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Regarding the granny flat: we are converting it so that it can accommodate part of the grandparents if needed. In the meantime, it is supposed to be rented out.
The problem is that the access to the property is on the south side, but nothing can be changed about that. We have wishes such as direct access from the garage into the house, ground floor garden level to the south. If you want to fit all these requirements into one floor plan, the only option left is to place the granny flat in the southeast.
Do you have any concrete improvement suggestions?
Explanations do not make it any better: the bedroom in the granny flat with the casemate is _not_ a living space.
If there are some who would honestly not rent it, then it is also not a solution for relatives.
Always build a granny flat as if it were for yourself.
How about opening the garage to the front? Then at least you can offer the granny flat a garden. But that wouldn’t solve the window problem.
I find windows and light openings especially important in a granny flat so that the basement room gets some coziness.
Also, you can place your entrance centrally next to the garage in the basement.
Some have already solved it this way here with a steep slope. Then the granny flat on the east would have more wall surface because the staircase would be eliminated. That is somehow also over
Yes, that’s probably how I would do it: a front door in the basement in the south for the main apartment.
P.S. Even a granny flat must have a parking space. As it is now, it will probably not be approved.