Examples of Backyard Pods
VIC | NSW | ACT | SE QLD
Browse examples of Backyard Pods in construction and completed by customers in suburban, city, and regional locations. Read how they built their Backyard Pods, whether as DIY projects or by getting installation to lock-up or fully completed (‘turnkey’). You’ll see how each Backyard Pod has been made unique by its owners in its design layout, colour choices, window and door choices, verandas and decks, etc. Find examples of backyard studios, office pods, granny flats (secondary dwellings) and granny pods (not quite self-contained), sleep-outs, pool houses, home extensions, commercial and movable buildings, rumpus room pods, man-caves, she-sheds, teenage retreats, yoga rooms, and more! We appreciate the small number of customers who take the time to send pictures. You might get ideas from their projects – everything from the cheapest budgets through to the deluxe. Whatever your dream with your Backyard Pod – just tell us and we’ll help. We have examples of Backyard Pods Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and almost everywhere in between.
Backyard studio with ensuite 3.6m x 7m at Greensborough, Melbourne VIC
Intended as a home office with facilities, this versatile backyard studio with ensuite at Greensborough, Melbourne, is handsome on the outside and wonderfully spacious inside.
Home office 2.5m x 4m at Balgownie, Wollongong NSW
Our customer at Balgownie, near Wollongong NSW, took on their 2.6m x 4m home office construction as an owner-builder project. The unusual choice of Colorbond® Surf Mist with contrast detailing in Colorbond® Monument produced a sharp-looking, personalised result.
Backyard studio with ensuite 4.5m x 7m at Chiswick, Sydney NSW
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.
Combo home office, sleepout, and music room 3.6m x 5m at Coburg, Melbourne VIC
You may love where you live but just need a little extra space to focus on work or study, do some yoga, have guests for a sleepover, or let your hair down with a band rehearsal.
Approved home office pod 3m x 4m in Five Dock, Sydney NSW
The cost of extending an established home to create an extra room is usually prohibitive, yet many people living in the inner-city need just a little extra space to work from home in peace and without disruption to family life.
Elevated poolside granny flat 3.6m x 8.5m at Bli Bli, Sunshine Coast QLD
When it looks ‘impossible’ to build a granny flat, that’s when you call Backyard Pods. Our customer in Bli Bli, Sunshine Coast, had the dream for a deluxe poolside granny flat that would seamlessly hide a visual nightmare of tanks and plumbing underneath.
Designer-style granny flat 3.6m x 9m on sloping block in Mount Cotton, Brisbane QLD
This superb Brisbane granny flat is a credit to its owners. They dreamed of a self-contained backyard cabin that wouldn’t detract from the main residence. Understated on the outside, bright and stylish on the inside, this Backyard Pod makes a welcoming statement.
Office pod 2m x 5m on top of deck in Noosaville, Sunshine Coast QLD
Normally, decks are not engineered to support another building on top of them. So, when people want to add a room (like a home office) onto the top of an existing deck, it’s not normally doable. Luckily, our customer at Noosaville, on the Sunshine Coast, found Backyard Pods.
Superb 2BR DIY owner-builder granny flat 4.5m x 13m in Blackheath, Blue Mountains NSW
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 DIY building project.
Garden granny flat 4m x 8m with porch in Kingsville, inner Melbourne VIC
It’s now just as easy to build a rentable granny flat in VIC or ACT as in NSW and QLD, for extra income. And when family members need separate accommodation, the granny flat is the perfect solution as well.
Multi-purpose granny flat Brisbane QLD 4m x 11m with eaves in Everton Park
This sleek Backyard Pod in Colorbond Monument 4m x 11m with eaves cost less than HALF what builders had quoted for a conventional home extension in Brisbane.
Practical teenage retreat with ensuite 3.6m x 7m at Preston, Melbourne VIC
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.
Poolside rumpus with bathroom 3m x 9m at Reedy Creek, Gold Coast QLD
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.
DIY guest cabin with ensuite 4.5m x 6m at Anglesea, near Geelong VIC
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.
Portable home office pod 3m x 3.3m on skids at Torquay, coastal VIC
Our customer wanted a low-cost home office pod against the boundary fence (usually a no-no) and erected on skids, as a portable building, so they could relocate it in the future.
Contemporary poolside guest cabin with ensuite 3m x 6m completed at Seven Hills, Sydney NSW
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.
