Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a multi generation home 8Apr 03, 2013 7:55 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 2:54 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 3:30 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 6:45 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 12:37 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 4:46 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 11:53 am 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 12:10 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 1:34 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. That’s why we… 5 16084 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110225 |