If there's government involvement in renting these apartments, there may not be much that management can do. But you can try negotiating. For the security deposit, see if they can't transfer that over to the new apartment. Promise them that you will be able to pay them immediately if there is damage that has to come out of the security deposit. If they do let you move to a different unit, ask for a management walk-through a week or two before you move out, so that they can point out problems in enough time to let you fix them. Rent--well, you'd have to pay rent anyway, so this isn't an additional charge. The fee--I have no idea what this is for. You may be able to negotiate this down or completely away, or you may just have to pay it. It might be worth paying it if it will get you away from the nasty neighbor. And do try to get a bottom floor unit. If this building is run by the city or state, you can try contacting the housing department of the city or state and seeing what your options are.

A suggestion: take pictures of people like this and make a point of it so they SEE you taking the picture. This is how we got rid of people hanging around our complex. We have a police substation here, but that didn't deter the thefts of bikes, "smash and grabs" (ipods and GPS units stolen out of cars), and trespassing. For some reason, the idea of having their pictures taken scared them away (they all wore the same thing - white t-shirts, which I guess was supposed to make them hard to identify to police). Good luck!

The first thing I would do is buy some colorful rugs for your dining area and living area. With your dark furniture the place looks rather grim. Gray is on its way out, and you need some drama to dress your place up. Pull the couch away from the wall a little bit so it doesn't look like it's glued to it, find a metal and glass coffee table and also a low bookcase to put against that empty wall and put either a very large painting there or a gallery wall. The same goes for that area by the dining table. Since I gather you have a cat I thought of a climbing structure for the empty area by the kitchen, but then I'd worry about flying cat hair in your food. Hopefully someone else will chime in with ideas.

you have a very lovely room. you may want to consider a Chesterfield style sofa in a grey. I would place the sofa across from the fireplace and then the two chairs looking out the window... not sure if you have enough room for two sofas. looks like you also need to place a kitchen table and chairs too. insay that because with the open area you have, it may start to look crowded. heres a grey chesterfield sofa with some ivory chairs to give you an idea of how it would look with your chairs.