When you contact your local building department to get your building permit, ask what the frost depth requirement is and the required size and shape of the footings. Then dig the footing holes so that the bottoms of the footings are at or below the frost depth. The mechanics of frost heave are complex, but here's a quick primer.
Noise from Neighbor. You can make a complaint about noise from your neighbor including loud music or television, talking, and moving or dragging of furniture. Officers from your local police precinct will respond when they are not handling emergencies. You can also contact your tenant association, building owner, or super for help if a neighbor in your building is often noisy.
Sometimes the issue is the building, and not the neighbors, in which case the landlord will say something like, some noise is to be expected in a building this age.. Lastly, don't ever call the cops on your neighbors simply because they're loud.) If quiet is important to you, tell your landlord up front. It took me a few apartments to realize that landlords are not simply yes-or-no machines. They are humans, and occasionally they act like it.