There's more to retirement than a rest home.
If you've been looking at retirement village brochures and wondering whether there's a better way, there is.
Kiwi families are choosing something different - a quality granny flat close to family, where Mum or Dad gets their own front door, their own space, and their independence back.
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Picture a two-bedroom home, right there on your section. Separate entrance. Own kitchen and bathroom. Close enough to keep an eye on things, far enough that everyone gets to breathe.
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It's not a sleep-out or a converted garage. It's a proper home - built to the same standards as the house you grew up in, just smaller.
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Want to keep mum and dad close (but not too close)?
Talk to us about a granny flat for your property and throw out those retirement village brochures.
Built like a real home.
Because it is one.
Our granny flats are timber-framed and built to the New Zealand Building Code — the same construction methods used in full-sized homes across the country, scaled down.
That means warm walls, proper insulation, a home that doesn't sweat in winter or feel like a shipping container in summer.
Your parents deserve better than that, and so do you.
Retirement village entry fees typically start at $300,000–$500,000, and that's before the monthly fees are added on!
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Our quality, timber-built granny flats start from $98,900 - placed on your own section, owned outright by your family, and add value to your property.
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If your parents are healthy, independent, and simply need a space of their own closer to family - a granny flat from Freedom Cabins is the answer you’ve been looking for.
Financially, it makes sense.
What our customers say
Paul and Rachel Henstock's family made the decision to bring their parents home… from a retirement village!
There was a ribbon-cutting. There were tears. And there was a Freedom Cabin sitting in the backyard waiting for them.
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This is the kind of thing that reminds us why we do this.
Our Granny Flat Range
Everything just got easier
From 2026, you can build a granny flat, under 70m2, without a building consent.
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That means less cost, less waiting, and less dealing with the council for simple building work that should have always been straightforward.
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Freedom Cabins builds fully compliant granny flats ready to take advance of the new rules. We handle the design, the build, and the delivery - you just point us to the spot you want it.
