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Too Many Square Feet |
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Dear Edith: We are interested in purchasing a property where the square footage listed on the fact sheet seems three or four hundred square feet higher than it should be. What is the easiest way to get an accurate figure? Would the tax assessment include square footage? Is the interior of each room measured or the exterior of the house? |
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Square footage is figured by from outside measurements, and yes, this includes hallways, closets and stairs. Adjustments are sometimes made for unheated space (that glassed-in sun porch), cathedral ceilings, attic bedrooms with sloping ceilings, semi-basement finished rooms and the like. Nontheless, multiplying outside measurements is the general rule.Tax assessments are not always accurate. Get one of those long tape measures, tromp around the building, and figure it out for yourselves. |
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Edith
Originally published on April 11, 2005 |
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