Discover the difference between usable area, private gross area, gross and dependent area

Knowledge of concepts such as areas of a property are essential when buying, selling, or building a house; these areas mostly influence the final value of a property. Being that the price barometer is determined by the value of m2.


Concepts of areas: 
#1 Gross Area: 
 Total area of a property, includes garages, private balconies, terraces, storage, share that corresponds to the common circulations of the building;

#2 Useful Area:
Movable area comprising all interior walls, partitions and ducts of the property;
Lower than the area of gross construction. 

#3 Gross Private Area: 
Comprises all areas minus open balconies, garage and storage, i.e., includes enclosed private balconies, basements and private attics;

#4 Dependent Area: 
Coated and enclosed areas for private use, even if they consist of common rooms, located on the outside of the property. It then comprises garages, storage rooms, animal accommodations, attics or basements, and balconies. This being so it will be everything that is not included in the private gross floor area. 

Determine areas: 
After knowing and distinguishing all the areas, when you are looking for a property, and you find it with 1,500€m2 ask the question: to which area does this value belong? Usually in the accounts of the gross area, the m2 value is usually lower, when compared to the useful area. 

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