Studio Addition
Kogarah

Design Approach

With the introduction of the NSW Affordable Rental House SEPP, many landowners are gaining great returns by building a granny flat in their backyard.

However the planning laws can be quite strict when it comes to the land a granny flat can be built on, and in this property's case, there were several issues that prevented the owner from building a granny flat.

As the client was adamant on building, we dug deeper into the state planning instruments and legislations, and found that building a studio is much easier, and its legislated description had an almost identical definition to a granny flat.

Kogarah sits on the boundary of the Bayside and Georges River council areas. This studio / secondary dwelling is one of our residential projects delivered in the St George area.

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After: concept render of the completed Kogarah studio with a covered timber deck and pergola Before: the empty Kogarah backyard prior to the studio addition, brick side wall and rear boundary fence
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Kogarah studio addition mid-construction, timber roof and wall framing erected on the concrete slab Kogarah studio addition under construction, brick walls up with roof trusses and eaves being installed Elevation drawing of the new Kogarah studio alongside the existing shed and residence