CREATING A SELF CONTAINED ANNEXES OR APARTMENT

Creating a self-contained annexe to the home is no longer a desirable luxury, it is increasingly becoming a necessity, and not just for the grandparents. As house prices continue to soar, our children are now reaching adulthood only to discover they can’t afford to buy even a flat and are staying in the parental home for longer.



What better way to live than in extended families than with a self-contained annexe, independent but connected to the family home.

Whether converted from a redundant garden or built from new, the garden annexe has never been more popular and long after its family-use is over the popularity of working from home and short-term holiday letting means it is never likely to become a redundant space.

For the more ambitious and the amateur property developer, dividing a large home into apartments or maisonettes is covered in full detail from insulating for sound and energy loss to building in fire safety precautions. These projects not only create new dwellings for independent living, they can realise the full potential and maximum value of a large house and set you on a path to becoming a full time property developer.



House Dividing covers everything you need to know about creating a small garden annexe or dividing homes into flats or maisonettes, and will help you at every stage of the process from drawing up the initial building plans, to dividing the services and utilities and even choosing light fittings.

Illustrated with clear and informative diagrams, this 256-page guide is comprehensively informative.