NSW FONZIE FLAT INVESTMENT SCHEME

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• Under the NSW planning scheme since 2009 there has been the opportunity of building granny flats for investment purposes. Ipswich city council is the first council in Queensland to now allow “auxiliary dwellings” or granny flats for the same purpose : an investment! And we here at Ipswich granny flats have been instrumental in building the first purpose built granny flats purely as investments.

Fonzie Flats

• New ”manor homes” would be built on street corners and ”Fonzie flats” will be encouraged over garages under a state government plan to squeeze more people into Sydney’s fastest-growing suburbs.

• But critics say the plan, which includes smaller housing lots, will strip streets of their character and produce the ”lowest common denominator” housing options.

• The proposal includes new ”manor homes” in low density suburbs. The buildings, to be built on street corners, would look like large two-storey homes but contain four separate units.

• Townhouses and terraces would also be allowed in low density areas.• The government says the plan, which affects growth centers around

the Hills, Black town, Camden, Campbell town and Liverpool council areas, will increase affordability and housing choice and help create more than 180,000 new homes over the next 30 years.

• But Hills Shire Council has raised serious concern over the proposal, which it says would permit higher densities in areas far from shops, services and amenities.

How The Diversity Rules Will Work?

• The government’s housing diversity plan would allow townhouses and other higher-density house types across more suburbs in Sydney’s north-west and south-west growth areas, changing the appearance of many residential areas.

• It says western Sydney residents are turning away from traditional detached homes on big blocks, and planning rules are preventing more ”innovative housing options”.

• The proposal encourages so-called ”Fonzie flats” – self-contained studios built over garages. The flats are named after the Fonz character in the hit TV series, Happy Days, who lived in a studio over the Cunningham family’s garage. Such flats already exist, but could be strata subdivided from the main home under the plan.

• The Granny Flat Revolution it’s happening everywhere. If you want to become part of it, then call Sonia now at 0403 309 136 at Ipswich Granny Flats.

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