If you need a granny flat that fits a specific block size, layout preference, or accessibility requirement, Elpor can work with you to design a custom solution. All of our standard granny flat floor plans can be modified to suit your needs, and our team can design from scratch where required. We have been building custom granny flats across Melbourne and Victoria since 1985, and work closely with each client from the initial design discussion through to installation.
Starting with one of our standard granny flat floor plans, you can modify the layout, dimensions, internal room configuration, window and door placement, and appliance selections to suit your specific requirements. Where blocks are irregular, sloped, or have constrained access, we design around the site rather than trying to force a standard plan into a space it was not designed for.
We also offer accessibility modifications for clients who need them, including wider doorways, disabled-access bathrooms, and low-incline entry ramps. Our granny flats are prefabricated at our Carrum Downs factory and delivered to site, which means modifications are incorporated into the build before it reaches your property.
– Floor plan layout and room configuration
– Dimensions and overall footprint (within SSD provisions)
– Window and door placement
– Kitchen and bathroom layout
– Accessibility modifications: wider doors, ramps, accessible bathrooms
– Appliance package: standard or premium
– External cladding colour and finish
Elpor has been designing and building custom granny flats in Melbourne and Victoria since 1985. With over 1,000 builds completed, we have the experience to design a floor plan that suits your block, your lifestyle, and your budget.
As a registered building practitioner (CDB-U 53184), we manage the building permit process on your behalf. Our granny flats are prefabricated at our Carrum Downs factory using interlocking sandwich panels for insulation and energy efficiency, with Colorbond steel exteriors that keep maintenance requirements low. All units are 7-star energy rated in compliance with NCC requirements. We are a 100% Australian-owned and family-operated business, and our team works directly with you throughout the process.
Most of the custom work we do isn’t about taste — it’s about the block. A long narrow side setback, a slope, a big tree, a driveway in the wrong place, or a gate that a truck will never get through.
We build on stumps, so there’s no excavation and a fall across the site is usually absorbed in the stump heights rather than in earthworks. Our panels are carried in by hand through a gateway about a metre wide, which means we can build on blocks where a transportable unit simply can’t be delivered. Between those two things, very few sites are actually ruled out.
If you send us your address and a rough idea of where you’d like the unit, we’ll tell you what will fit before you spend anything.
A significant share of our custom work is accessibility work, and we’ve been doing it long enough to have it down to a routine.
If you’re working with an occupational therapist, send us their report. We’re used to building to one, and it’s far easier to design the modifications in at the start than to retrofit them later.
Custom work applies right across the range — our one bedroom and two bedroom granny flats, sleepouts and bungalows, and small second dwellings.
Yes. All of our standard granny flat floor plans can be modified to suit your block size, layout preferences, and accessibility requirements. This includes changes to room configuration, door and window placement, bathroom layout, and external dimensions. Contact our team to discuss what is achievable for your property.
Yes. Bring us a sketch, a set of drawings or a plan you’ve found elsewhere and we’ll tell you what we can build and what it will cost.
Once the design and permit process is complete, onsite construction typically takes approximately 6 to 8 weeks from when we start on site through to handover. The design and permit stage varies depending on the complexity of your requirements and your local council.
Yes. We can incorporate accessibility modifications into any custom granny flat design, including wider doorways, disabled-access bathrooms, and low-incline entry ramps. Speak to our team about your requirements when discussing your floor plan.
Not necessarily. Layout changes within the same footprint are usually the least expensive changes to make, because there are no load-bearing internal walls to work around. Changing the size of the building or adding fixtures is what moves the price.
