The phrase "apartment common area" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to shared spaces within an apartment building that are accessible to all residents, such as hallways, lounges, or laundry rooms.
Example: "Residents are reminded to keep the apartment common area clean and free of personal belongings."
Alternatives: "shared apartment space" or "communal area in the apartment".
A "Most proprietary leases prohibit a shareholder from allowing objectionable or offensive odors to emanate from his apartment into common areas or other apartments," said Aaron Shmulewitz, a Manhattan co-op and condominium lawyer.
The bedrooms are separated from the apartment's common areas by a hallway.
The fireplace in the apartment on the first floor appears to have a leak in the chimney so that fumes escape into the adjacent apartment and the common area.
Rogers Marvel Architects designed the apartments and common areas.
Q The electricity bill for our entire co-op building, both apartments and common areas, is paid by shareholders based on the number of shares owned.
Another high-tech way to monitor the efficiency of the heating system in larger buildings is through the use of stand-alone sensors that can be placed in apartments and common areas throughout the building.
The authority, in letters sent to residents two months ago, said the two 16-story buildings, called Brick Towers, must be emptied because inspectors have found several violations of housing codes in the apartments and common areas.
Phoebe's father, Frederick Kaufman, installed filters to cover the air ducts that connect to the rest of the building, working on the theory that dirtier air from other apartments or common areas of the building could infiltrate.
Marc Luxemburg, president of the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums, said that in a co-op, the entire building, including individual apartments and common areas, is owned by a single entity -- the co-op corporation.
Are they within the apartment or in the common area?
