| Perhaps you have a relative with whom you wish | | | | considering the soaring costs of onsite |
| to share your home and want to offer them the | | | | construction, the added expense of complying |
| privacy of a self-contained granny flat? Annexes | | | | with occupational health and safety regulations, |
| and granny flats can offer a higher degree of | | | | and the demands of ensuring new building work is |
| independence for relatives than living in the main | | | | environmentally friendly and sustainable. |
| dwelling. | | | | There are several companies in Australia offering |
| Granny flats are actually part of a tradition that | | | | a variety of manufactured homes to suit every |
| stretches back more than a century, to a time | | | | taste and budget. They will offer a choice of floor |
| when widows used carriage houses to pad out | | | | plans so you are sure to find one that is just right |
| their income, couples spent the summer in them | | | | for your needs. They are also able to customise a |
| and let out the main house to visitors, and young | | | | floor plan to conform with any special |
| couples, bachelors, and workers found them to be | | | | requirements. You also have a choice of exterior |
| affordable places to live within easy walking | | | | looks to select from. |
| distance of work. | | | | So, whether you need a granny flat to be added |
| With the trend moving away from more | | | | to an existing house plot, or a lakeside cabin, or a |
| traditional brick and tile home construction, | | | | seaside home, it's good to know there are |
| Australian designers are exploring new | | | | affordable solutions available |
| construction methods that will take full advantage | | | | Kit homes have many applications - they are ideal |
| of new, innovative materials which are being | | | | for granny flats, military accommodation, miners' |
| introduced into the manufactured housing market. | | | | accommodation, teenagers' retreats - anywhere |
| In fact, the construction methods developed for | | | | where a piece of suitable land is available. |
| manufactured homes make increasing sense, | | | | |