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If you are considering adding a granny flat to your home today, you may be finding it difficult to decide between the addition of an attached or detached flat for Granny. Both are convenient and can be designed to align with and complement the style and layout of your home. Your home designing, building and renovating experts can advise you concerning the ideal styles and building materials for excellent completion of your desired home extension. However, the ultimate choice between adding an attached or detached flat will be yours after listening to the experienced advice of your home builders and remodelling team. 

Determining the Best Style of Granny Flat for an Extension to Your Home and Active Household

Before deciding whether to add an attached or detached granny flat to your home and its busy household, it is best to consider such related aspects as the following:

• Granny’s Lifestyle. – If your mother or the mother of your spouse or partner is the “granny” that you are planning to construct living space for, consider her current lifestyle, daily needs and activities. If she is still an active person who drives her own car, goes shopping, attends community events and entertains friends, both you and Granny may prefer that her flat is detached from your house, with its own private entrance, driveway and parking area. This will provide a quieter, more independent lifestyle for Granny and will avoid any disruptions of the daily lifestyle and routine of your household and its members. 

• Your Household Schedules and Needs. –
If there are young children in your family who need to go to bed early, and Granny is a night-owl who likes watching late night TV programs, a separate living space for Granny will most likely be best. If Granny retires early each night and your household includes active teenagers who rarely sleep through the night, a detached flat will also be the better choice. However, if Granny is quite elderly and needs frequent assistance with daily life tasks and activities, an attached flat will probably be the best arrangement for both households.  

• Building Costs Comparison. – Another important consideration is the building costs for completing both types of living additions. Your home building and renovating team can provide you with a detailed cost estimate for adding an attached or detached granny flat to your home. This will help you decide on the ideal solution for the construction of a fashionable and functional living space for Granny as part of your current living environment. 

By contacting the home designing, building and renovating experts at Olympia Builders located in Alexandria, NSW, you can gain excellent insight and advice to help you decide whether to add an attached or detached flat for Granny to your current residence. Our highly experienced team will ensure that you choose the ideal solution for the addition of an attractive, comfortable, and convenient living space for Granny that will be totally compatible with your current lifestyle and home environment.

If you need to add more living space to your home today, you may want to work with your favourite architect or home builder and contractor to design and build an attractive and functional second floor addition or home extension. Especially when your family is growing, you may need additional bedrooms, baths or play areas for the youngsters. If you have teenagers in your family, they may be in need of larger rooms with more study areas and space for their belongings. You may also want to add a den, office, entertainment room, utility area or solarium to your current home’s interior. 

Ideal Second Floor Additions and Extensions for Increasing the Interior Space of Your Home

By deciding to add an extension or second floor addition to your current home, you and your entire household can enjoy such attractive and practical new home interiors as the following: 

• Baby’s Room. – If you will soon have a newborn baby in your house, the addition of a baby’s room or nursery on your home’s second floor near the other bedrooms will be a joyful and immediate necessity. If you already have a suitable extra room on the second floor that needs only slight remodelling or improvements for easy transformation into the perfect infant’s paradise, you are fortunate. However, if a new room must be constructed for your baby, consider adding this room at the back or a side area of your house that is quiet yet cheerful, with adequate sunlight at its windows during the day.  

• Guest Bedroom. – When you need an extra bedroom for use as a guestroom in your home, a second floor addition is most likely the best choice. However, in some home designs, one or two room extensions adjoining a quiet area of your first floor may be ideal for accommodating guests. This may be a more restful area for adult guests if your children’s bedrooms and play areas are located on the second floor of your home. A first floor guestroom is also helpful for any older family members or guests who may be visiting since they will not need to climb stairs to access a guestroom on the upper floor or floors of your house.   

• Solarium. – If you are planning to add a bright, healthy and attractive solarium to your home, a first floor extension is exactly what you need. Working with your architect or home building team, you can successfully bring the beauty and allure of nature indoors to enhance your interior living space. You and your family and friends will enjoy many hours of relaxation and pleasure in this indoor garden with its stylish interior of natural beauty. 

When you consult the expert residential building contractors of Olympia Builders located in Alexandria, NSW and serving all of Sydney and surrounding regions, you will receive excellent advice on creating the ideal second floor addition or home extension of your dreams. Our experienced design and construction professionals will ensure that this addition of new living space to your home will be the perfect design to satisfy and even surpass all your expectations and needs.

If you are considering bathroom renovations for your home in Sydney and looking for a top quality, budget-friendly solution, now is a good time to begin your project. With the wide selection of building and renovating experts and materials available today, you will be able to locate attractive, durable materials and experienced professionals to manage and perform your renovations. 

Many modern builders will use the construction materials and methods of your choice including green products, equipment and procedures to successfully complete your home renovations project. They will also provide the labor, expertise and time needed to create a highly attractive and practical home bath interior for daily use and enjoyment by you and your entire household. 

Popular Budget-Friendly Bathroom Renovation Ideas for Sydney Homes

Frequently suggested budget-friendly bathroom renovation ideas for homeowners in Sydney include the following:

• Cement Floor Tiles. – By using cement floor tiles for your bathroom renovations, you can enjoy cost-savings while installing a durable, appealing modern element of decor. You may even decide to make your own tiles or hire a craftsman to produce them for you. Your home renovations builder and contractor can best advise you about making these tiles. In fact, your renovations experts may have a tiling professional on staff who can easily make these tiles to save you the work of locating the best local craftsman for your project. 

• Vintage Timbre Vanity. – Consult your renovations pros about remodeling a vintage hardwood standing cabinet or dresser to create a stylish bath vanity sink design. This can be a budget-friendly solution for reuse of a beautiful natural timbre furniture piece to create a highly attractive and useful bathroom vanity that everyone in your home will enjoy using. The beautiful hues and grains of the natural wood will also add warmth and character to your new bath decor. Wood is also easy to clean and to maintain with light oiling, waxing or polishing.  

• Repurposed Ceramic Wall Tiling.
– When you select repurposed ceramic wall tiles for use in your new home bathroom decor, you can enjoy the beauty of Asian, European or American ceramic designs of varied types and eras to enhance the room’s interior. Once in place, ceramic wall tiling is durable and easy to maintain. In addition, it lends a sense of enchanting history and longevity to your new bath environment and its overall appeal. Since the colours used in the tile designs were baked along with the glazing during tile production, these hues will last for the lifetime of the tiles.  

When you engage our experts at Olympia Builders located in Alexandria, NSW, you will benefit from finest quality expertise in all aspects of home bathroom design and renovations. Let our highly experienced pros guide you toward creating the ideal renewed bath design and decor that you have long admired and desired for your home.

When engaging a home construction company to build a new home or renovate your current residence, you want to locate a team of experienced, professional designers and builders who will meet and even exceed your expectations. You also want to hire a company that provides top-rated contractors, builders and craftsmen who will incorporate the latest developments in building methods and materials when designing and constructing the new home of your dreams. 

When you choose builders who stay updated on new innovations in planning and constructing new homes or renovating older ones, you can be assured that they will also work with suppliers who offer superior quality materials, construction equipment and methodology for completing your home building or refurbishing project. The best contractors will also use green building materials, equipment and procedures, when requested. 

Major Construction Dilemmas that Every Homeowner Must Avoid for Successful Building Projects

For completion of successful home construction or renovating projects, every homeowner must be careful to avoid certain top construction dilemmas, such as signing a project contract that is missing necessary items like the following: 

• Materials, Labor and Installation. – It is essential to make sure that your building team offers you a contract that includes all the important materials, construction work, installation and finishing procedures for completing your home building or renovations project. Estimated costs for these aspects of the project should also be clear in your contract. If specialised equipment or skilled labor is needed for finishing vaulted ceilings or installing a heavy skylight, this should be detailed in your construction contract. 

• Working Timeline. – Your home construction contract must also include a working timeline for each phase of building or refurbishing needed. Of course, some aspects of the project may be finished ahead of schedule while others require some additional time. For example, installing the kitchen and bathroom floor tiling may take less time than expected. However, there may be a delay in delivery of the natural stone to construct your living room fireplace or to install your kitchen benchtop. Even with delays, your building company contractor should be able to provide you with a reasonably accurate timeline for completing your project.

• Complete Cost Estimate. – Be sure that your building or renovations project contract includes a total cost estimate for all the work to be done. It is important to have a listing of estimated costs for individual materials, equipment and building methods used as well as labor and other expenses, including a building permit from your local municipality. However, you need to have a contract that also lists an estimated total cost for all the materials, construction equipment and procedures, labor and other fees that will be necessary to complete your home construction.

When you engage the superior services of Olympia Builders located in Alexandria, NSW, you will receive top-rated advice, quality designs and plans, expert construction and fine craftsmanship for building your new home or renovating your current one. You will also work with a highly experienced, professional contractor who will provide you with a contract that includes every aspect of your project, including a total estimate of the time and cost of your project. Our fully licensed, expert team at Olympia Builders will work closely with you to ensure that at your project’s completion, you will have the stylish and enchanting home that you have long desired. 

If you are planning a demolition and rebuilding project in the Sydney area, contact the experienced experts of Olympia Builders. Our skilled and versatile staff will successfully manage your project from concept to completion with the top caliber performance of licensed professionals who will satisfy and even exceed your expectations for finest quality plans, designs, materials, equipment and workmanship. We will ensure you of the very best grade of design and construction that is currently available in our industry. 

We understand very well just how overwhelming the demolition, building and renovation processes can be for anyone who desires to undertake a building or rebuilding project. For this reason, we will ensure that your project is completed in a timely manner with the ultimate quality designs, construction, finishing skills and techniques to fully meet your specific preferences, needs and desires.      

Expert Demolition and Rebuilding Services Provided by Our Top Caliber Team of Professionals


Our optimal quality team of demolition and rebuilding experts will provide you with an entire spectrum of professional services for your demolition and rebuilding project, including the following: 

• Demolition and Rebuild. – If you need demolition and rebuilding services for your home or commercial building, we are prepared to plan, design and execute the entire project for you, from start to finish, in a timely, cost-effective manner. We insist on using only quality building materials, equipment and workmanship, and we also offer use of green construction products, methods and technology, if desired. We will also work with recycled construction materials at our clients’ request. We will complete your demolition and rebuilding project within your budget as agreed upon at the time your contract was finalised and signed.  

• Second Floor Addition or Extensions.
– We offer top caliber construction of second floor additions or first floor extensions, as needed. Whether your family is growing and you need an additional bedroom upstairs or you plan to start a home-based business and need an office extension on the first floor, we will be pleased to satisfy your wishes. We will construct a spacious and attractive new bedroom for the kids or design and build a fashionable and functional new work space for your business downstairs. If you want a beautiful, healthy solarium added to one side of your first floor, we will create the natural haven that you envision to your exact specifications.  

• Bathroom and Kitchen Builds or Renovations. – We will build or renovate your bathroom or kitchen, providing you with a bright, attractive kitchen where your entire household and friends will want to gather while delicious meal or snack preparations are in progress. We can build the relaxing, attractive modern bath of your dreams, complete with the latest design in soothing spa baths and spacious rainforest showers. We will always use your choice of building and renovating materials, such as fine marble or granite floor and wall tiles and natural stone slab benchtops.  

When you contact our offices in Sydney, our team at Olympia Builders will offer you professional consultation and a free cost estimate along with advice, plans and designs for your demolition and rebuilding or renovations project. Our experienced professionals will guide you to making the very best selections of building materials to ensure that your new living and working environment will be perfect for enjoying the healthy, vibrant lifestyle you have always desired.