Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a multi generation home 5Apr 03, 2013 1:11 pm You maybe able to do this with the "granny flat either being an extension of the main home linking with a single laundry or completely separate except for a corner of one wall and the roof. Some councils will only allow one dwelling on a property so this is a way of doing this and staying within council regulations. It also means both groups have their privacy. Re: Building a multi generation home 6Apr 03, 2013 1:44 pm Ladybug+2 Hi. We are thinking of doing a knock down and rebuild on our block. We would like a house with self contained accommodation for my parents, their own lounge and kitchenette as well as bedroom and ensuite of course. Are they're any such plans around? Has anyone built something like this? We would like a two story place but for all of their accommodation to be downstairs. Would we be better off building a house for us and then adding a granny flat, or building an all in one home? I have no idea about any of it, also, any ideas on cost? Thanks If they don't need to be completely separate and you are happy to interact, many two storey homes could be modified. A lot of designs with all bedrooms upstairs have a study or living downstairs that can become a guest suite. There is usually another room nearby, so add in a kitchenette and you have a bedroom, living, bathroom, kitchenette that could be closed off with doors. The only issue is that usually the guest suite bathroom doubles as the downstairs powder room, so adding a powder room so that your parents can maintain their privacy would also be needed. This would be the cheapest option. The have been a couple of builds on here with separate in-law accommodation. Chrissy's build. Floor plan half way down page 5. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12315&hilit=Grandview+parents&start=80 Abby's build. Floorplan first page. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60431&p=936815&hilit=Granny+flat#p936815 Link that kexkez posted a while ago. Floor plan with granny flat and shared laundry. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60431&p=936815&hilit=Granny+flat#p936815 I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Building a multi generation home 7Apr 03, 2013 6:47 pm I was actually thinking of one I saw about 28 years ago Jo. It was basically a larger house+granny flat and where the laundry was it was connected the two. So the laundry was slightly larger than a normal size laundry. It had 2 troughs, 2 sets of machine machine taps etc. 2 doors. One door lead into the main house and one door led to the granny flat. I don't remember where the external door and windows was. But I do remember there was one. The internal doors worked something like the diagram below with 2 sets of laundry setups. One each side of the laundry. while this might seem over kill if later down the track you wished to resell or let out the flat or house having that double trough arrange would work well. i guess you could put a bank of cupboards on one of the walls not used by the trough and washing machine etc. Of course this isn't to scale. All I remember the room was rectangular in shape and the door ways. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I think the section bit below the laundry was actually the garage area. So there was a lot of privacy between the two living quarters. ........................................... As for a granny flat only joining by one corner. There is one built not far from me like that. The existing house had it added as an addition about 2 1/2 years ago. As the rule here is only one dwelling they got round the rule by attaching the smaller house/grannyflat at one corner. From what I can see it looks like it's only the roof that is connected. .......................................... My aunt and uncle build a property with their daughter and her family quite a few years ago as they liked to caravan away for months at a time. They had their own end of the house complete with kitchen and small lounge etc. I seem to remember my mum saying the connection was via a games room. Re: Building a multi generation home 8Apr 03, 2013 8:55 pm Hi, I'm not sure whether this is helpful for you but I grew up in a house like you want to achieve. My parents bought my grandparents 1930's californian bungalow after my grandfather died and converted it for my family and my grandmother to live in. The original house was single storey with three bedrooms & one bathroom plus a formal lounge and dining and large eat in kitchen. My parents put on a top storey so in the end our family - Mum, Dad & two children had 3 bedrooms, a study, family room and bathroom upstairs. Downstairs we had the formal lounge, dining room and kitchen. My grandmother lived downstairs, she had the original master bedroom, the original main bathroom, the second bedroom for guests and the original third bedroom was converted to her lounge room. The original back veranda was enclosed and converted to be her kitchen, dining room and separate entrance. We both shared the external laundry. There was a concertina door across the large entrance foyer to separate Gran's 'house' and our house. We lived happily together for 23 years until Gran died at 86. Just wanted to give you an example of this working well, sometimes you just have to think outside the box Good Luck with your plans! Re: Building a multi generation home 9Apr 04, 2013 3:54 pm Thanks for the replies. I think we would need something a big more separated than just a couple of rooms downstairs. I think a proper defined area for them would be needed, and possibly a three car garage to accommodate all the cars. I imagine an underground garage would be prohibitively expensive? So much to think about and I have no idea where to start. Re: Building a multi generation home 10Apr 04, 2013 4:30 pm have you looked through designs that you like and do a cut and paste as you will probably need to go custom this is what we did and then ideas were added and discarded until we cam up with our plan Re: Building a multi generation home 11Apr 04, 2013 7:45 pm Ladybug+2 Thanks for the replies. I think we would need something a big more separated than just a couple of rooms downstairs. I think a proper defined area for them would be needed, and possibly a three car garage to accommodate all the cars. I imagine an underground garage would be prohibitively expensive? So much to think about and I have no idea where to start. With 15m width you have room to have a double garage at front, driveway up side of block and a single (or double) garage at rear. An underground garage will cost a lot of money, for most would be too expensive but it does depend on your budget. You have plenty of room to do what you want, it's just a matter of working out what you need in your house, what they need in theirs, what you need in terms of yard etc.. Re: Building a multi generation home 13Apr 08, 2013 1:37 pm Ladybug + 2 , what you are proposeing as multi-generational building these days is referred to as Universal Design. Here is a link to a sticky of some links to look at viewtopic.php?f=35&t=51738 Things like making the doorways bigger to allow for wheelchair access , no internal steps etc Stewie Re: Building a multi generation home 14Apr 08, 2013 5:46 pm Thanks Stewie but it's not quite it. I'm not really after designs that are accessible for people with a disability, but rather a self contained apartment within a family home. Something with its own bedroom, bathroom, living and kitchen, that is linked to a large family home so we can live together, but still be separate. Re: Building a multi generation home 17Apr 16, 2013 12:53 pm Also looking to live in a similar situation. Deciding between going for the granny flat or separate living (top/bottom floor) under the common roof. Thinking of going with a project builder to build the main house, however does anyone know if project builders consider building granny flats at the back while they build the main house? If not then what is the best process in doing this (build granny flat at the back first and then get the project builders to build the main house or vice versa? or can this be done at the same time? Any reputable granny flat builders in Sydney and how much am i looking at for a 1 bedroom granny flat? Re: Building a multi generation home 18Apr 16, 2013 1:10 pm My PIL are looking at building a house with a separate granny flat so they can rent it out and when they get older or either one of them passes away the other one can move into the granny flat and rent the main house out. They have found that the majority of the larger project builders do not want to build a granny flat. They have found integrity New Homes and are currently in talks with them to construct it. They have spoken with the council and they will have to pay $13,000 dual occupancy fees to have a granny flat on the block The current house that we are building, even though we are not intending to have it as a multi-generational home, we have found that with its design that if we require it in the future (DH's father is moving out from England next year to live) then without too much hassle we should be able to do it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The 5th bedroom is downstairs already. If we put a door through the WIR into the lounge, this will give someone a separate bedroom, bathroom and lounge with minimal alterations. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Building a multi generation home 20Apr 16, 2013 2:34 pm @Jen1977 – If you were to take up that option and still wanted a separate lounge you could close off an area next to the study and still have a huge dining/family space. @kao7ik – we built a project home in the Wollongong area and the builders have studio designs that you can attach to the main dwelling, here is the link (click on multigen living):- http://www.barringtonhomes.com.au/ Regards, Grumbles We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. 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