Questions and Answers

All the questions

Can a secondary residence be unit titled ?

Answered and approved · Planning · kept in 1 place

No. A secondary residence is subordinate to the main dwelling and cannot be separately unit titled. Both dwellings remain on the same title.

No. A secondary residence (granny flat) cannot be separately unit titled in the ACT. It is subordinate to the main dwelling and remains part of the same block and title.

This means you cannot create a separate unit title for the secondary residence so that it can be independently owned or sold.

Territory Plan 2023 – Part E01 Residential Zone Policy, F01 Subdivision Policy -  Territory Plan 2023 | Notifiable instruments

Unit Titles Act 2001(ACT) (A2001-16) (registration and creation of unit titles) - Unit Titles Act 2001

 

Link on the answer: https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2023-540/Current

Where this question is kept

Dual Occupancy Q&A#336agrees10/08/2026