Granny flats – granny flat pods
VIC | NSW | ACT | SE QLD
DIY flat-pack kits / installed to lock-up / completely fitted out
Granny flats with Backyard Pods are not just the cheapest but more versatile. Every granny flat can be made in your custom design to suit your site and budget. Elevated sites, tight spaces, and difficult access are no problem with Backyard Pods either, as everything is delivered in compact flatpack kit form and assembled on-site. Browse studio-style, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom granny flat designs and examples. Save $$$ thousands on granny flat construction compared to traditional construction costs as a DIY builder or owner-builder; or get built to lock-up then finish the internals yourself, or have a licensed builder complete your entire project for you, ready to move in, while you relax. We have granny flat examples in Sydney, Melbourne, the Blue Mountains, Newcastle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast. Whichever way you’d like to approach your project, whether it’s for family accommodation or income-producing rental, we’re happy to help with granny flats all the way once you first get the idea.
Granny flat designs and examples
Our customer wanted a prefab granny flat delivered complete and simply connected on-site. But not everyone who wants a prefab granny flat can get one to their site. That's where our flatpack kit 3.6m x 9m with extra-long piers came in! The entire 1-bedroom granny flat project was completed to move-in-readiness through our Backyard Pods network.
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.
The deluxe 'Coolum' design 2BR prefab granny flat or self-contained cabin 6m x 9m is pre-wired, pre-plumbed, cyclone-rated, and delivered complete anywhere in Queensland. This upgraded example shows how basic prefab granny flat designs can be customised.
David and Mark have a beautiful property not far from Ballina in northern NSW, where they provide family respite accommodation. They had one respite cabin on the property, made from an upcycled mining donger (pre-used demountable building). But when the time came to create a second and even better cabin, their options were limited. Their property is nowhere near a capital city and the site is difficult for trucks to access, so any kind of prefab kit home would have been totally unsuitable.
This small granny flat-style pod in Melbourne was built for a teenager to live independently (with visiting friends, entertainment, etc) yet still on the family property behind the main house. The design is contemporary and fully approved for accommodation purposes. Engineered floorboards, plenty of storage, practical kitchenette, custom stairs, and entry porch.
Granny flats Blue Mountains - how a customer at Katoomba easily built a low-cost backyard garden studio apartment or granny flat. But "don't call it a granny flat," he said of his deluxe 'bachelor pod' shared with his Golden Retriever. N4 wind rating for Backyard Pods complied with the Blue Mountains building regulations.
Many people want to find out how much it costs to build a granny flat in Melbourne now that granny flats are allowed in areas of VIC. This custom granny flat behind a lovely home in Mornington Peninsula was permitted as a DPU but recent changes allow backyard rentals as well as independent living for family members.
Sharon’s elderly mother had a final wish – that her daughter would have a place to call her own. It followed for Sharon to build a low-cost granny flat on her son’s property at Mount Tamborine on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Sharon's granny flat has a custom kitchen and sewing room.
