FLAT CHAT – Strata living news, advice and opinions

Why we buy the idea of build-to-rent apartments

Owning property is a huge part of the Australian dream - but what about renting somewhere that fulfills all your needs?

FORUM: How a strata committee fell apart - and compulsory management was merely a pause in hostilities rather than a solution

As states across Australia leverage the release of public land to guarantee the construction of affordable homes, one government is going it alone.

NEWS: From robbed renters to hard-hit owners, all the left field apartment stories from just one day this week.

QUIRKY: Park yourself in a pod. Bunnings are selling flatpack homes for the cost of a decent family car.

We sold our off-the-plan apartment at a loss - but gained time and peace of mind from not wrangling naive neighbours and battling dodgy developers.

A strata manager who purloined $2m from clients' funds is exposed - but what did all the other miscreants do to deserve disciplinary action?

Forum: Some levies (or strata fees) are too high and some are too low - doesn't anyone have Goldilocks levies that are just right?

Buying a villa in Bali or even a houseboat in Noosa may sound like a great escape plan - but life is never that easy.

Buyers' agents say older blocks in quieter streets are a much better bet than brand new flats in increasingly crowded areas of our cities.

Tenants' rights and advice services are to get a boost of almost $100m in Victoria as mum-and-dad and regulation-shy landlords sell out

COMMENT: The strata dispute resolution system is slow, unwieldy and unfair. There must be a better way than courtroom dramas.