Does anyone know if you can get the Flowwall garage storage system or something similar in NZ?

Hi, I would like to convert our existing garage and carport space to a second dwelling (2 bedroom+ toilet+kitchen). I am not sure if it can be called a granny flat. We use our garage only for storage and believe if we convert it to rental space, it will benefit us in many ways. And ofcourse, I want to do it with proper consents, but we have a small budget for it. I have checked with Auckland council and our house is situated in a mixed Housing Suburban Zone, so there are no restrictions for building this. I need to get a bank loan to do this conversion. We bought the property this year, so the CV hasn't changed much. All banks wants me to draw a plan for this conversion and have it evaluated it by them. If their evaluated value supports the loan+20% equity, then I will get the loan to proceed. The cost of drawing the plan seems to be around 10K (based on my initial research) and this is a huge amount to take a risk. I am really new to this world of construction/renovation. And any kind of guidance, advice or recommendations will help me heaps. Thanks

For the Australians , Trade Me is NZ's biggest auction website -- our equivalent of Gumtree / EBay haha . As an aside , 30 years ago I worked with this guy we called Frank -- he looked and acted much like Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do Have Them . He literally went to a garage sale , and bought the garage ! I would say there is no correct answer , as there are lots of variables . The main ones would be your skills , the distance , the materials used , labour at each end , and so on . Something 500kms away , which needs dismantling , and which you need to hire say a truck and HiAb and driver , get a concrete pad laid , permits , and pay to get it put up , then to find the colour isn't right or one window is in the wrong place or similar compromises would be expensive . Galv Steel ones can get creases in the corners , even if moved across town using a trailer , but maybe that is worth taking a risk . I don't want to sound too snobby , but I doubt I'd do a secondhand garage for myself ( I once did move a double carport 30kms , but that was a roof and 6 steel poles , and I have mates with trucks ! ) , my preference is to spend more and end up with something designed to suit the house in as many respects as I can ( i.e. brick if a brick house , tiles if tiled , etc ) . With a rental property , as long as it suits the style of the house , and is better than not having a garage , I would consider it and paint to suit , but even then things like brick would sway my choice .

I looked , and the 2 companies I found were velux and hometech ( solatube ) but both seem to only do round . I find it a bit strange that the Aussie crowd won't ship here . Do you know someone in Aus that can buy one and send to you ? One slight possibility would be to see if the manufacturer wants a NZ distributor , and buy say 10 ( if they retail for $600 , you might buy for $450-500 ? ) so invest $5000 , buy 10 , put them on Trade Me and/or set up a basic website ?