How to Use granny flat in a Sentence

granny flat

noun

• Deputies saw Lukosky’s car parked in front of the main home in front of the granny flat.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2021
• Split the lot in two, each with a single-family home and a granny flat in back.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2021
• The latter buys the tenant his or her own detached granny flat with a full kitchen and bathroom.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 May 2018
• For details on the city’s granny flat program, visit https://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/news-programs/programs/companion-junior-units.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2021
• Loose granny flat rules in San Diego have helped spur a sharp increase in construction.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
• Her memories of her parents’ old garage granny flat quickly came to the fore.
  — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2021
• The San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore has the curb appeal of a granny flat.
  — Michael J. Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
• The housing crunch on the West Coast has gotten so bad (and so awesome for sellers) that the granny flat is making a comeback.
  — Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• Residents on Brooks near Division Street, just up the street from the alley, told them a bullet had hit the roof of a granny flat.
  — Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 May 2018
• ADUs, sometimes called granny flats, are nothing new to Los Angeles.
  — Nate Berg, Los Angeles Magazine, 12 Apr. 2018
• The bills that went into effect this month, however, bar cities and counties from charging fees to build granny flats that are 750 square feet or less.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 3 Feb. 2020
• The solution to living comfortably (or at all) in a state with ridiculously high prices could lie in granny flats.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2020
• Mullin on Wednesday said building a granny flat with prevailing wages might increase the cost by around 40 percent.
  — Steve Dreyer, Pomerado News, 17 July 2019
• Accessory dwelling units, or granny flats, around town could help meet the requirement.
  — Daily Pilot, 9 Oct. 2019
• Easing the process by which residents can build granny flats should be a key strategy for achieving those targets.
  — Mercury News Editorial Board, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2019
• The city is also considering increasing the types of locations granny flats can be placed.
  — Bradley Zint, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• Lisa Boone tells the unconventional story in which the single-family residence was cut in half and now consists of a granny flat in front and a main house in back.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
• My parents had recently moved us from a granny flat in a rough part of Anaheim to a three-bedroom, two-bath, one-swimming pool American dream in a better part of town.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
• The focus on building what are affectionately called granny flats is a simple matter of math.
  — Mercury News Editorial Board, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2019
• Since 2019, the state said anyone building a single-family home can build a granny flat at the same time without additional approvals.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• The label covers dwellings often 500 square feet or less which are known by a variety of names, including garage apartments, mother-in-law suites, granny flats and carriage homes.
  — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, 19 June 2019
• There were also accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, which are sometimes called granny flats, backyard homes, in-law suites, or backyard cottages.
  — Jeff Kruth, Fortune, 6 June 2023
• Get set to see as many as four units on single-family lots in addition to vacationers in vacation rentals and granny flat renters.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
• The term granny flat was originally coined to refer to a secondary unit on property for elderly parents.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• The answer came in transforming the detached garage into a 550-square-foot accessory dwelling unit, otherwise known as an ADU or granny flat, for Maggie.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
• The system would be similar to plans the county now offers for accessory dwelling units, also known as backyard cottages or granny flats.
  — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
• The proposed Burbank ordinance would allow homeowners to build a granny flat in different ways.
  — Anthony Clark Carpio, latimes.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• Year-round rentals would have been permitted for traditional home-sharing in which residents rent out a spare bedroom or a granny flat on their property.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2019
• Properties with accessory-dwelling units, often called granny flats, cannot participate in any form of short-term rentals, according to Baghdikian.
  — Lila Seidman, Glendale News-Press, 23 July 2019
• The tour allows visitors behind backyard fencing to see for themselves how far accessory dwelling units — more commonly called ADUs, or granny flats — have come.
  — Bonnie McCarthy, latimes.com, 14 June 2019

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024