Bringing families together!
“A new life in the garden…”
Mindful of the haunting stories of care home isolation and neglect endured throughout the challenging times of the multiple lockdowns, our clients, Rosie and David, made the bold decision to move out of their family home.
Project Overview
Size: 10m x 5.5m
Cost: 131,100 incl. VAT*
Use: One bedroom annexe
Location: Cheshire
Doors & windows: Premium aluminium doors & windows
Walls, floor & ceiling: BBA certified, engineer-approved SIP structure.
*Estimated current Cost – subject to change
Both Rosie and David admit that getting older and more arthritic meant that some day-to-day tasks were becoming more challenging. They saw their move to their new Swift Granny Annexe at the bottom of the garden more of a ‘liberation’ than a sacrifice, freeing them up from “the burden of home and garden maintenance”. At the same time, this allows them both to spend more time doing what they love…spending time with family and friends, as well as more time to ‘dabble’ with art in their home art studio, literally on their new doorstep.
Key bespoke features…
- Unique design with overall footprint of 10.0m x 5.5m
- Sheltered outside porch with small storage cupboard internal space
- Aluminium framed windows and doors with powder-coated finish
- Argon filled, sealed double-glazed units with toughened glass
- Western Red Cedar cladding
- Cat flap incorporated
- Bathroom with extractor fan and heated towel rail
- Electric radiators
- Internal & external Collingwood LED downlights
- Fully decorated, floored and ready for occupation on handover
- Planning permission successfully gained
- Building Regulations met
Our Granny Annexe project is not about pulling the ladder up and waiting for the end. It is a new life in the garden, giving us the opportunity to do new things released from relentless property maintenance.
“Our Granny Annexe project is not about pulling the ladder up and waiting for the end. It is a new life in the garden, giving us the opportunity to do new things released from relentless property maintenance. A smaller living space, given it is well designed, needs less cleaning and tidying leaving more time to do whatever we want, make art, see family and friends again, visit places we have never been to and eating out, once we have all learned to live with Covid and making our later years more rewarding, shared between three age groups living together in a mini community. Well anyway that’s the plan.” “
– RN, Cheshire
Retirement is such fun, the best job we ever had.
“Our aim is to get ahead of the game by creating a separate but independent home specially designed for ourselves as we age, with a member of our family moving into our bungalow becoming responsible for its upkeep and maintenance, as well as ours. They will also be there to see we don’t misbehave too disgracefully as we wend our weary way through the ageing process, and it may well be that we have as much support to offer them through these challenging times. We will for example be there during working hours to help when the family are at work. Retirement is such fun, the best job we ever had.“
– RN, Cheshire
Let’s build your annexe together!
We only use the very best materials and installers to ensure that your garden annexe is a solid, efficient and durable home. You will also receive a 10-year structural warranty as part of our service. Give us a call, or send an email using the details below, or we can call you. Just complete this brief form and we’ll phone you at your specified time.
T: 01625 875588
E: support@swiftunlimited.co.uk
