Appropriate to house creative types in flat? (9)
I believe the answer is:
apartment
'flat?' is the definition.
(I know that flat can be written as apartment)
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
(Other definitions for apartment that I've seen before include "property" , "place to live" , "Suite of rooms to live in" , "Flat (mainly US)" , "Flat (chiefly US)" .)