A third of homes are multi-generational with granny flats becoming popular

A third of UK homes are now multi-generational, but rather than the traditional granny flat it is now mainly due to adult children living with their parents, new research has revealed. Equivalent to nine million homes in the UK, these households are classed as adults from different generations living together at the same address. Whilst … Read more

EXCLUSIVE Granny Cipriani! Danny Cipriani’s fiancée Victoria Rose is a GRANDMOTHER age 39 

Danny Cipriani’s new fiancée Victoria Rose is a grandmother at the age of just 39, MailOnline can reveal. The rugby ace, 32, who announced his engagement to Victoria this week, will become a stepfather to her two children, Jade Austin, 24, and a teenage son, 14, when the pair marry this October. The sportsman will … Read more

Love Island star Alexandra Cane swaps her ‘granny underwear’ for racy lingerie

‘The celibacy lives on’: Love Island star Alexandra Cane swaps her ‘granny underwear’ for racy lingerie but admits it’s just a ‘reminder of how flipping single I am’ By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 15:52 BST, 6 July 2020 | Updated: 16:26 BST, 6 July 2020 Love Island beauty Alexandra Cane has admitted she has … Read more

A garden retreat could be the perfect granny flats for teens

For those who have been self-isolating with older offspring, it might be tempting to consider introducing some more space – just in case there is another lockdown in the near future. The number of 20-to-34-year-olds in the UK now living at home increased by a third between 1998 and 2017, according to a report by … Read more

David and Victoria Beckham ‘submit application to build a plush granny flat at Cotswolds home’

David and Victoria Beckham ‘submit planning application to build a plush granny flat in the grounds of their £6million Cotswolds home’ By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 01:54 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 02:08 BST, 3 June 2020 The Beckhams have reportedly sent a planning application to build a granny flat in the grounds … Read more

PRUE LEITH: I’m a bad granny and I refuse to feel guilty about it!

Confession: I am a really bad granny. I have four grandchildren; my husband John has three with another on the way. The eldest is 12, youngest two months. In the way of presents, educational kits, and birthdays, John’s lot fare much better than mine. I don’t think I have ever remembered a grandchild’s birthday. This … Read more

The granny flat – but not as you know it 

Forget the 60s-style bungalow. Interior designer and TV presenter Sophie Robinson’s annexe for her mum Claire is light, bright and totally modern     Painted in French Grey (littlegreene.com), the walls and units allow the kitchen to blend into the background and make the sofa area the focal point When Sophie’s mum Claire moved out of her … Read more