How do long-term renters make a home in standardised units? This chapter documents domestic tweaks—balcony screens, shoe-rack niches, window films, magnetic hooks—and shared-space care: potted plants in stairwells, lost-and-found boxes, message boards, and informal parcel shelves. Interviews show that predictable rent and indefinite tenure enable slow investments in comfort and care, while building rules, deposit risks, and unclear maintenance lines constrain them. We follow three micro-ecologies—stairwell commons, lift-lobby perch, and courtyard ring—to show how greetings, gift-drops, and chore rotations build light-touch reciprocity. The chapter distinguishes between “soft anchors” (school continuity, trusted grocer, bus driver recognition) and “hard anchors” (formal registration, lease stability), arguing that belonging thickens when both align. It concludes that small allowances for user modification and shared amenity micro-budgets can convert anonymous blocks into looked-after places without compromising safety or code, and that neighbourly practices are the everyday infrastructure that sustains PRH beyond the lease.