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Recent Examples of granny flat
The man who claimed to be disrupting the backyard housing industry — securing financing, permits and building granny flats across San Diego County, before collecting millions of dollars without doing the work — is now seeking federal protection from his many creditors.
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Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In most cases, Carmel homeowners currently have to apply for a zoning variance and go through a public hearing process in order to build granny flats, which can be a lengthy process.
—Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 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
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.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In most cases, Carmel homeowners currently have to apply for a zoning variance and go through a public hearing process in order to build granny flats, which can be a lengthy process.
—Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 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
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.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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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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Vrabel’s office, a few steps further ahead and through another doorway, is sized closer to a studio apartment.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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Pasadena and Glendale aren’t much better, offering just 423 and 429 square feet of space — roughly the size of an average studio apartment — for $1,500 in monthly rent.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 July 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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But another College Football Playoff appearance hinges on quarterback Maddux Madsen’s efficiency as the focal point of the offense in the post-Ashton Jeanty era.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Manufacturing innovation has historically followed a familiar arc: point solutions to fix discrete issues, application-level changes to improve efficiency, and system-level breakthroughs such as the assembly line.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 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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In addition, the licensing fees from the Dubai golf course which Trump reported on his last three disclosure forms totalled $9.7 million; much of this money likely comes from his cut of sales of condos around the course.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Businesses, condos, small homes, and two churches surround the more than10-acre park.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
9 Aug. 2025
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Last month, his D.C. landlord filed a lawsuit seeking to evict him from his $20,833-a-month luxury penthouse.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Once the penthouse was stripped bare, Baimakhan started on custom interiors for a young local family with three school-age children.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Granny flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granny%20flat. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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