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Granny flats, craned in or built on site

A proper second home out the back for family, guests or rent. One licensed builder from the first look at your block to the keys.

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Two ways in

Modular, craned in. An Outhaus home is built off-site, trucked in and lifted onto its footings in a day. Least time with a building site in your yard.

Built on site. For tight access, steep blocks, or a design that has to match the main house. Built in place to Class 1a.

  • We check lot size, overlays and council rules first
  • Access, crane position and powerlines checked before you commit
  • Price in writing, itemised
  • QBCC home warranty insurance on the job
A family in front of their new second home on handover day
A second home arriving on a truck

Will one fit your block?

Every council does it differently. Lot size, overlays, where the services run and whether a truck and crane can get in decide more than the design does. Send us the address and we'll check it on the council map and tell you straight.

Free block check What it costs

Finished second homes

A white-clad modular second home with its sliding doors open onto a dark timber deck, on a green paddock
LightOuthaus 6.0 x 3.0, white board and batten
A dark-clad modular second home on a grassy block in late afternoon sun, with a step down to a deck
DarkOuthaus 6.0 x 3.0, dark cladding
Inside a finished second home, a white shaker kitchen with a timber benchtop, gas cooktop and bar fridge
InsideKitchen, timber top, shaker doors
A white-clad modular second home with sliding doors and two chairs out front, under a green hill and blue sky
WhiteOuthaus second home, flat roof
A dark-clad second home at dusk with the sliding doors open and the lights on, a bed and kitchen visible inside
Lights onDark cladding at dusk
Inside a white second home, a made bed beside a white shaker kitchen with a timber benchtop and a jar of lilies
Bed and kitchenOne room, done properly
A round stone basin on a vanity with a wall-mounted tap, pink square tiles and a large mirror
BathroomWall tap and stone basin
Inside a white second home, a green sofa under two windows beside a white kitchen with a timber benchtop and gas cooktop
LivingSofa, kitchen and two big windows
Looking through open glass sliding doors from the deck into a white second home, a round table and the kitchen inside
Doors openDeck straight into the kitchen
A dark-clad second home with its glass slider open, showing a made bed and kitchen inside, on a grassy paddock
Open planBed, kitchen and table in one room
A round timber table with two timber stools, a bowl of fruit and books, the bathroom visible through the doorway behind
Table for twoTimber table, bathroom beyond
A bathroom with deep pink square tiles, an oval mirror, a timber vanity and a round basin with a wall tap
Tiled to the ceilingOval mirror, timber vanity

The rules, council by council

Brisbane City

Brisbane

Size cap, distance from the house, character overlay and the pending Package L.

Read it → City of Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay

The minimum lot size most people miss, and the size caps.

Read it → Logan City

Logan

What you can build, and when you need a planning application.

Read it → Ipswich City

Ipswich

The rules under Ipswich's planning scheme.

Read it → Redland City

Redland

Size, siting and the island and coastal overlays.

Read it → City of Gold Coast

Gold Coast

Size, siting and the overlays that trigger a planning application.

Read it → Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast

Size, siting and where the new planning scheme is up to.

Read it → Cost

What a granny flat costs in SEQ

The home, the site costs people forget, and the approvals.

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