Kia ora, and welcome. We built this so renters in New Zealand have somewhere to actually talk about flatting beyond the reviews that already live on the site. Reviews tell you what one place is like. The forum is for the bigger questions: how to deal with a landlord who won't fix anything, what to do when your bond gets contested, whether a suburb is worth the rent, and the day to day stuff that makes flatting better or worse. Where to start A few spaces to know: - f/flatting - the everything space. Anything that doesn't fit elsewhere goes here. - f/dunedin-flatting, f/auckland-flatting, f/wellington-flatting, f/christchurch-flatting - regional flatting talk. - f/confessions - anonymous flat horror stories. Same people, no names attached. You're auto-following Announcements, Confessions, and Flatting. Follow the others to see their posts in your feed. Ground rules - Honesty about your own experience is welcome, defamation isn't. Claims about specific landlords or properties need facts you can back up. - Confessions is anonymous on display, but don't post anything that names another person in a way that could harm them, even if it's true. - Be decent. Disagreement is fine, harassment isn't. - See something off? Hit Report. Mods will look at it. What's coming More spaces, better moderation tools, email digests for posts you'd actually care about, and tighter integration with the property pages. The Flatchat team