Apartments are meant to be a cheap solution to the residential issues of the wide playerbase that doesnt have a FC with a house.

No reason at all why apartments should have extra features that HOUSES don't. In fact, considering that they have the same item limit and you can place all kind of items in them, i think is kinda unfair for us house owners, regarding server space utilization, apartments should have lower item caps, and those should have been added to the proper houses.