#grannyflat — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: "Hey Dad... Granny smells bad"
The new Granny Flat laws rushed through by National are unlikely to save their owners any money. If anything goes wrong like a leaky home, responsibility has been transferred from the council to the homeowner. This will backfire badly on some people.
And just look at this list of exceptions.
"No garage conversions, no house extensions, no old materials or relocated cottages, no DIY practitioners, no mezzanine floors and no accessible showers."
A granny flat without an accessible shower is a hamster cage.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/588084/a-home-for-granny-a-headache-for-the-homeowner
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Aussie mum’s $250,000 backyard granny flat solution as kids face uphill battle: ‘So expensive’
Melbourne mum Maria Hatzi is building a granny flat in her backyard for her 18-year-old son Lee to…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #grannyflat #Grannyflats #MariaHatzi #Victoria
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"A chunk of that $5 billion—$2.2 billion to be exact—goes toward the state’s neglected public housing system. Boston Housing Authority administrator Kenzie Bok says it’s the biggest investment in state public housing
'in a generation.'"Homeowners can now build accessory dwelling units—aka granny flats or in-law suites—of up to 900 square feet on their property as of right across the state."
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/08/07/massachusetts-housing-bond-bill-law-healey-tax-credits-adus-evictions-newsletter
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#massachusetts #housing #GrannyFlat #ADU #PublicHousing -
For shits and giggles I checked out Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) yesterday, aka Mother-in-law Cottage, #GrannyFlat, detached secondary suite, etc. 55.742 m² of cube. Bathtub's not big enough to stretch out in. To think I could have landed in such a place...
#housing
