Believe it or not, this is the 100th Flatchat column since we started back in 2004. In the intervening years every tragic aspect of strata life has paraded through these pages. Noise has been a recurring issue, something noted by an enterprising company that occasionally runs ads for sound blocking solutions just above this column. [...]

Those of us who live in apartment and love it worry a little that all the negative press (mostly generated by this column) might put people off buying into buildings like ours. And it’s not just that we want as many bidders as possible when we come to (reluctantly) sell. We all like to think [...]

When things go wrong in Strata-land – and we know they do – who’s going to sort things out for you? At various times all sorts of options have been canvassed in this column, from lawyers at 10 paces (expensive) to threats of vigilante vandalism (not recommended). So it’s worth reminding ourselves that there is [...]

We tend to get most emails from residents of humungous apartment blocks with similarly huge problems. But if you are suffering as the owner of an apartment in a small block, the problems can be so much closer to home. QUESTION: We are owners in an eight-year-old block of 12 strata units. From day one, [...]