Granny pads on the rundown of unlawful premises, is this an answer?

[zanewiller]

Agreed Granny pads who have a non relative living in it. Might this actually be plausible? Work like an extremely nitty gritty 'flatmate' arrangement where the flatmate might reside independently to the proprietor of the house.
The Residential Tenancies Act (the Act) is the law that safeguards...

[Houseme]

Hello
We are building an attached self contained granny flat for my mother. In our area we are allowed to build a 60sqm second dwelling and I'd like to build a detached second dwelling as a rental. The council are saying that my mother's granny flat counts as the second dwelling because it has...

[Ogg]

Hi

I'm currently doing a new build in Auckland. It's in the "singe house zone" so you can build a 65m2 minor dwelling. I'm going to build a main dwelling plus a separate minor dwelling/granny flat.

I'm just wondering about utilities.

Does the "minor...

[Roni]

Hello,

Hope all are enjoying holidays.

I need a clarification regarding minor dwelling in Single House Zone in Auckland. Is it possible to construct a minor dwelling where the
total site size is 506 m2 and the main house is 100 sqm. Or can I divide...

[vice]

Hi everyone

I have an interesting situation where a house I own has an unpermitted studio basement conversion which has a shower, toilet, kitchen sink, bathroom sink and washing machine connection.

I live in the basement conversion on my own and rent out the three bedroom...

[krei027]

Hello, I am trying to get my head around the cheapest way to put a granny flat on our property.

I'm wanting to build an extra room with a toilet and small kitchen (approx 20 meters square) at the back of our property for my parents to stay in when they visit for a few weeks once a year....

[fantas1]

Hi,

I am looking for Granny flat or Minor Dwelling builders since long here in Auckland but still couldn't find.

what will be the total budget for Granny Flat or Minor Dwelling .

I have property in Auckland - Otahuhu

[steeneveld]

I am currently working on getting permission to convert an unpermitted granny flat built in the 1980s into a second legal unit under AK Plan rule H4.6.3 for "The conversion of a principal dwelling into a maximum of two dwellings".

Preliminary discussions with Council planners...

[Oopsiedaisies]

In light of the MBIE regulatory impact stmt May 2017 (sorry newbie so can't provide link) by MBIE I feel it might be time to sell my house and attached granny flat. I live in the main house and attached is a studio flat. The whole house did not recieve CCC due to very minor issues in the scheme of...

[BigJack]

Hi Guys,

I got a Home and Income it shows below on council file and on LIM has full CCC for the bottom second dwelling. (built in 2010)


Description of improvements: DWG FLAT OI
Land use: Multi-unit


Under the main house it has a separate...

[ConfusedNZ]

Hey everyone,

I know there's a ton of these questions already - and I've read a lot of them but didn't really get a clear answer.

We are a family of four and since Sept last year the mother in law has moved in with us. We've managed in our four bedroom house, but have...

[WallStWolf]

Hi there,
I am starting to research adding a less than 10m2 unit/room/granny flat (whatever you call it) onto my section in Grey Lynn. It will not have any power/water, just a bedroom. I have set up meeting with council to understand building/resource consent implications, as from my research...

[holmc]

Hi,

I have a place in Papakura under contract, the details:

• Slopping section
• Single storey with four bedrooms and two bathrooms
• Garage is under the house built into the hill where the land slopes away
• The garage is accessed via and internal stairwell to the house.
• The

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