0_Apprentice
Hi, I live in an apartment. How about you?
1_Wizard
no i live in a house but I have lived in an apartment which is a self-contained houseing unit
0_Apprentice
Oh, nice. A house is definitely more quiet and you don't have to worry too much about noise.
1_Wizard
apartment building have different names such as apartment building, apartment complex, flat, complex, block of flats, tower block, high rise
0_Apprentice
Yeah, there are many different kinds. What kind of apartment building did you live in?
1_Wizard
The last apartment building I lived in was a high rise
0_Apprentice
I've also lived in a high rise. They can be nice. 
1_Wizard
apartments are owened by an owner/occupier, by leaseholder tenure or rented by tenants