Leaving Shoes Outside Apartment Door

There is a guy downstairs who always leaves his smelly shoes outside his door.

Leaving shoes outside apartment door.

As we are rewriting our rules and regs the topic of storing items immediately outside the unit s door has become a hot topic. It s mostly a habit leftover from my mother who after installing new carpet in my childhood home required shoe removal before entering. And our floors were always spotless. In my bldg the rules very clearly state that no one can leave things in the hallway.

But you can take additional safety measures to ensure that contaminants don t enter your home by cleaning off your shoes and either leaving them at the door or designating an area safely away. I personally think it is a good rule and leaves the building neat looking. However people never remove shoes when in a mosque s courtyard or garden. It turns out that there are many benefits to removing one s shoes at the door.

Our sneakers and everyday shoes were organized in a shoe rack in the mud room. Hello at we live on the third floor of a small co op that s just five units. In former yugoslavia keeping one s shoes on indoors is generally frowned upon as rude and unhygienic and visitors that venture beyond the entry hallway are expected to remove them. For example can there be a doormat on top of a rug or tile can there be shoes and boots stored in area on a mat or a rubber shoe storage thing what constitutes too many pairs etc.

The owners on the second floor have been using the narrow hallway just outside their apartment as a storage area leaving piles of shoes and their kid s stroller out there. I m in the habit of kicking off my shoes at the door of my apartment. My parents didn t believe in wearing shoes from outside like when people spit on sidewalks dogs poop dirt etc and track that into the clean home. This past weekend they hung coat hooks outside their door and now they re storing their hats and coats and scarves in the hallway in.