Characteristic of apartments	Violation of different meanings of privacy	Indicative comments
Shared space	Control	Apartment setting is less private because you have to share the parking space as well and if you have to come on a higher floor you have to climb the stairs and you meet a lot of people in the way.
Feeling of crowded ness	Autonomy	Vertical housing is less private because generally you are living in a building with more people. There is a lot going on even outside, even if your apartment is completely isolated, there are people who are going up and down the stairs. There is a chance of running into people. There is the sense of living with multiple people.
Aural privacy	Information Management	If I am chatting in this room and I am fighting with someone (maybe I am fighting with my girlfriend on the phone) so, if I scream just a bit loud, you have seen how small these rooms are, the noise will get out, and then someone will come and ask what is wrong and why are you talking so loudly?
Visual privacy	Access	If there are more than two apartments on the same floor, then when you open the door, someone else’s apartment is right in front of yours and that is also the violation of your privacy. If you want to go on the roof, then you have to climb a lot of stairs to go up because of which you have to pass a lot of people’s doors.