curious - why don't you folks make your closed FB group for building chit-chat?
There is one! There's a google group. But the groups are separate - one for owners, one for renters. This is the only place where we can all talk.
Regarding the laundry room - that has happened to me a few times as well and it's annoying. I now do my laundry at 6am and tend to have the place to myself. There are a few people who don't wait for the dryers to finish - I always set a timer and am never late so it cheeses me off when people open my dryer. I don't like people touching my clothes.
I just looked at the photos of the un-renovated rental unit. The owner must have lived there for quite some time because the kitchen is pretty outdated. I moved in 12 years ago and my kitchen was much nicer; they updated the apartments back then as people moved out (I don't mean the current renovations; I mean they just got nicer cabinets, wood floors, fake granite counters and a decent-looking sink and no yellow tile). The one for rent did not get one of those updates and still has the old cabinets and lighting. It's a great layout.