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U.S. realtors and agents often include bathrooms, hallways, awkward nooks, etc. in their numbers as well.
by humanrebar 9y ago
U.S. realtors and agents often include bathrooms, hallways, awkward nooks, etc. in their numbers as well.
- 13of40 9y agoThe finished square feet are tracked by the government, for tax purposes, and yes, they tax your bathroom and closet, even if it's shaped weird. Measuring and omitting those when selling your house would be a huge headache just for the purpose of ... screwing yourself out of potential buyers?
- yardie 9y agoAs a counter-example, for France anything under 5ft is not counted. Areas under the stairs, that edge area of slanted ceilings, areas above a loft can't be counted. You can include it but the official number is footspace that is standing height.
- criddell 9y agoMy realtor described it as everything under air meaning that if the space is heated or cooled, then it's counted. So the garage is out, but bathrooms and hallways and closets are in.
- madcaptenor 9y agoThat's not exactly correct - part of my basement is heated/cooled but I'm pretty sure that doesn't count towards square footage (at least, the appraisal didn't count it). Are you somewhere where people don't have basements?
- criddell 9y agoGood point. Yeah, I'm in Austin and there are no basements here that I'm aware of.
- ghaff 9y agoUsually it's about finished vs. unfinished. I've never thought about whether my basement is heated or not. I mean it doesn't have radiators but that's where the furnace is and if the basement got too cold that would be problematic because of pipes. But it's very unfinished :-)
- sjg007 9y agoIt's anything above grade.
- matthewowen 9y agoUK houses are almost all multi-floor. Less so in the US. Stairs waste a bunch of space.
- gozur88 9y agoI don't think it's completely unreasonable, particularly in the case of bathrooms. Larger bathrooms (to a point) are nicer than smaller bathrooms, and that should be reflected in the square footage.