Carpet Area Vs Floor Area

Adding to this confusion is the practice among some developers to use gross leasable area gla and gfa interchangeably or to use.

Carpet area vs floor area.

So when you are in. Definitions of gfa including which areas are to be counted towards it and which areas aren t vary around the world. The floor area ratio is the relationship between the total amount of usable floor area that a building has or has been permitted to have and the total area of the lot on which the building stands. Some areas will not be carpeted.

Well if you are a civil engineer you must know how to read a floor plan of a building. If your carpet area efficiency is poor or very poor then you might have been bluffed by your developer builder or otherwise the planning design of the apartment flats is really very bad. A good plan gives a better idea of whole structure in single sheet. For example underneath kitchen units or in the bathroom.

If it is good or very good feel happy that you are not bluffed you bought a flat from a good builder. These will contribute to the floor area but not the carpet area. On the other hand the risers of steps. In simple terms this is the area inside your apartment where a carpet can be laid and is measured wall to wall.

Technically speaking it means the net usable floor area within a building excluding the area that is covered by the walls or any other areas specifically exempted from floor space index computation. Carpet area is the actual area you get for use in a housing unit. As the name suggests carpet area means the space where you can lay a carpet in the flat like a bedroom living room hall while calculating the carpet area exclude the wall thickness utility area and shaft area. In simple terms any floor level which is below the normal floor level will be excluded like the bathroom utility area excluding.

Carpet area is the area that can actually be covered by a carpet or the area of the apartment excluding the thickness of inner walls.