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Recent Examples of granny flat
While the current legislation says that local governments can allow granny flats—independent living spaces added to homes or properties—new bills making their way to the state's chambers could require them to do so.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Catch up quick: Casitas are tiny homes behind larger houses that can be rented out or occupied by family (leading to their other names — in-law suites and granny flats).
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
One potential reform is to expand access to accessory dwelling units, which includes granny flats, basement apartments, coach houses and other living spaces added to existing single-family lots.
—Micky Horstman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Use it as a granny flat, a tiny lakehouse, or a detached studio or office.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Catch up quick: Casitas are tiny homes behind larger houses that can be rented out or occupied by family (leading to their other names — in-law suites and granny flats).
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
One potential reform is to expand access to accessory dwelling units, which includes granny flats, basement apartments, coach houses and other living spaces added to existing single-family lots.
—Micky Horstman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Use it as a granny flat, a tiny lakehouse, or a detached studio or office.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for granny flat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for granny flat
- railroad flat
- efficiency apartment
- studio apartment
- garden apartment
- efficiency
- duplex apartment
- condo
- penthouse
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Their first place had been a railroad flat, four flights up, three avenues over on Columbus, amid the drug dealers and the prostitutes, the opera singers and the social workers, fine for newlyweds starting out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
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The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.—
Joanne Kaufman,
New York Times,
31 July 2024
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Listen to this article The owner of a low-cost motel near I-84 is looking to convert it into 65 efficiency apartments, the kind of repurposing that Connecticut housing advocates have been pushing for in the General Assembly.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
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The firm has built 11 efficiency apartment buildings across the country.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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The industry’s biggest trucks have the interior designs of plush studio apartments.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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So in many of the rooms, the closets alone are larger than some studio apartments.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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The result tees up a vote today by the full City Council, when aldermen could give a green light clearing the way for new garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions and coach housing.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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Adding to the home’s flexibility, whether for extended family or live-in staff, there’s a three-bedroom garden apartment on the lower level with a private entry.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025
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You are not designed for speed, efficiency, and convenience.—
Pia Lauritzen,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Elsewhere The Langham engages in several meaningful efficiency efforts, including the use of low-wattage LED lighting; linen reuse for guests who opt out of daily refreshes; low-flow water fixtures; and various recycling efforts, including a program for fryer oil.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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The duplex apartment occupies the top floors of a 19th-century carriage house that is hidden down a gated former horse passageway just off of New York's Times Square and has played a starring role in both film and TV.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 June 2025
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The two upper floors contain an independent duplex apartment with both interior access and a separate staircase to the ground-floor entrance.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
16 May 2025
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From the Miami Surfside condo collapse to the destructive fires in Maui and Los Angeles and countless floods and tornadoes, these days the steady drumbeat of disasters has been relentless, Hymel said.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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In Florida, the situation is even more volatile, not least because the local insurance crisis, exacerbated by the Surfside condo collapse and increasing climate risk, has led to eye-popping premiums.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The guest rooms offer private balconies, while penthouse suites include up to three bedrooms and large private terraces.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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The three-bedroom Nashville penthouse is near the heart of Music Row.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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