A checklist to get you started with an annexe

Where do you start? Well I am hoping this site will be the starting point for many people in the future. The first thing I did was to get a pad and write at the top of it what we were trying to achieve. Not too much detail just get down in writing your early thoughts. This I think helps you focus on what you […]

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Where are your parents going to live when they get old?

Would you like to protect your inheritance, try to prevent your house or your parents house being sold to pay for care hope fees? Would you like to invest wisely in your property, make it more valuable, more saleable in the future? How about increasing your property value? Would like help to avoid losing your house to pay for care home fees? Do something while […]

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Be prepared for the unexpected – when you build a granny annex

This might sound obvious but make sure you are prepared for all sorts once you start down the route of building or creating a granny annex When we first started our annex build we lived in a different house to my mum, we were hoping to rent a place for 6 months while the new building was finished and then to move in but due […]

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Fewer emotional and behavioural problems if kids are involved with their grand parents?

Just a quick note I found about grand parent involvement and granny annexes in America. The U.S. Census Bureau says 10% of children under 18 are growing up with a grandparent in the house. This may be a good thing. A 2008 University of Oxford study among 1,500 teens in England and Wales found that those with a high level of involvement with their grandparents […]

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