granny flat

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of granny flat Use it as a granny flat, a tiny lakehouse, or a detached studio or office. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024 Also known as granny flats, backyard tiny homes or in-law suites, ADUs are a growing trend in home building and renovation. Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024 Here's where Carmel to take another look at if granny flats could ease housing affordability issues Driving through downtown Noblesville is getting easier as Pleasant Street bridge opens Solitary homes dot busy Fishers streets. Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024 Candidates can encourage cities to rezone for alternative housing options such as granny flats and multifamily units and to ease restrictions on commercial-only zoning. Micky Horstman, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for granny flat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for granny flat
Noun
  • The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
    Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
  • Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • Listen to this article The owner of a low-cost motel near I-84 is looking to convert it into 65 efficiency apartments, the kind of repurposing that Connecticut housing advocates have been pushing for in the General Assembly.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
  • The firm has built 11 efficiency apartment buildings across the country.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Situated in a 16th-century structure, the studio apartment retains its original limestone shell while embracing a bold, contemporary identity.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Five units reserved for high-priority homeless placements receive support services from Simpson Housing Services. Balsam on Broadway consists of 21 one-bedroom, 56 two-bedroom, 50 three-bedroom units and a single studio apartment.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Adding to the home’s flexibility, whether for extended family or live-in staff, there’s a three-bedroom garden apartment on the lower level with a private entry.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
  • The current layout includes a one-bedroom garden apartment (perfect for guests, nannies, or passive income) and a four-bedroom triplex above.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fewer miles driven in an EV also challenges the economic efficiency of the billions Washington spends annually to subsidize their purchase.
    Ashley Nunes, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • With the federal hiring freeze lifting in mid-July, the Trump administration has rolled out a controversial federal hiring plan that critics warn will politicize and likely slow down the process rather than increase government efficiency.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The two upper floors contain an independent duplex apartment with both interior access and a separate staircase to the ground-floor entrance.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2025
  • Corcoran and her husband, Bill Higgins, bought the 11-room duplex apartment in 2018 for $10 million and spent $3 million on renovations, according to CNBC.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Officers responded to an under-construction condo building on Friday, May 30, where the bear was found resting, the Naples Police Department said in a Facebook post, sharing a photo of the animal.
    Mitchell Willetts, Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
  • One of Winfrey’s first big real estate ventures was her purchase of a condo in Chicago’s prominent Water Tower Place, located along the city’s Magnificent Mile, in 1985.
    Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • San Francisco set new expectations for high-rise bars when the Top of the Mark opened in 1939 inside what had previously been the 19th-floor penthouse at the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • The penthouse apartment comes in at nearly 5,000 square feet spread across two floors, plus another 3,700 square feet of outdoor space — the ultimate N.Y.C luxury.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 30 May 2025

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