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Types of Area in a Building, Understanding Carpet Area, Built-up Area, and Super Built-up Area

Home buyers really need to understand the concept of different types of areas used in house construction. The proper understanding of the building areas helps to ensure that the home buyers are not overwhelmed when they encounter the house. While a buyer is buying a house, they need to pay for the number of square feet that they are going to be occupied. In this regard, it is necessary to know what they will be paying for and why they will be paying for. So, building developers used several terms for the different areas of the building for better understanding.

Types of Areas in a Building

Plot Area

The plot area of the building refers to the total area of the plot or the land parcel.

In this case, the plot area does not refer to the area of the built-up structures on the plot.

Floor Area

The floor area refers to the total floor area between the walls of the building. The floor area comprises the foundation of all rooms of the building, including storerooms, kitchens, entrance halls, verandahs, staircases and others.

Covered Area

The covered area refers to the actual area of the building under the roof plus the walls, balconies and pillars.

Floor Area Ratio

The floor area ratio refers to the maximum floor space of the building that can be constructed on the piece of land. The floor area ratio is the ratio of the total floor area of the building to the size of the piece of the land upon which it has been constructed. The floor area ratio has been used as one of the regulations in the planning of the city along with the building-to-land ratio. This floor area ratio is also known as the floor space ratio, site ratio, floor space index or plot ratio.

Setback Area

The setback area of a building refers to the plot area which has to be left on all sides of the building from the building property line, where the building construction has been prohibited by the law. The local municipality sets up the limitation for the setback area of the building, which has been the jurisdiction of the plot area. In this context, there is a restriction that any kind of construction will not be done on the space around the built-up area.

Carpet Area

The carpet area of the building is the actual usable space within the building property, which excludes the building wall’s thickness. The carpet area helps to represent that area of the building in which a carpet can be placed. The measurement of the carpet area helps to provide a realistic estimation about the available space for working or living purposes. The internal dimension of the building property has been measured while calculating the carpet area of the building.

There are numerous important aspects of calculating the carpet area of the building, which are as follows:

Usable space assessment

The carpet area of the building helps to offer realistic measurement of the actual working or living space, which helps to provide a clear overview of the areas in which all the essential items, including furniture, can be placed.

Functionality and efficiency

The carpet area also helps to access the functionality and efficiency of the property, thus buyers are able to determine the sizes of the room, layouts, storage space that are available in the carpet area.

Transparency

Carpet area of the building also helps to determine the pricing and value of the building property. This area helps to show the actual usable space, which helps to serve a fair basis for the negotiation of the pricing.

Regulatory compliance

The real estate regulations help to mandate the disclosure of the carpet area, which helps to ensure the transparency, as well as helps to protect the interests of the buyers. Therefore, the accurate carpet area representation helps to ensure the compliance along with the legal requirements.

Investment potential

Carpet area is also useful for the investors who are looking to lease out the property as the usable space of the building helps to provide direct impacts on the tenant preferences and rental returns.

Built-up Area

The built-up area of the building refers to all of the enclosed spaces within the building property including corridors, rooms, and balconies. This built-up area includes the carpet area of the building with the building wall’s thickness.

The importance of built-up area includes:

Assessment of the space

The built-up area of the building helps to provide detailed measurement of the enclosed spaces within the building property.

Planning and designing of the space

The built-up area of the building also helps to make informed decisions about the planning and designing of the building space, which is very useful for the architects and designers to understand the space available in the room and allocate it more efficiently.

Valuation and pricing

The value and the pricing of the building property have also been determined with the help of the built-up area. This helps the buyers to compare their properties more accurately.

Super built-up Area

The super built-up area of the building includes amenities, common spaces and shared facilities such as lobbies, staircases, and gardens. The super built-up area helps to represent the total area, including the proportionate share of the common spaces a buyer pays for.

The importance of the super-built area of the building is as follows:

Calculation of the cost

The super built-up area has been served as the basis for the calculation of the costs of the individual units as well as for the shared spaces including corridors, amenities and lobbies.

Shared facilities

The super built-up area also accounts for the proportionate share of the amenities and common spaces, which helps to ensure the cost of providing shared facilities.