How to post a question or answer

The most direct and useful way to do this is to is to click on the blue panel on the right, give your self a nickname and add your email address (which will be hidden).

Go to the Forum Home Page and choose a sub-forum that’s most closely related to your issue.

Click on the heading for that forum then click on Create New Topic.

Write a short headline that gets to the nub of your problem but isn’t just a tag.  For instance, “Neighbour parking” tells us nothing whereas “my neighbour is parking in my spot”  tells us precisely what the question is about.  But don’t try to tell the whole story in the headline;  “I am having a long-running battle with my neighbour and they have started parking in my spot” is information that belongs in the post.

Then write your post.  Don’t worry if it doesn’t appear immediately.  All posts are moderated by me before they appear on the website  and I am a real person who occasionally sleeps or watches football – I am not an AI interface.

Don’t use legalese, even (especially) if you are a lawyer, initials or acronyms – not everyone shares your vocabulary of shortened forms. NCAT or VCAT are fine,  but otherwise, at least spell the organisation’s name the first time like this “… the strata committee (SC) …then you can use the initials afterwards.

Don’t name companies, individuals, strata schemes or even yourself.  Anonymity is our shield from vexatious litigation.

“Subscribe” to the topic by making sure the automatic replies alert mbox is ticked , and you will be alerted every time someone responds. If you want to reply, just click on the “reply” button at the top of the post.

Posting anonymously is the best way to get good advice from a variety of sources, including interstate Flatchatters.

If you are having difficulty with the Forum send me an email (click on the Contact button on the top menu) and I can post a question for you anonymously.  Otherwise I could post it as a “mailbox” item (again anonymously) but you won’t be able to subscribe.