Loathe Thy Neighbour

The hardest adjustment most people have to make when they move into apartments is simply getting along with neighbours all around them. It is usually a simple issue of tolerance…

Renters are people too

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with living side-by-side with renters in an apartment building – as long as they’re good neighbours, who cares? But you would be wise to avoid buildings…

A sense of security

One of the biggest reasons people move into apartments is for the added sense of security they afford over a house. Suddenly, there’s no need to see the world through…

Who owns the view?

There are few sights more chilling to an apartment owner that the appearance of a construction crane somewhere between you and your view, for which you have paid handsomely. We…

Vertical Villages

Some people still think of apartment living as a sad sequel of Rear Window, a collection of lonely desperates with only the view from their windows offering the distant promise…

Empty nesters fly high

Feet on the ground or pie in the sky – that’s the question apparently facing increasing numbers of empty nesters as they decide whether to sell up the large family…