If you want to extend your property, it is best to build a granny flat studio apartment. It will increase the value of your property and you can use your granny flat for various purposes. You can build your granny flat studio attached to your main house or you can build it in a separate space. For example, you can convert your garage into a granny flat or you can use the available space of your backyard to build a granny flat.
Benefits of building a granny flat studio:
It can provide additional accommodation to your family. If you have a large family with children and elderly parents, you need to give them a separate space. Therefore, you can build a granny flat studio in this regard. Your family will stay connected, and you can provide complete privacy to your parents or children.
Designing an art studio inside your house can give you a separate space for spending time in peace. You can spend your time in your granny flat studio and disconnect your mind from the hustle bustle of your daily life; it will reduce your stress. Apart from that, you will get more storage by building a granny flat in your property. If you are living in a small house, it is difficult t accommodate your large family in that. Hence, you can build a granny flat with a kitchen and laundry room. Such additional storage will help you to keep your rooms neat and clean.
During this pandemic period, people are working from their homes because most of the companies are managing their work remotely. It can be easy to manage your work from your home because you have some advanced technology that will help you to conduct meetings and sharing your presentation from home. However, it becomes difficult to manage your work from home if you have a small apartment because you need a separate office space similar to your workstation. In this case, you can simply convert your garage into a granny flat studio, and you can work from your granny flat.
There are ample designs available for granny flats and you can choose the one that suits you the best to customize your studio. You can choose muted colours for your granny flat and give a textured finishes to some of the parts of your flat. Else, you can design your flat with vibrant colours as well. But, you must sketch the layout for your granny flat studio and you must hire an architect for the same. It is better to hire a contractor to build your granny flat as they have a team of architect, engineers, labours, concreters, electricians, and plumbers. They can design your granny flat according to your needs and help you to get an approval from your local council if required.
Most of the people build a granny flat for their elderly parents and it is essential to design a flat with proper ventilation. Your parents can live independently in their own studio apartment, and you can add a balcony, kitchen, dining room, and bathroom in your granny flat design for their conveniences. You should design your granny flat with some large windows and skylights, and you can save your power consumption cost as well by utilizing the natural lights during daytime.
If you are an artist or musician then you can use your granny flat studio for your work. You can turn a one-bedroom flat into a storage space and store your tools, paintings, and other drying materials safely. Even, you can earn some money by giving your granny flat on rent.