About
Sky Lodge is a thoughtfully crafted 80m2 granny flat designed to offer independence, comfort, and connection — all while embracing breathtaking views of the Gold Coast skyline.
Created for Karen’s mother to live close to family in Tallai, this hillside retreat balances privacy with proximity, nestled gently below the main residence on a lush, terraced slope.
This two-bedroom, two-bathroom home has been carefully designed to fit within tight boundary setbacks and stringent council requirements. Its distinctive footprint was custom designed to maximise living space.
Its angled rooflines and articulated form are not only visually striking but purposeful — capturing sweeping views, encouraging cross-ventilation, and ensuring natural light floods the interiors.
Elevated on stumps, Sky Lodge sits delicately within the landscape, minimising impact on the site and vegetation while enhancing outlook.
Inside, this 80m2+deck home feels warm, open, and serene. The living area flows seamlessly onto an expansive 35m2 covered deck, where the skyline becomes part of everyday life.
The deck functions as a true extension of the interior — an outdoor living room elevated among the treetops. Automatic privacy shades allow the space to transform, offering protection from weather or neighbouring sightlines while maintaining the extraordinary view.
The generous primary bedroom boasts a private ensuite and secondary entrance onto the deck.
Meanwhile the second bedroom has been reimagined as a light-filled art studio. Karen’s mother can sit at her art bench and look out the window while creating. It offers a dedicated creative retreat without sacrificing flexibility for guests or future needs.
With its refined material palette, custom form, and deep connection to its surroundings, Sky Lodge is more than a granny flat — it is a carefully considered small home.
One that supports independence, celebrates creativity, and captures the beauty of the Gold Coast skyline.
Plan
- 80m2
35m2- 2
- 2
- Custom shape to fit space
- High raked ceilings
- Kitchen bench & breakfast bar
- Large windows to capture views
- Private covered deck
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
