Getting Started With Your New Granny Flat.
Here are the first steps to building a Granny Flat.
GRANNY FLAT SPECIALISTS IN
CENTRAL COAST • NEWCASTLE • LAKE MACQUARIE • HUNTER VALLEY
SYDNEY • WOLLONGONG • CANBERRA
What are the first steps towards your amazing new granny flat?
Free Site inspection
Meet our Design team
Getting Approval to Build
1. Free Site Inspection
At Acrow, clients come first! We provide the highest quality of customer service and go above and beyond to ensure that everything is clear and transparent. We begin our partnership with you with a consultation where we hear your ideas and answer your inquiries, followed by a free site visit for an individualised assessment. We strive for complete satisfaction with every project. Let us help you create something remarkable today!
2. Meet Our Design Team
Now we understand your requirements and our inspection has confirmed your block is ideal for a granny flat, let’s get started!
Meet us for coffee and bring your property dreams and ideas; our design team will help you with floor plans and inspiration from some of our amazing granny flat builds.
3. Getting Approval to Build
Good news for NSW homeowners! With the recently updated Housing State Environment Planning Policy, it is now possible to build a granny flat on your property without all of the red tape. As long as you meet certain requirements in terms of site and design – you can enjoy the streamlined Complying Development process with no need for council approval.
Download the NSW granny flats fact sheet
Get the insider knowledge you need to build your dream secondary dwelling! The Secondary Dwelling Fact Sheet will provide clear instructions on meeting all legal requirements, designing a floor plan that works for your space, and submitting an application with confidence. You’ll also find useful diagrams, definitions of terms like granny flats & more – all in one easy-to-use guide.
The NSW Government’s Housing SEPP makes it easier than ever for homeowners with a minimum 12m street frontage and at least 450 m2 of land area, to build the perfect secondary dwelling on their property.
It can now even go ahead without additional approval from councils, as long as some basic requirements are met. We have made the NSW secondary dwelling fact sheet available for download.
The requirements for approval for your granny flat as a “complying development” include:
- A minimum area of 450 m2
- Your block must have at least a 12m frontage
- Minimum setbacks (distances from)
- The rear of the block – 3m
- The side of the block – 0.9m
- Trees over 6m high – 3m
- Other buildings – 1.8m
- Property zone must be residential
- Maximum of 1 granny flat
- Maximum floor area for your granny flat – 60 m2
Your block does not meet the minimum requirements?
Our process will make sure your granny flat dreams become reality!