Balcony Barbecues – No Smoke Without Ire
It may be considered unAustralian but many people think there’s no place for barbecues on apartment block balconies. Especially in this age of eco-friendly, self ventilating buildings, the very thought…
It may be considered unAustralian but many people think there’s no place for barbecues on apartment block balconies. Especially in this age of eco-friendly, self ventilating buildings, the very thought…
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…
Renovating an apartment is quite different from renovating a house but in ways that are not immediately obvious. And you don’t want to discover that when you’re halfway through the…
There are few more vexatious issues in apartment blocks than the question of pet ownership. Some buildings won’t have a bar of the noisy, smelly little blighters while in others,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…