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    THEGRANNY FLAT REVOLUTION

    Apr 07, 2016 5 minutes
    Edited by Alexandra Longstaff
    A quick internet search shows a plethora of granny flats on the market, and for a self-contained unit with one or two bedrooms, they’re very affordable
    “Dual-living homes offer a unique and specialised way of building”
    — Nick Marino, Sekisui House

    When I was a kid we had a granny flat tacked onto our home. It was a daggy corrugated iron-covered shack, which was mainly filled with old paint tins and building materials dad hadn’t quite got round to using in the latest reno project. But gone are the days when “granny flat” was synonymous with the word daggy. We are seeing a boom in sophisticated, comfortable and — above all — liveable granny flats in Australia.

    Thanks to the recent move by the NSW government to push more affordable housing through the Supporting Affordable Housing

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