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Know the difference between Carpet Area, Built-up Area and Super Built-up Area
At the time of buying a flat and at the time of meeting with builders and real estate agents, buyers come to know about certain terminologies such as built up area, carpet area, super built up area, loading, and so forth. Each builder computes area of a property in a distinct manner.
As a result, at the time of buying a property, there is plenty of difference amid what one pays and what one really gets.
On noticing the complaints lodged in consumer court, the highest numbers of cases are in opposition to builder on the matter of cheating.
On the other hand, the most recent real estate act, RERA (Real Estate Regulation and Development Act), passed by the Central Government in the year 2016, has made it compulsory to sell flats based on carpet area merely for the reason that this is an area wherein several folks have been deceived.
Carpet area is even called net usable floor area. It is a space wherein an individual can spread a carpet. In accordance with RERA, carpet area is the net usable floor area of a house which comprises toilet, kitchen, bathroom as well as interior partition walls. That provides lucidity which was not present prior to RERA introduction.
Carpet area comprises area covered by interior partition walls of house, each and every room in a flat, bathroom, cupboard spaces, kitchen, toilet as well as staircases inside the property unit. Carpet area excludes area covered by the exterior walls, balcony, open terrace area, utility area, staircase, veranda, club house, lift and lift lobby as well as flower bed.
Therefore, at the time of buying a property, take a look at the carpet area and afterwards take a decision since that is the number that will provide one with thought of the real usable space.
Built up area comprises the carpet area, balconies, exterior walls as well as service shafts. Built up area excludes lift as well as lift lobby, open terrace area, club house, swimming pool, staircase, and so forth.
Approximately, built up area is ten to fifteen % greater than carpet area.
The difference between super built up area and carpet area is called loading. At the time builder constructs a building, the builder constructs common areas such as lift lobby, club house, staircases, and so forth (which are utilized by all the folks in a building).
As a result, while determining the price of a flat, the builder includes the area of those common amenities in individual flats. That area is known as super built up area.
Super built up area is the built up area plus proportionate share of common areas like lift shafts, club house, air ducts, shafts/pipe ducts, lobbies as well as additional common facilities. Super built up area excludes open areas like gardens, play areas, driveways, roof terrace as well as parks. Super built up area is just about 20 to 40 % greater than carpet area.
Subsequent to RERA it has turned out to be compulsory for all the builders as well as developers to sell the flat based on carpet area and not based on super built up area.
Prior to the year 2016, builders were accustomed to sell flats based on super built up area. As a result, builders were obtaining more wealth due to super built up area. Before, the carpet area whereupon the builder computes the property’s price wasn’t set. Each developer or builder had their own technique of computation of carpet area. Prior to RERA, the builders were accustomed to increase carpet area due to which the price of property would even increase.
Currently, the technique of computation of carpet area has been apparently defined by RERA. As a result, developers would not be capable of operating the computation of carpet area so as to raise the prices.
Lecturer: Engineering Motive
