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How to Measure and Calculate Residential Square Footage% y: A9 {/ `8 b$ s6 h
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Measuring Guidelines for Special Circumstances: G$ N. Z$ l9 o q+ R# ?
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Mark Up Your Sketch with Helpful Information
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Rooms With Sloped Ceilings
3 L% {8 G% k/ C5 `# DSuch as the loft found in an A-Frame home. If you measure room dimensions where the sloped walls meet the floor, you are including space that isn't truly usable.
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Include only the portion of the room where ceiling height is at least five feet. To be included at all, a minimum of one half of the finished area of the room must have ceilings at least seven feet high.
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, B" K2 c5 R5 l$ SBay Windows
+ o" W! C& T4 {% A$ o E4 h @The area occupied by a bay window may be counted if it has a floor, a ceiling height of at least seven feet, and meets other criteria for living area.+ Y- Q7 I0 a7 y
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Furnace Room
+ v* c) o* @" k# Y! y8 x6 HIf the furnace, water heater, or other similar item is located in a small closet within the living area, it should be included in the total square footage.0 F9 Z2 u* O1 `$ N5 b
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Hallways & Closets
0 K7 @5 v( ^! s3 Q# h2 WThese areas are counted if they are a functional part of the living space.8 G5 F" D' a, [. q: h/ {
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In general, if the opening for the stairway is larger than its length and width, you must deduct the excess open space from the upper level's square footage. f. [* X# H- @
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Do not include open space as part of the square footage for an upper level. This may seem obvious, but you'd be surprised how many agents forget to deduct it. |
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