Sounds like a fabulous plan...in fact it was the thing I was thinking as I read through your list of options. FWIW an extra living space apart from the main house can be a real asset, if you plumb in a toilet and a small kitchenette it also becomes rentable, should you ever wish to go that way.
Unfortunately the council won't allow us to make it fully self-contained so a kitchen is out but we can have an ensuite which is great. Means the space can be used for whatever we want - office (our need right now) or an extra living room or an extra bedroom. That would be fab if we had another baby so I could spend the first few months out there doing the night wake-ups without disturbing the rest of the house. And if DP is still a shiftworker, he could use it to catch up on his sleep during the day without me having to pad around the house which just about sent me bonkers last time!
Well, we could probably do that but I'm not too fussed about the kitchenette TBH because it's quite a small space to start with (only about 6 x 5metres) and it's only a stop-gap until we can build a second storey. I'm more bothered about having an ensuite in there - will get used much more often than a kitchenette.
Went to see the display module last Friday and it was fab. Talked to the woman there and have got a rough price. Only tricky thing will be to actually get it on site (they build off-site and crane it on to your property which is part of the attraction - not having to have builders in the backyard for months). We're in a terrace with a tight laneway at the back, so not the easiest but we've been told it should be do-able, just exxie. They recently craned one on top of a 7-storey building in East Melbourne so they're used to challenges.
Then we went to the council and looks like it will be fine by them too.
So next step will be to get them to have a proper look at the block to see whether they could crane it in here then it's all action stations and we'll get cracking on the design.
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