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
  • They've been called granny flats, carriage houses, or mother-in-law suites.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • 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 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
  • Loose granny flat rules in San Diego have helped spur a sharp increase in construction.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • The city is also considering increasing the types of locations granny flats can be placed.
    — Bradley Zint, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • ADUs, sometimes called granny flats, are nothing new to Los Angeles.
    — Nate Berg, Los Angeles Magazine, 12 Apr. 2018
  • 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 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
  • Housing advocates see granny flats as a less expensive, quicker way to add housing in overcrowded regions.
    — Louis Hansen, The Mercury News, 4 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Also known as granny flats, backyard tiny homes or in-law suites, ADUs are a growing trend in home building and renovation.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In-law suites, garage apartments, or granny flats are all variations of accessory dwelling units—also known as ADUs.
    — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025
  • This summer, some aldermen worked on passing an ordinance that would have allowed families to build granny flats in all residential areas of the city.
    — Lylena D. Estabine, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Think house or apartment sharing to cut back on costs rather than living alone, in accessory dwelling units or ADUs known as casitas, granny flats, or in-law units.
    — Anita Snow, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Think house or apartment sharing to cut back on costs rather than living alone, in accessory dwelling units or ADUs known as casitas, granny flats, and in-law units.
    — Anita Snow, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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

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