Multiple generations under one roof.

Is this the answer to high rents, terrifying mortgage repayments, and even loneliness?

Rui Rosa, design manager at award-winning Shelford Quality Homes, says it is little wonder dual occupancy home design is a fast-growing trend in WA.

With young people unable to find rentals or afford a home of their own, and the elderly at risk of loneliness, more families are bunking in together.

Shelford, which has built homes all over Perth including in Dalkeith, Cottesloe and City Beach, is now building dual key homes in three different Perth suburbs.

Multi-generation living is common in other parts of the world, but the tight and expensive housing market and higher interest rates are accelerating its relevance in WA.

“We used to design maybe one dual living

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