Granny Flats

How a Granny Flat Build Comes Together

A stage-by-stage guide to site review, foundations, structure, services, finishes and delivery, with mother-company project examples.

Every site is different, but the major construction stages are easier to understand when you can see how they connect. The examples below are from Timber Garden Cabins, Woodland Living's mother company, and are included as build-process references rather than promises that every Woodland project will use the same site solution.

1. Site review and project definition

The process starts by confirming the intended use, location, access, budget and timeframe. Site information then informs the technical review and the decisions that follow.

2. Foundations

The foundation approach depends on the site and engineering requirements. This mother-company video shows the early foundation stage of a two-bedroom granny-flat project.

Watch the two-bedroom foundation project example.

3. Structure

Once the base is ready, the build moves into its structural stage. A current Timber Garden Cabins Stanthorpe example shows a two-bedroom project at structural completion.

Watch the Stanthorpe structural completion example.

4. From framing to lock-up

Framing, external work and weather-tight completion turn the early structure into a recognisable home. This project example follows major milestones from foundations through lock-up.

Watch the foundations-to-lock-up example.

5. Services, finishes and handover preparation

Electrical, plumbing, internal finishes, fixtures and final detailing complete the usable home. The exact sequence and scope should be confirmed for the selected design and site before work begins.

See the Woodland Living process or request a site assessment.

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