Whether it is one room behind the house or a row of units for a site, a lodge or a school, a request for granny flats in Sandton goes to granny flat builders and prefab suppliers who deliver to Sandton and nearby parts of Gauteng. They quote you directly.
Sandton and granny flats
Planning a granny flat in Sandton? Say how big it must be, how many bedrooms and bathrooms, where it will stand on the plot, and whether you already have approved plans and a slab. Builders and suppliers who work in Sandton and across Gauteng will quote the unit, the slab and delivery.
New to this? Read the granny flats guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Local tips for Sandton
Most asked for in Sandton: timber garden offices, pool houses and granny flats; rooms in Alexandra. Where the yards and builders are: erectors and timber yards in Wynberg, Marlboro, Kew and Kramerville. A useful tip: ask whether the crane truck can reach the garden, or if the unit is built on site.
Around Sandton the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a cottage behind the main house for an elderly parent or a grown child. On the weather side: summer hail and lightning, falling branches from big trees, frosty winters.
On the ground in Sandton
Granny flats in Hyde Park, Inanda and Atholl are often built in light steel frame and plastered to match the main house. Schools along the Rivonia and William Nicol corridors ask about prefab classrooms and halls for temporary space during building work. Office towers rising in Sandton Central and Sunninghill use site offices on skids, set down in tight spaces by crane truck, often on weekends.
Sizes run from small studios to 2 bedroom units. Before you agree to anything: approved plans needed: it is a dwelling.
Prefab and timber building in Sandton
Large gardens in Bryanston, Hyde Park and Morningside give Sandton its own kind of prefab request: a pool house, a timber garden office, a staff room or a granny flat for a parent, finished well enough to sit beside an expensive house and passed through the council plan process. Complexes in Sunninghill, Lonehill and Rivonia have less space and stricter body corporate rules, so a small wendy or a storeroom is often all that is allowed. Alexandra, beside the Jukskei River, is a different picture, with backyard rooms on tiny stands and narrow lanes. Delivery comes from Wynberg, Marlboro and Kew. Old oaks and jacarandas shade many plots, which helps in summer but drops branches in storms, and hail and lightning are common.
Typical granny flats requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a cottage behind the main house for an elderly parent or a grown child
- Shops, offices and small businesses: a small consulting room or office unit beside a house, where zoning allows it
- Backyard landlords and families: a 1 or 2 bedroom unit on the plot let out for steady monthly rent
- Schools and creches: a cottage on school grounds for a caretaker or a teacher living on site
Service area: Sandton and surrounds
Our network covers Sandton together with Bryanston, Hyde Park, Morningside, Rivonia, Sunninghill, Illovo, Alexandra. A street address and a photo of the gate help a builder work out the delivery before quoting.