We had one built earlier in the year. One bedroom, combined kitchen and living room and bathroom/laundry. It's quite well finished and was built on site for around $65k. This includes all site costs like plumbing and electricians. The only thing that wasn't included was the split system A/C. It's quite nice with a reasonable finish.
But a word of warning. Know what you are getting into. Things haven't gone well for us and I ended up kicking my mother out in rather dramatic circumstances. You really need to talk everything through and maybe even get a formal agreement drawn up by a lawyer.
We discussed all aspects of it before anything was signed or built but week 1 after mum moved in she started back pedaling on everything she had agreed on including only wanting to now pay half of the original weekly figure that she came up with.
So mum now hates my guts and is talking like she never wants to see me again. I feel poorly about how I treated her but feel I had little choice and had to do what is best for my family.
Another thing to consider is just how disruptive the construction will be. It only took about 6 weeks to build but we felt like prisoners in our own house. They destroyed my entire backyard and dug up just about the entire block. It poured rain about half way through the build and my whole property was a quagmire for weeks, right from the front gate. It's going to take years to recover as I don't have the money to landscape.
So mums stuff is being moved out in the morning and her flat will go up for sale as it is removable.
Want to buy it?
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