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The Mavis granny flat — axonometric sample render

Essentials range · FG2601

The Mavis

Two bedrooms in forty square metres

2Bedrooms
1Bathroom
40 m²Net internal

The investor plan: a bedroom at each end, a kitchenette and living room in the middle, and one bathroom with the laundry built in. The smallest two-bed we draw — cheapest to build, quickest to rent.

Approval set (CDC) for The Mavis

$450 + GST

Added to your site survey $350 + GST (survey by others) · Full construction set $1,800 + GST · All three $2,600 + GST ($2,860 inc GST)

Download the The Mavis one-sheet (PDF) — plan, elevations and a Sydney build-cost guide.

Floor plan

The Mavis floor plan — 2 bed · 1 bath · 40 m²

Sample plan. Your approval set is placed on your own site survey, supplied by your surveyor. External footprint 10.4 × 4.3 m.

What’s in it

  • Two 2.9 m-wide bedrooms with built-in robes
  • Combined bathroom and laundry
  • Kitchenette with full-height fridge space
  • 1.8 m glass slider onto a deck or patio
  • Simple skillion roof — the lowest-cost form

Best for

  • Rental yield
  • Tight budgets
  • Narrow side yards (4.3 m deep)

Will it fit my block?

For a CDC in NSW the lot generally needs to be at least 450 m² with 12 m of frontage, and the flat has to meet side and rear setbacks (0.9 m and 3 m on a 450–900 m² lot, more above 3.8 m of height). We check all of it in the free site check.

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