Our Services

Granny flats and tiny homes, built right on your land

Granny flats and minor dwellings across the Waikato. We handle design, council consents, and the full build.

  • Guaranteed completion date, or we pay you $100 a day
  • One fixed price, agreed before we start
  • Design, consents, and the full build handled by us
A self-contained minor dwelling built by Finer Builds.
$100a day if we run late

Who this suits

A granny flat or minor dwelling is one of the highest-return additions you can make to your section, whether it's for family, income, or ageing in place.

  • Families making room for parents or adult kids
  • Owners after a rental income stream on their section
  • Anyone planning to age in place or future-proof their home
  • Investors adding a second dwelling to lift property value

What's involved

  • A site walk-around and honest read on what your section allows
  • Bespoke design, or a pre-designed template
  • Council consents and resource liaison handled for you
  • Site works, foundations, and the full build
  • Connection to your existing services, or independent supply
  • Final inspection, handover, and a 10-year guarantee

Our process

Three clear stages, from the first walk-around to keys in hand

A second dwelling is a big call, so we keep the whole process clear and low-risk. Three stages take you from that first walk-around of your section to the day we hand over the keys.

Stage 1

Getting to know you

We walk your section, talk through how you want to use the space and your budget, and give you an honest read on what your site can support. We work up the design here so we can measure accurately and put together a quote. No cost, no obligation.

  • A site walk-around and honest read on what your section allows
  • Design worked out around how you'll use the space
  • An accurate measure-up and scope
  • A quote to follow, with no obligation to proceed

Stage 2

Design, consent and your fixed price

We finalise the design and your selections, then handle the building consent (and check whether a resource consent is triggered for your zone). Because everything's decided upfront, the price we reach is genuinely fixed, with a preliminary contract covering our council liaison.

  • Final design and selections locked in
  • Zoning checked and building consent handled for you
  • A preliminary contract covering our council liaison
  • One genuinely fixed price presented to you

Stage 3

Sign on and build

You sign your build contract, which locks in your start date and a guaranteed completion date, then we build. Foundations to finishes, weekly updates, and a thorough final inspection before we hand over the keys.

  • Sign your build contract and confirm your datesYou commit here
  • Foundations, build, and services connected
  • Weekly updates and one point of contact
  • Finished on the agreed date, or $100 a day if we run late
  • Final inspection, handover, and a 10-year guarantee
Start your build

What we offer

Granny flat & minor dwelling builds

Whatever you're building for, we work through the same process, design, consents, build, handover, and we'll tell you honestly what your section can support.

Granny flats for family

Self-contained dwellings for parents, adult kids or extended whānau. Close enough to share life, separate enough for everyone to have their own space.

Rental & investment units

Add a second dwelling, generate income, and improve your property's long-term value. We design with rental durability in mind.

Sleepouts & studios

Extra room without the consent paperwork, if it stays under 30sqm and doesn't have plumbing, no consent needed.

Home offices & creative spaces

A separate workspace at the bottom of the garden, power, insulation, fast WiFi. The work-from-home upgrade that holds value.

Multi-generational living

Connected or standalone dwellings designed around how your family actually lives, shared kitchens, private entrances, accessible layouts.

Transportable options

Built on-site to order, or designed to be moved if you're on leasehold land or planning to relocate later. We'll talk you through the trade-offs.

Why choose us

What sets us apart

Adding a second dwelling is one of the highest-return investments you can make on your section, if it's built properly.

Consents handled in-house

Most lots under 65sqm don't need a resource consent, we check your zoning, file the building consent, and walk you through it all.

Designed for family

Whether it's for ageing parents or adult kids, we design around real-life flow, private but connected.

Self-contained or attached

Full kitchen, bathroom, services. Connect to your existing supply or run independent.

Modular or stick-built

Built on-site to order, or transportable if you might move it later. We'll talk through the trade-offs.

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Our projects

Some of our recent work

Compact builds we've delivered across the Waikato, minor dwellings, sleepouts, and self-contained units.

A compact self-contained dwelling built by Finer Builds.
A minor dwelling exterior finished by Finer Builds.
Self-contained bathroom in a Finer Builds dwelling.
See it all here

FAQs

Your questions, answered

Quick answers to the questions we get asked most. If yours isn't here, drop us a line, we love a curly one.

  • Almost always yes, building consents are required for any habitable structure. Resource consents are only triggered if you exceed certain thresholds (over 65sqm in most cases) or fall outside the planning rules for your zone. We handle the consenting process.

Get a fixed price,
on a date we guarantee

Talk us through your project and we'll scope it properly, then hand you a fixed price in writing along with a completion date in your contract. Miss that date and we pay you $100 for every day we run late. No cost to ask, no pressure.

Get in touch

Let's work together

Tell us about your project. We'll be in touch within three business days to set up a free site visit, no obligation, no pressure.