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No 1 Respect each others private space. Living in close proximity after a long time can be quite a challenge. Having separate front doors, if logistically possible can be symbolic in maintaining a sense of personnel space. A separate kitchen also keeps the female members of the family apart. No2 Discuss finances. If an adult child is financing the house, their parent can feel beholden. […]

Mistakes are very easy to make when extending or altering your home. If you get things wrong, putting it right can be expensive and time consuming and can cause all sorts of knock on effects to other areas of your project. To minimise the risk of such problems always: Have a clear plan in your head what you are setting out to achieve. Try to […]

No 1 respect each others private space. Living in close proximity after a long time can be quite a challenge. Having separate front doors, if logistically possible can be symbolic in maintaining a sense of personnel space. No2 Discuss finances. If an adult child is financing the house, their parent can feel beholden. Equally if the parent has contributed to a bigger hop use their […]

One of the keys to a successful project is the ability to forward plan. Through the posts on Multi Generational Living Spaces I will use real examples to help show you how.. Forward planning comes in everywhere and done well it can save you time, money and improve the quality of what you build. Even the idea of thinking about extending your living space is […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I was involved with a customer who spent £25000 on building a annex for their elderly mother. At the end of the build they asked their builder for the completion certificate. This is required by law but the builder turned around to them and said we have done nothing about this as we thought you were doing it! Oh dear, not only had they committed […]