Guides
Granny Flat Guides
Plain-English guidance for New Zealand homeowners weighing up a granny flat or minor dwelling. No filler, no false certainty.
Can I build a granny flat on my property?
The six factors that decide feasibility, and which of them you can check before spending anything.
70m² granny flats
What the exemption pathway does and does not cover, and the conditions that come with it.
Granny flat rules NZ
Planning rules, building rules, servicing and tenancy obligations — separated out clearly.
Granny flat cost NZ
How budgets are built up, and where they move once a real site is involved.
Turnkey granny flats
What turnkey usually includes, what it often excludes, and how to compare packages fairly.
Minor dwelling builders
What separates a specialist in constrained-site second dwellings from a general builder.
Start with your address
A property check takes less than a minute and gives a specialist something useful to work with.