ADJ
- big, spacious
- modest
- cramped, little, poky, small, tiny
- comfortable, cosy
- beautiful, nice
- luxury, posh
- shabby
- modern
- self-contained
- purpose-built
- furnished, unfurnished
- one-room, studio
- one-bedroomed, two-room, etc.
- bachelor, granny
- Even the prices of small bachelor flats are unbelievable. They converted two rooms of their house into a granny flat for Tony's elderly mother
- attic, basement, bottom, downstairs, first-floor, ground-floor, penthouse, top, top-floor, upstairs
- the people who lived in the downstairs flat
- high-rise
- a block of high-rise flats
- empty, unoccupied, vacant
- privately-owned
- rented
- council
- holiday
- next
- They live in the next flat
QUANT
- block
- The tall blocks of flats dominated the skyline
VERB + FLAT
- have, own
- They have a flat in Paris and a house in Normandy
- rent, take
- The musician took a flat in a fashionable area of London
- let, sublet
- The landlady found they had been illegally subletting the flat
- buy
- sell
- find (sb), look for
- Do you think that the council could find me another flat?
- get (sb)
- We got her a flat in the same block as ours
- live in, occupy, stay in
- Our flat is one of the two occupied in the block
- share
- move into, move (out) from, move out (of)
- build
- decorate, refurbish
- a contract to refurbish 18 council flats
- lock (up)
- let sb/yourself into
- She let herself into the flat with the spare key
- leave, let sb/ yourself out (of)
- break (into)
- evict sb from
FLAT + VERB
- be located
- The flat is located in a modern development
- face sth, overlook sth
- a luxury block of flats overlooking the marina
PREP
- at a/the ~
- I'll meet you back at your flat
- in a/the ~
- She lives in the top flat
PHRASES
- convert/divide/make/turn sth into flats
- The house has now been converted into flats
ADJ
- coastal
- tidal
- mud (also mudflat), sand, salt
- mud and sand flats rich in animal life
PREP
- on the ~
- These birds live on the coastal flats
VERB + FLAT
- have
- The key of E flat major has three flats
- play
PREP
- in … ~
- Mendelssohn's Quintet in B flat