Carpet area is the space that can be applied to develop a carpet inside the home. It is the net useful space of the home. It involves the concentration of the interior wall but eliminates the terrace or balcony. Technically, the gap within interior walls is carpet area. Additionally, it will involve the staircase only if it is inside the house, but balcony, lift, lobby, etc. will not be included in the carpet area.

How To Measure The Entire Carpet Area? 

There are various ways of measuring the carpet area. Firstly, you should know that the carpet area is 70% of the built-up area. For example, considering that the built-up area is 2,000 sq ft, your carpet area should be 70% off 2,000 sq ft, which is, in this example, is 1400 sq ft. So your carpet area is 1400 sq ft.

What Is The Built-Up Area?

In simple words, the built-up area is the addition of carpet area and the area covered by walls. The built-up area covers balconies, mezzanine floors and another detachable habitable area such as servant room, etc. You must also know that walls which are distributed with additional units are factored in at 50% while other walls are measured entirely.

How To Calculate The Built-Up Area?

Rationally, built-up area = carpet area + spaces incorporated by walls. Generally, it is 10-15% more than the carpet area. This can be understood with this following example.

Suppose, areas covered as the dry balcony, terraces add up to the 10% of the built-up area while the usable area is just 70% of the built-up area. So, if the built-up area is 2,000 sq ft, it indicates that 30% i.e. the 600 sq ft. is not applicable while 1400 sq ft is the residual area that will be utilized.

What Is Super Built-Up Area?

Super built-up area is the built-up area in counting to the proportionate part of the opening of the lobby, generator rooms, clubhouse, security room and some other shared areas in the complex. Despite, underground sump, inaccessible flower beds, lofts shall not include in the super built-up area.

Calculating Super Built-Up Area

Considering the super built-up area in the common areas such as elevator, veranda, etc., developers estimate 1.25 as a multiplying term to calculate super built-up area. This improves the entire saleable space by 25%. This percentage is estimated as loading. Several developers manage to extract filling Figures while measuring the saleable space. For example, if the carpet area is 1200 sq ft., the developer adds priming of 30%, you have to pay for 1560 sq ft, whereas you are using just 1200 sq ft.

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