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January 31, 2008
Help with calculation of square footage
Can you knowledgeable folks please tell me what is the total square footage you derive from this floor plan? I'm getting conflicting numbers. Thank you very much.
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350 sf
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:08 PM
739 SF
Posted by: johnife at January 31, 2008 1:18 PM
Looks to me like 680-690 sq.ft.
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:19 PM
Foyer - 5 x 7.5 = 37.5 sf
Kitchen - 8.5 x 7.5= 63.75 sf
Everything else - 14.5 x 40 = 580 sf
Total square footage = 681.25 sf
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:19 PM
I get ~590-600 being generous and rounding up.
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:21 PM
1:21, you forgetting the bath - 5'long tub has to be added to overall length
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:24 PM
Guess you're getting conflicting numbers here also.
Show your work, I showed mine.
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:24 PM
Approx. 690 sf. What are you being told?
Posted by: kdabrowski at January 31, 2008 1:25 PM
too small.
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:28 PM
Jeez, doesn't anyone learn elementary math anymore?
Extreme dimensions (using 1/8" = 1' 0" scale, which is the actual scale on the printed jpeg - I double checked several dimensions - and measured to outside of exterior wall and to center line of demising walls, as is convention): 23' 0" x 49' 0" = 1,127 SF
Deduct notch at top right: 14' 6" x 7' 4" = (106.33 SF)
Deduct notch at bottom left: 8' 4" x 33' 9" = (281.25 SF)
1,127 less 106.33 less 281.25 equals 739 SF
Posted by: johnife at January 31, 2008 1:49 PM
Agree with above if you add outside walls.
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 1:54 PM
are these measurements from inside wall to inside wall? bcs I've had two bank appraisers measure inside wall + 6" * inside wall + 6". apparently the walls were mine. or half the walls or something.
if you're buying or selling, this isn't an exact science. If I were selling, I'd list it at "700 sq ft"
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:12 PM
I don't don't think the picture is actually drawn to scale. In particular the Kitchen. The Foyer is listed as 5 x 7.5. 5 feet deep by 7.5 feet wide. That means the kitchen is 7.5 feet wide (approx) by 8'3 deep. However, the floor plan makes it seem like the kitchen is wider than it is deep....
Johnife, that would make your Extreme dimensions incorrect. 22 X 49 = 1078 SF.
Not sure about the rest but i'll try..
The right notch should be 14'6" x 8'4" = 120.785 sf.
The bottom notch would be: 7'4" x 35'9" = 262.05 sf.
1078 less 120.785 less 262.05 equals 695.165 SF.
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 2:47 PM
To 1:24pm.
The bathtub is nothing. It is the space that it is on is what counts.
You could put magilla gorilla there and the size of the space would remain the same.
You have to measure the floors thouroughly and accurately.
Posted by: Ysabelle at January 31, 2008 6:00 PM
I know this apartment listing. In person it looks barely 600 sq. ft., if that. They just reduced the price again, by $60K. What did you think of it OP?
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 6:11 PM
Thanks everyone. I was getting around 600, counting the bathroom and common areas. The broker referred me to the floorplan, and I'm trying to reconcile it with the Property Shark numbers, which don't match up. And it's true that in person it looks much smaller, 6:11. The price has come down substantially in the last two months, if only because it was very overpriced to begin with. It's a great location though.
Posted by: BKLYN_73 at January 31, 2008 7:22 PM
641 sq. ft.
People are forgetting to calculate the bathroom and the hallways.
Posted by: guest at January 31, 2008 11:12 PM
You all botched up the response pretty good
Posted by: Ysabelle at February 1, 2008 12:47 AM
hee hee hee.
Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 1:38 AM
Any quoted sq footage is going to take dimensions from outside of building - and will probably include some common area of current floor.
And that is done in all buildings - even single family homes...
so if want to compare apples to apples - makes no sense to use inside dimensions and then compare that sq footage to another apt. where they are not using inside footage.
Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 3:39 PM
approx 611 sq ft. but i would round up to 620 to deal with fractions of an inch.
i calculated the hallways and bathrooms. I also recalculated your error in measurement. Living room is wider than bedroom?
split space into two boxes living room, office and bedroom in one box is (14.5 + 14.3+ 11.1) * 14.4 = 489.6 sq the other small box is 121.68 sq feet
Posted by: funstraw at February 1, 2008 3:41 PM
If you're living in the space and want to know if it'll hold all your stuff, its roughly 700sf. (2:47 has the right methodolgy, measure one big box and then other; I approximated.)
If you are a broker, measure from the outside curb to the nearest body of water, then add 15%. That apt. looks to be about 2,500 sf. (Actually, 3:39 is correct, in terms of broker and marketing square footage, but there is no standard apple, so everyone is going come up with different numbers.)
Posted by: WBer at February 1, 2008 4:26 PM
590 sf including all common spaces, closets, and bathroom, and rounding up.
Posted by: guest at February 1, 2008 6:25 PM
i got around 780sf; if youre measuring thickness of interior walls at around 5" each as well as partial exterior walls at around 6" each. the REBNY method usually goes to the centerline of a demising wall or to the exterior of a non demising wall , such as an exterior wall.
Posted by: guest at February 2, 2008 8:22 AM
It is 690 real square feet and 1150 broker square feet.
Posted by: guest at February 2, 2008 11:29 AM
You have to do a little rounding.
The width of the living room is 14.5 feet and the width of the bedroom is 14.3 feet. So let's say the width of the right side of the unit is 14.4 feet.
The length of the right side of the unit is 39.1 feet (10 feet for the bedroom, 10 feet for the office, 5 feet for the bathroom, and 14.1 feet for the living room).
So the GLA for the right side of the unit is 39.1 x 14.1 = 551 square feet.
The width of the kitchen/foyer is 8.3 feet and the length is 14.9 feet. The GLA is 124 feet.
Total GLA is 675 square feet.
Posted by: guest at February 2, 2008 12:37 PM
What the hell is GLA, is that a technical term? And Ysabelle, who the hell are you? You say things without saying anything at all. I don't even think YOU know what the hell you are saying 100% of the time. You should just shut up.
Posted by: guest at February 2, 2008 11:28 PM
It's about 690 sf. If the broker lists it as over 700sf, they should be shot. Hell, they should be shot anyway, just for being a broker.
Posted by: guest at February 3, 2008 10:51 AM
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