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Privacy Policy

How The Granny Flat Guide collects, uses and protects your information.

Last updated: September 2026

This website, thegrannyflatguide.com, is owned and operated by OakCodeAndTechSolutions ("we", "us", "our"). We take your privacy seriously. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using this site you agree to the practices described below.

Editorial note: Our guides are for general information only. They are not legal, financial or building advice. Always confirm rules and costs with your council and qualified professionals.

Who We Are

The Granny Flat Guide is an independent Australian research hub for granny flats and secondary dwellings. We are not a builder or a kit supplier. We publish guides and curated supplier directories. This website is owned and operated by OakCodeAndTechSolutions only.

Information We Collect

We collect information in two ways:

Information you give us. When you submit an enquiry, listing request or contact form, you may provide your name, email address, phone number, postcode or suburb, and details about your project.
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, we collect standard technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed and referring site. This is gathered through cookies and similar technologies.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to respond to your enquiries, improve our content and website, and meet our legal obligations. We do not sell your personal information.

Form Submissions and Listed Businesses

If you submit a form on this site (including the enquiry page, contact form, listing request or sponsorship enquiry), your submission reaches us only — OakCodeAndTechSolutions / thegrannyflatguide.com. We do not pass, share, match or forward your contact or project details to listed builders, kit suppliers or other third-party businesses.

Our directories list third-party suppliers so you can research and contact them yourself. Contacting a listed business is your choice and happens outside our forms.

Cookies, Analytics and Advertising

We use cookies and third-party tools to understand how visitors use the site and to support advertising. These services may set their own cookies and collect data according to their own policies. The main tools we use are:

Google AdSense & Analytics: to serve advertisements, analyse site usage and track advertising effectiveness. Google may use cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on prior visits to this and other websites.
Meta (the Meta Pixel) for measuring and improving advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
PostHog for product analytics and understanding on-site behaviour.
Cloudflare and Hostinger for website hosting, security and performance.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the site work.

Not Financial or Professional Advice

The information on this site is general in nature and is provided for research and educational purposes only. It is not financial, legal or building advice, and it does not take account of your personal circumstances. Always seek advice from a qualified professional before making financial or building decisions.

Important Disclosure

OakCodeAndTechSolutions is a trading name of Richard Steven Oakley (ABN 48 113 774 962), who is an undischarged bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth).

Data Security and Retention

We take reasonable steps to protect your information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access. We keep personal information only for as long as we need it to provide our service or to meet legal requirements.

Your Rights

You may request access to the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. To make a request, email us at hi@thegrannyflatguide.com.