Irene Peel was adamant - she was not going into care.

"Mum always said, 'I'm not going into a nursing home'," daughter Liz Flanjak told 9News.

But with house prices skyrocketing, her options were limited.

The solution was a granny flat, just metres from her daughter's house.

"It's a win-win for us because she's close," Flanjak said.

"I know she's safe."

Pooling resources as a family is becoming increasingly common amid the nation's housing crisis, according to Shane Windsor from Hoek Modular Homes.

He said the most common request he gets is for two-bedroom granny flats with a kitchen and bathroom.

"They're combining resources as a family to essentially utilise the land that the family already owns," Windsor said.

This year, "dual living" is in the top 10 most searched keyword

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