Hi, I live in an apartment. How about you?
no i live in a house but I have lived in an apartment which is a self-contained houseing unit
Oh, nice. A house is definitely more quiet and you don't have to worry too much about noise.
apartment building have different names such as apartment building, apartment complex, flat, complex, block of flats, tower block, high rise
Yeah, there are many different kinds. What kind of apartment building did you live in?
The last apartment building I lived in was a high rise
I've also lived in a high rise. They can be nice. 
apartments are owened by an owner/occupier, by leaseholder tenure or rented by tenants
For sure. I'm a tenant now. 
In scotland apartments are called block of flats