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New build - misleading floor area

  • 02-09-2017 9:51pm
    #1
    con1982
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    I'm thinking of putting a deposit down on a new build in Dublin. The estate agent's brochure says the two bed house is 88m2. I downloaded the planning drawings, to check for myself. The internal footprint is 88m2 including the stairs.

    Is it correct to advertise a property like this? I've viewed 50+ houses but I don't recall any other agent including the stairs in the floor area.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Yes this would be the norm.


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    con1982 wrote: »
    I'm thinking of putting a deposit down on a new build in Dublin. The estate agent's brochure says the two bed house is 88m2. I downloaded the planning drawings, to check for myself. The internal footprint is 88m2 including the stairs.

    Is it correct to advertise a property like this? I've viewed 50+ houses but I don't recall any other agent including the stairs in the floor area.

    Yes. The internal floor area is a measurement of the inside face of all external walls.


  • #4
    Lumen
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    kceire wrote: »
    Yes. The internal floor area is a measurement of the inside face of all external walls.
    I assume that's a simplification otherwise a two storey house would have the same floor area if you removed all floors and made it double height.


  • #5
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Lumen wrote: »
    I assume that's a simplification otherwise a two storey house would have the same floor area if you removed all floors and made it double height.

    *on each floor.


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