Its not classed as usable from the GIA (or NSA) point of view, and therefore can only be included in the GEA. TonyHi Tony, thanks for the question. This is instead of using the £psf as my primary input. The usable floor area of a building, for the function intended, which is based on the gross floor area (GFA) of the building minus one or more of the "sub-areas" of the building. Since 2001, to encourage the incorporation of green features in building developments, further facilities could be excluded/disregard in GFA.3.1 All covered floor areas of a building, except otherwise exempted, and uncovered areas for commercial uses are deemed the gross floor area of the building for purposes of plot ratio control and development charge.

Floor area ratio. Includes the niches that touch the floor and affect the floor area. When estimating or measuring buildings with multiple storeys or floors, the concept is the same. Multi-storey Buildings. Calculate the defined areas in your project once the rooms, project standards, and room assignment types are assigned. This can sometimes happen with agents who may knowingly send you the wrong areas hoping this is never noticed..!Now lets take a look at the 3 most common area definitions you will use and how you should apply them. The ground area occupied by the principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed 25 per cent of the total area … Total and functional areas (WCs, storage rooms etc. Some ‘excluded’ balcony and/or terrace areas will have a value (which could be significant depending on location and aspect). Adding to this confusion is the practice among some developers to use Subject to sub-paragraph (b), for the purposes of regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22, the gross floor area of a building shall be the area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level (including any floor below the level of the ground), together with the area of each balcony in the building, which shall be calculated from the overall dimensions of the balcony (including the thickness of the sides thereof), and the thickness of the external walls of the building. partitions,…), i.e. Mixed-use residential development is typically a multi-story building with commercial uses on a ground floor, and a shared residential entry lobby, and common access areas such as hallways or stairways that lead to With effect from January 2014, Private enclosed spaces (PES) and private roof terraces (PRT) are counted as part of the bonus GFA capped at 10% above the Master Plan that also includes balconies.For a property with only one tenant, the measurements
A progress bar displays throughout the calculation process.

Specifies the excel template file to use when exporting area calculation data.

Floor area gross. Gross External Area is the area of a building measured externally at each floor level. Those portions of each story above the ground surface prior to any manipulation or grading are usually included in the calculation.

put furniture in the area, then it should be excluded. This is also important when calculating £/sq.ft averages.

How does the area used changes if applied to houses?

You have to adjust the internal gross floor area of each floor for open spaces such as balconies and decks.

Determine the GROSS FLOOR AREA of the Building. Floor areas in property development can often cause a fair bit of confusion, when do you use gross internal area, when does the net apply and what about gross external area? LEED defines Gross Floor Area as follows: "Generally, the gross floor area is the sum of the floor areas of the spaces within the building, including basements, mezzanine and intermediate-floored tiers, and penthouses with headroom height of 7.5 ft (2.2 meters) or greater. This will greatly depend on the characteristics of the site though, and how efficient you can design your development.Hi Mike, thank you for this. floor area of all floors of a building calculated with the external projects with ground floor commercial uses along the street and residential uses above or behind the commer-cial uses. 3.2 URA reserves the right to decide on GFA matters based on the specific design of a development proposal on a case-by-case basis. Is it to say that areas not classed as usable space should also be included? So what does that really mean..? As niches are detected: Creates a graphical representation of the area dissection to display for transparency and mathematical evidence of the area calculation. This includes the surface area and thickness of exterior walls, excavated basement areas, and inner and outer balconies.

The NIA is the Again, the NIA includes everything that the gross internal area does, but excludes the following:So you can see here, that the NIA really strips the building down to the core usable floor space within a building. Net Sales Area is the Gross Internal Area of a new or existing residential dwelling, subject to the following conditions It is stunning how many estate agents and people generally do not know which is the actual correct area to use for houses and residential dwellings, i.e. For normal houses rather than flats- would you just leave it a GIA for the calculation GDV and buildcost?
Generally there are 3 major differences in measuring floor area.