About
La Casita is a 43m2 one bedroom home, and an expansive 30m2 deck & open plan living room.
This Funky Little Shack has been personalized to match and harmonise with the existing Puerto Rican-style home. Gorgeous rustic tiles are used throughout the kitchen and bathroom.
When Karen first came to us she wanted a Funky Little Shack for her adult son to live in. The family wanted a bit of extra space for privacy and independence.
They wanted something that wasn’t too large, one bedroom with a minimalist kitchen. They also wanted a large deck to capture the beautiful trees that surround the property.
The main home has a unique aesthetic for the Gold Coast – it’s in a Puerto Rican style. We wanted to design something to complement the existing look of the home, but at the same time have its own personality.
We took the feature element of the rustic timber trimming in the main home and used that to inform the shack and cladding. This connects the two home styles, while also forming a contrast.
We also really wanted to capture the beautiful rainforest that surrounds the property.
We have done that by orientating the balcony toward the view, and with specific placement of windows and doors. It really feels like a beautiful treehouse when you’re inside.
La Casita is located close the main home, nestled between an already established garden. The connecting staircase that runs down the property from the main dwelling through the garden to the Shack feels like an enchanted secret path.
From there we followed the look and feel inside with rustic tones to capture the essence.
We started with these feature tiles, which informed the rest of the color scheme, including a couple of feature wall colors in gray and brown tones.
This great result has significantly increased the value of Karen’s property and her family’s lifestyle.
Plan
- 43m2
30m2- 1
- 1
- Combined bathroom & laundry
- High raked ceilings
- Wrap around verandah
- Loads of storage
Design
- Personalised design to fit your vision and property
- Stylish, modern features to add value to your property & lifestyle
- Passive solar design to minimise energy costs
- Customised style to complement your existing home
- Designed to Local Council & building requirements
- Wheelchair accessible design (where required)
Pre-Granny Flat Construction
- Luxury granny flat construction quote
- Standard building contract
- Building certification/approval
- Energy efficiency rating
- Termite control system
External Inclusions
Framing/Footings:
- Choice of steel or timber frame
- Choice of stumps/piers or concrete slab
Roofing:
- Colorbond (or like) roofing, fascias, gutters to your colour of choice
Walls:
- Weathertex or Hardies contemporary wall cladding, painted to colour of choice
Glass Doors/Windows:
- Feature sliding or stacking glass doors
- Powder coated aluminium windows & sliding glass doors with keyed locks
- Fly screens on all windows & doors (optional security screens)
- Feature timber trim around windows & doors
Insulation:
- Roof and wall insulation to energy efficiency requirements
Decking:
- Minimum 12m2 covered outdoor deck
- 140mm merbau timber decking with Intergrain stain
- (optional) Composite Eko Timber decking
Other:
- Min. 80lt electric hot water unit
- Wall/fence mounted clothesline
- External tap attached to dwelling
Internal Inclusions
Walls/Ceilings:
- High or raked ceilings
- 10mm plasterboard to walls and ceiling
- Water resistant plasterboard to wet areas
- FC sheeting to deck ceilings (optional feature timber)
Flooring:
- Hybrid timber flooring to living room
- Tiles to wet areas
- Hybrid timber flooring or carpet to bedrooms and robes
Storage:
- Built in wardrobes with double hanging space
- Laundry and linen cupboard storage
- Storage areas in walls and/or ceiling space
Electrical:
- Quality LED downlights throughout
- (optional) feature strip lighting & wall sconces
- Ceiling fan/light to bedrooms and living area
- Double power points throughout
- TV point in living room and bedrooms (optional)
- Data cable point
- Safety switches & direct wired smoke alarms with battery backup
- Split system air conditioning unit/s (optional)
- Electrical submeter
Paint:
- Painted throughout, personalised to your taste
Kitchen:
- Fully custom designed kitchen
- Soft closing kitchen drawers/ cupboards
- Overhead cupboards
- Stone or laminated benchtop
- Oven, hotplate, rangehood
- Dishwasher (optional)
Bathroom:
- Wall hung vanity unit with basin
- Shavers cabinet or feature mirror
- Safety glass shower screen
- White toilet suite
- Quality bathroom fittings in your choice of colour
- Tiles to shower walls and skirting (optional full floor to ceiling tiles)
- Towel rails & toilet roll holder
- Exhaust fan
Post Construction
- All connections to: main electrical power, water, sewerage, storm water
- Full house clean
- 12 months defects period
- Structural warranty in accordance with State Building Regulations
- Instruction manuals/warranty certificates
- Final inspection certificate
“Thanks for your patience and can-do attitude. It was so easy working with you.” Karen C
