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We bought our condominium in 2003, when the apartment complex was built and sold. However, my mother-in-law, who lived with us in a suburban house at the time, didn't like to live in the high building, so we had to wait to live there until six years later. We had been using our condo as our "second house", visiting it from time to time until then. In spring 2009, we finally moved into the complex. There are three apartments on the same floor, and two of them were already inhabited. To my surprise, these families left their kids' bicycles on the communal floor all the time. I was annoyed, but I didn't say anything about it. To the new kid on the block, it is more important to be well accepted in the neighborhood than to raise a justice issue. At that time the bicycle parking attached to our building was fully used. Gradually, however, more people stopped using the bike parking lot, and now there are a couple of bike slots available. One of my two beighbors removed their kid's bike to the bike space. But the other one still keeps their bike on the communal space. Needless to say, it is against the apartment regulations to use the communal space for a personal reason, and we are told not to leave our personal things there. There seems to be nobody else to keep violating the regulations in this way on the other floors. I missed a good opportunity to tell this neighbor that I was actually annoyed by the bike on the floor. Now I don't have the courage to ask them to remove it. I wish I could bring this up on the agenda at our annual general meeting which takes place on the morning of next Sunday. But my husband doesn't care about the bike's existence, and strongly opposes bringing it up for discussion. So! I cannot help but stand the situation for the time being. Avoiding conflicts with your neighbor is more important than clinging to your own justice in Japan.
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We bought our condominium in 2003. That is when the apartment complex was built and sold.
However, my mother-in-law, who lived with us in a suburban house at the time, didn't like want to live in the high building. so We had to wait to live there until six years later. six years until we could move in.
Gradually, however, more people stopped using the bike parking lot, and now there are a couple of bike slots available.
One of my two neighbors removed their kid's bike to the bike space.
There seems to be nobody else to keep violating the regulations in this way on the other floors.
I wish I could bring this up on the agenda at our annual general meeting which takes place on the morning of next Sunday morning.
僕はいつでも手伝います。
We bought our condominium in 2003, when the apartment complex was built and sold.
Your sentence is correct.
We had been using our condo as our "second house", visiting it from time to time until then.
To the new kid on the block, it is more important to be well accepted in the neighborhood than to raise a justice issue complaint.
Complaint sounds more natural
At that time, the bicycle parking attached to our building was fully used.
One of my two neighbors removed their kid's bike to the bike space.
So!
So, I cannot help but stand the situation for the time being.
We bought our condominium in 2003, when the building was new.
An apartment complex usually refers to a building with rentals.
However, my mother-in-law, who lived with us in a house in the suburbs at the time, didn't like the idea of living in a high building, so we had to wait to live there until six years later.
In spring 2009, we finally moved into our condo.
There are three condos on the same floor, and the other two were already inhabited.
At least in America, apartments are usually rented.
To my surprise, these families left their kids' bicycles in the common area all the time.
To the new kid on the block, it was more important to be well accepted in the neighborhood than to raise a complaint.
Gradually, however, some people stopped using the bicycle parking lot, and now there are a couple of bike slots available.
One of my two neighbors removed his kid's bike to the bike space.
Since is it one, it sounds more natural to be included with a singular pronoun although I think the other way might be okay as well, since the kids probably have two parents.
But the other neighbor still keeps his child's bike in the common area.
Needless to say, it is against the apartment regulations to use the common area for a personal reason, and we are told not to leave our personal things there.
Now I don't have the courage to ask him to remove it.
I wish I could bring this up on the agenda at the next Sunday morning's annual general meeting .
But my husband doesn't care about the bike being there, and he strongly opposes my bringing it up for discussion.
Avoiding conflicts with your neighbors is more important than fighting for your own rights in Japan.
I changed this to a more natural collocation.