FLAT CHAT – Strata living news, advice and opinions

Gold Coast rents now the highest in Australia

Rents on Queensland's Gold Coast have now outstripped even Sydney - and you can guess who is at least partly to blame.

New government finance guarantees will allow developers to start building a lot sooner and give the state a stake in the projects.

Welcome to NIMFYism - when new developments improve the local area but destroy your million-dollar views.

Maybe the secret to not being annoyed by the little irritations in life is to not care - or get them all off your chest in a website post.

Misused e-bike and e-scooter batteries pose a real danger in homes, but how can strata schemes regulate their use to safeguard residents?

We collated the most-read Forum and news posts from the past month and you will be surprised which of them attracted the most attention.

Mid-rise developments slated for the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney are replacing single dwellings with heaps of new homes.

Developers are using laws intended to tackle the housing shortage to build fewer, fancier apartments where affordable homes now stand.

How Flat Chat was born with an angry book and a newspaper column that defied the odds to tell the truth about apartment living.

Forum: The strata scheme can increase levies on a tobacco shop to cover insurance rise - why has the strata manager stubbed out the plan?

City of Sydney joins the growing switch from gas cookers and heating to all-electric apartments. Next target - gas barbecues.

City living is at an all-time premium - in every sense - with spectaular new high-end high-rises springing up in our urban hubs.