Ten things you really don’t need in a small apartment
I'm not about to become one of those hugely successful people who turns suggestions into cleaning or tidying into a best selling book -...
The sharing economy comes home to co-living
OK, housing affordability protesters, grab your placards and let’s get marching and chanting. What do we want? A nice apartment. When do we want...
Cooking is for TV shows not real life
Something is cooking and I can smell it in the lift, the lobby, the car park and even in the street. And it’s coming...
Be smart at the dog park and avoid the cold shoulder
We've given you guidance on the best dogs for apartment living, but all of them will appreciate some time off the leash at a...
Forget the car space it’s time to get on your bike
The times they are a changing at such a pace it’s hard to remember whether your phone opens with a PIN, a fingerprint or...
Where are all the family friendly apartments? Not here!
As you struggle in the lift with your stroller or try to get your kids to school on time without them pressing all the...
Is yours one of the top dogs for apartment living?
With strata laws increasingly leaning towards allowing pets – rather than the blanket bans we once endured – the question arises, what’s the best...
Weird and wonderful: the perfect pet for your pad
It might be raining cats and dogs in strata these days but apartment owners with a taste for the exotic - like giant rhinocerous...
Fear of flatting – how I learned to loathe living in a house
It was my life’s desire to never live in an apartment, much like old people don’t want to move into a retirement home. I...
Wish list survey shows we’re wannabe tradies
You know that immense feeling of satisfaction when you've followed instructions and assembled a piece of Ikea furniture? And the drawers open and close?...
