What Is A Granny Flat?
A GRANNY FLAT is a small residence which is secondary to a main residence.
Granny flats have also been known as names such as “second dwellings”, “granny suites”, and “accessory apartments”, the region the term is used in is usually the determinant, with “granny flat” being popular in Australia and “mother-in-law apartment” in wide usage in North America.
Granny flats are commonly purpose-built to house an elder member of the family who is unable to living by themselves, but would prefer not to enter a nursing home or hospice for the elderly.
Often there will be a door acting as an access-way to the main residence, though there is almost always a separate entrance. In Australia almost all granny flats will be built on the same plot of land.
