Granny flat builders
in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills sits in the Georges River council area, and most blocks here are the standard suburban lot a granny flat is designed for.
It is also a suburb where households run larger than average, 2.9 people against 2.6 statewide, which is the other reason people build.
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Beverly Hills, briefly
People
10,483
Median age
40
Average household
2.9 people
against 2.6 across NSW
Separate houses
66.6% of dwellings
Owned outright
36.9%
Postcode
2209
Which approval you are going for
There are 2 ways to get a granny flat approved in Beverly Hills and they are not equally likely. Complying development handles about 9 in 10 of them: a private certifier, a fixed state checklist, a decision in weeks.
The rest go to Georges River. That matters because the council’s setback and height controls only bite on that second route. If you are on the fast one and a builder is quoting council figures at you, they are reading the wrong document.
Your council:
Complying development
Development application
The margin is the story in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills’s minimum lot size is 450-474 m². The threshold that decides whether a private certifier can approve your granny flat is 450 m².
That is a margin of at most 24 square metres, and it is the single most useful thing to know about building here. In suburbs with 600 m² or 700 m² minimums nobody thinks about it. In Beverly Hills a block a few metres under does not scrape through, it goes to Council and adds months.
Get the survey before the design, not after.
Is your Beverly Hills block in the right zone?
Of the housing land in Beverly Hills, about three-quarters is R2 Low Density Residential. That is the straightforward case: a secondary dwelling is permitted and the block is the right shape for one.
The suburb also takes in RE1 Public Recreation and SP2 Infrastructure. Those are not residential land and a granny flat is not available on them.
R2 Low Density Residential
44
RE1 Public Recreation
20
R3 Medium Density Residential
16
SP2 Infrastructure
16
R4 High Density Residential
4
What a granny flat is worth on a Beverly Hills block
If it is going to be tenanted
About $510 a week is the working figure for a new 2-bedroom granny flat in Beverly Hills. That comes from the $520 Sydney benchmark, adjusted because Beverly Hills sits a little under the Sydney median. Call it $26,520 a year before costs.
Supply is tight. Only 29.7% of Beverly Hills homes are rented, below the NSW rate of 32.6%. Low rental supply in a suburb people want to live in is the condition a new listing does well in.
Beverly Hills households earn a median $1,862 a week, close to the Sydney figure, so the tenant pool is working families rather than a transient market.
Rental figures are indicative only and vary by suburb, size and the rental market. Not financial advice.
If it is for someone in the family
More than 46% of Beverly Hills residents claim Chinese, Greek and Italian ancestry. Specifically Chinese 30.4%, Greek 10.1% and Italian 5.5%. Across those communities, more than one generation at a single address is ordinary rather than unusual.
The Census bears it out: 76.9% of Beverly Hills households are families against 71.2% statewide, the average household holds 2.9 people against 2.6, and lone person households are only 20.6% against a state figure of 25.0%.
The median Beverly Hills mortgage is $2,500 a month. That is the number that keeps an adult child at home, and the number that makes a second dwelling on the same title look sensible against buying a second property.
The state rules
What a certifier actually checks is the state Housing SEPP: side and rear setbacks, minimum frontage, landscaped area. All of it scales with your lot size. Full tables on our NSW rules page.
Your council
Georges River covers Beverly Hills. There is a contribution to pay whichever route you take, set by bedroom count, plus a set of council controls that bite only on the development application route. Both are set out on our Georges River page.
What it costs
A 2-bedroom granny flat starts from $134,990. On a Beverly Hills block the variables are slope, rock, distance to sewer and stormwater, and side access for a truck. Our cost guide has the price range for each bedroom count.
Where to see our work near Beverly Hills
There are completed BlueGum granny flats a short drive from Beverly Hills. The closest are:
All are photographed on this site, and every one went through the same approval process your Beverly Hills block will.
Where to see our work near Beverly Hills
There are completed BlueGum granny flats a short drive from Beverly Hills. The closest are:
Penshurst
the next suburb over
Mortdale
the next suburb over
Peakhurst
the next suburb over
All are photographed on this site, and every one went through the same approval process your Beverly Hills block will.
Frequently asked questions
Do you actually build in Beverly Hills, or just advertise there?
Yes, and the photographs above are of the actual finished jobs, not renders.
More common questions are on our Georges River page and the NSW rules page.
Find out about your Beverly Hills block
The figures above tell you what to expect on a typical Beverly Hills block. Confirming it takes your survey, your title and your planning certificate.
Check your block, or call us on 1300 060 651. BlueGum is a licensed NSW builder, licence 247388C, and has been building granny flats in Sydney since 2012.
Or call our team on 1300 060 651
Building granny flats since
Since 2012
Builder licence
247388C, verifiable through NSW Fair Trading
Industry body
Housing Industry Association member
MBA NSW Excellence in Housing Awards
Winner 2021, Winner 2023, Finalist 2020
Completed granny flats documented on this site
70+
Approvals
CDC and DA, both managed in-house
Pricing
Fixed price after a site assessment, 2-bedroom from $134,990
Building granny flats since
Since 2012
Builder licence
247388C, verifiable through NSW Fair Trading
Industry body
Housing Industry Association member
MBA NSW Excellence in Housing Awards
Winner 2021, Winner 2023, Finalist 2020
Completed granny flats documented on this site
70+
Approvals
CDC and DA, both managed in-house
Pricing
Fixed price after a site assessment, 2-bedroom from $134,990
