We can help with granny flat installations in most areas but many of our customers are DIY owner-builders. Our customers in the Blue Mountains got our help with approval and flatpack materials, then undertook their beautifully designed 2-bedroom secondary dwelling as a family project. With meticulous attention to detail and innovative ideas, this ‘granny flat’ will house family and visitors for now, and have future income potential as a luxurious holiday cabin or long-term rental.
Anyone familiar with small-scale construction can only admire the care and detail going into this DIY granny flat project. The concrete pads around each of the piers are perfectly formed into flattened squares, whereas even a licensed builder will usually have their piers set into concrete looking like lumpy cowpats. Any builder should be awestruck! If this is how the fundamental piers are treated, you can only imagine how much care has gone into the design and planning, framing, cladding, and now the interior fittings and finishes.
Our customer’s extraordinary DIY building intelligence is revealed in so many small details like the shadow-line ceilings – not hard to do, apparently, but not an idea that most people would think of. The use of a shower-bath is uncommon but so practical for guests with small children, and the walls around the bathroom have extra insulation to reduce noise. As the project gets closer to completion, we’ll share more pics and videos from our customers in Blackheath to help inspire others with their DIY design and building skills.
You can easily tackle DIY building if you have previous construction experience and the right tools. Some of our customers are licensed builders themselves but prefer to use one of our kits for their own projects, knowing how it will save them time and money. You don’t need to be a licensed builder to handle your own approved (habitable) building project in NSW if you become an owner-builder. With an owner-builder permit, you can build DIY to the required standards of compliance, or organise your own licensed trades, without necessarily engaging a licensed builder for the entire project.
Would you like to explore your potential as a DIY builder? Need help with approvals or project management? Or rather get the work done for you? Get in touch, we’d love to help.