Guest cabins, backyard cabins
Whereas all granny flats are potentially rentable, it makes sense to have a backyard cabin where guests can stay without being fully self-contained. Usually a backyard studio room with ensuite, and with or without a kitchenette, the backyard cabin can accommodate your guests for a casual overnight sleepover or longer term. In many locations, the backyard guest cabin could be rented as a short-term holiday stay. Many backyard studios serve a variety of purposes for the homeowner, such as with a combined home office and guest cabin, or teenage retreat. The backyard cabin can be your DIY building project, built to lock-up for you to finish the internals, or completely finished for you – the choice is yours anywhere in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, and many other areas.
While every Backyard Pod project begins with the flatpack building kit, it’s the choices made by our customers that determine the desirability of the completed result. Style-wise, this backyard studio guest cabin in Sydney is a complete knock-out.
A disused shed was knocked down to create this teenage retreat with private facilities. With extended eaves on one side only, and a soft green-neutral colour palette, we think it blends well into this back garden at Preston in Melbourne.
For this family at Reedy Creek on the Gold Coast, their poolhouse pod became their much-wanted media room where they could entertain friends and have guests stay overnight. This poolhouse is bright and fresh in cool Surfmist to blend with the local Burleigh vibe and swimming pool surrounds.
Our customers in Anglesea, southwest of Melbourne beyond the famous Bells Beach, wanted a guest cabin including an ensuite at the rear of their property. They successfully undertook their project as DIY owner-builders using a flatpack building kit from Backyard Pods.
This 3m x 6m Backyard Pod completed at Seven Hills, Sydney, shows that you don't need much space for a poolhouse with ensuite! It's energy-efficient too, featuring our range of Polar Eco View double-glazed modular doors and windows for energy efficiency and a lovely, open outlook to the lawn and paved pool patio area.
Here’s an inspiring Backyard Pods Geelong story from a customer who built a divine boho-style guest cabin and private retreat using one of our flat-pack kits. Start with our low-cost, simple, strong structures (with higher-than-usual ceiling heights) and use your imagination to create your space your way.
With previous building experience and the right tools, people can save on building a DIY backyard studio. Look at these stage-by-stage construction shots sent by our Sunshine Coast customer who is now the proud owner/builder of a modern 3.6m x 7m backyard studio - a bedsitter cabin with ensuite and kitchenette.
This so-called 'granny pod' in a suburb of Newcastle, once featured by us on Channel 9 News, was originally proposed for a member of the extended family who would be able to join the family for meals inside the main house, and use the main laundry. Time went by, needs changed, and today the 'granny pod' serves beautifully as a poolside guest cabin adjacent to the main home's deck and barbeque area.
You'll find Backyard Pods tucked away in quiet corners of the countryside and coastal areas of NSW, VIC, and QLD. This rustic off-grid cabin on a large lakeside block in a small Victorian coastal hamlet is what some dreams are made of. As a tiny house with a wood heater, kitchenette, and external off-grid facilities, lined with Scandi-style plywood interior, it's someone's hidden gem.
Our customer at Helensvale on the Gold Coast didn’t need a completely self-contained granny flat. Just a backyard cabin with a separate bedroom and ensuite, an open-plan living area, and a kitchenette. They can share laundry facilities with the main house. With a Backyard Pod kit 4m x 10m, combined with our veranda and deck kit 1.5m-wide, our customer met their needs on a budget even with a sloping block. Approvals and on-site works were handled for them by our QLD network.
