Sometimes this comes from older people themselves, who can have difficulty finding suitable accommodation to downshift to in the areas they want to live – which is often where they lived before.ĪDUs seem to offer a return to a kind of intergenerational living that most experts think is good for old and young alike. There has been a fair bit of handwringing about the boomer generation occupying large family homes once their children have left. In a few cases, boomer parents are choosing to downshift and pass on their main property to their children. (And with social care so expensive, and good care so hard to find, it’s a market that looks as if it’s only going to get bigger.) ADUs can also allow young people to live independently but cheaply, with some parental support – say when they come back from university. Homeowners are thinking seriously about building self-contained flats – over garages, in roofs or basements – or planting a tiny house in the garden.ĪDUs aren’t only useful for elderly relatives, although that is the main market. Increasingly, though, extensions are not just a matter of pushing out the kitchen or adding a bathroom. In the UK, building an extension has always been a way to create more space and maximise the value of your house. The term covers various kinds of home extension: flats over the garage or in the basement, and the increasingly popular annexe in the garden.
People are living longer, and many of the older generations don’t want to rattle around in big, hard-to-maintain houses.Īs a result, the granny flat – or the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) – is the fastest-growing type of new home. The changing shape of families means there is a need to rethink our homes… Enter the granny flatīy 2050, a quarter of the UK population will be over 65.
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