfect sized apartment offers a cozy setting without the burdens of home ownership and a peace of mind you don’t have to overpay for. Apartments offer a ton of inclusive features and amenities at top locations and all for a reasonable price. We support prioritizing “that comfy life” and will always focus our attention on the importance of “home”, at each of our communities.

Guess What?

Our communities throughout Sussex, Menomonee Falls, Pewaukee, Waukesha, Franklin, Jefferson and Wauwatosa are all surrounded with the best Autumn festivities! Plus, it’s easier than ever to follow updates and upcoming events from your apartment community via Facebook! GO SHARE YOUR FAVORITE APARTMENT DECORATING IDEAS OR FALL GO-TO’S WITH US & YOUR NEIGHBORS! Like and Follow your property today! Simply visit your properties page and click the Facebook icon to get started.

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