$550-650 a week.
The $159,000 Granny Flat - 18-21% gross on the purchase price, before approval costs. Location-dependent.
A typical Sydney house returns about 2.6%.
Three designs. Room for every backyard.
What could your backyard earn?
One address, two answers: whether your block can take a granny flat or studio, and what it could earn every week. Read live from the NSW planning record.
Check your block
From $159,000 on a standard site.
What could your backyard earn?
$28,600 - $33,800 a year. A typical Sydney house returns about 2.6%.
Studio figures apply when it is the lot's one secondary dwelling - we confirm that in the free check.
Estimates only. Site and approval costs are quoted in writing before you sign. Not financial advice.
Take the whole thing with you
- 01Your lot, drawn to scale
- 02Zone, land area and frontage
- 03Heritage and bushfire
- 04Your approval pathway
- 05Transport, schools and shops
- 06Rent and gross yield
Your address comes with you. All we need is a name and a number.
Free, and there is nothing to sign. We check every report before it is sent.
Prefer to talk it through? (02) 9188 9483
Rivela 
is the architect-designed, precision-engineered 
granny flat 
you want out the back.
Designed in Australia. Built on your block by a licensed builder - certified, insured and financed like any other home.
Approval handled end to end
Potential rent $550-650/wk, location-dependent
Homes from $129,000 on a standard site
How Rivela came to be
Built the normal way first. Found the waste in the handovers. Cut them out.
Same
Construction by D&L Golden Construction, the family building company behind Rivela.
Construction by D&L Golden Construction.
The builder who'll build yours has built these.
The six most recent builds by the team behind Rivela: granny flats, houses, and one still in frame.
Eastwood
Concord West
Huntleys Point
Concord
Concord
Kingsford
Croydon Park
Kingsford
Eastwood
Huntleys Point
Concord West
Concord
Croydon ParkConstruction by D&L Golden Construction, the family building company behind Rivela.
The team behind Rivela also built these.
See our workFour recent homes, built by D&L Golden Construction, the family building company behind Rivela.
One backyard,
four reasons.
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01
Rent it out
Around $550-650 a week, location-dependent - $28,600 to $33,800 a year the backyard is not earning yet. Roughly 18-21% gross on the purchase price, where a typical Sydney house returns about 2.6%.
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02
House family
Room for parents or grown kids - close, but independent.
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03
Work from home
A true studio, thirty steps from the kitchen.
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04
Stop waiting for growth
Sydney values sit 5.3% below their January peak, and rates have risen three times this year to 4.35%. A block that only grows in value has stopped doing the one thing it was bought for.
Precision-engineered components, built on your block by a licensed builder.
Designed in Australia. Certified, insured and financed like any other home.
Do I need council approval?
Yes - your home needs approval before any work starts, and nothing begins until it is granted. We prepare, lodge and manage the whole approval for you, through to your Occupation Certificate. Which pathway your block uses depends on the block; we check that first and handle it either way.
Who builds it?
A licensed builder, on your block. Rivela's homes are built by D&L Golden Construction, the family building company behind Rivela - the same team whose recent work is shown above.
Will my bank finance it?
It finances as ordinary construction. The home is built on site and fixed permanently to its foundation, so you do not need a specialist lender - talk to your own bank the way you would for any build.
What does the price include?
Supply and the on-site build on a standard site, including standard service connections. Site conditions and approval costs are assessed per site and quoted in writing before you sign. A concrete slab is an optional upgrade on the Studio and Granny Flat.
How long does it take?
You get a written schedule before you sign anything - timing depends on your block, your council and production. Once approval is granted, site works and component production run at the same time, so nothing waits unnecessarily.