No to home improvements!!

And  I dont mean the tv-show that used to run in the 90s.

As I found out today, you are not allowed to do any handywork in your home without being afraid of your neighbours complaining. And Im not talking about hammering away in the evening or drilling at night. No. Let me tell you the story my Dear Void.

I live here in a shared apartment in a room that basically just has a wardrobe and bed. Being a person who likes comfort around her, I decided to change my room a little and get some more furniture and since I got paid little while ago, I went and bought myself a bed-side cabinet. I wont tell you how I hauled it home, all 12 kilos of it among other things like lampshades and a table lamp and bits and pieces in the other bags. I could have been easily mistaken for a camel with its carriage, treading through the desert if the weather wouldnt have been so bleak and chilly.
Enough about that. I got home, and I started to assemble the cabinet, since it was flat-packed. It was almost all done and I only had to hammer in some tiny nails to attach the cardboardish back of the cabinet. Since I didnt have a hammer, I used a heavy glass jar and as soon as I had given the nails few good bangs, my flatmate was banging on my door, saying that its not allowed!! Neighbours will complain.
I was like WHAT? Its noon-time! What if something breaks down and I need to use hammer or a drill to fix it? Will the neighbors complain then too or call the police saying that: look, that person is fixing things. How dare she!
So I ended up pushing those nails in. Took me considerably longer time, but I managed and now I have a bed-side cabinet. And I still dont care about my benefit-milking neighbors who may have nothing better to do then to listen someone assemble a bedside cabinet.