Square footage standard changes

America's Community Banker;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......country defending their buildings' square footage size representations included in the...accepted standard for the calculation of square footage in housing. The need for, and absence...develop a new singlefamily residential square footage measurement standard. This standard...

Listing square footage of house tends to cause problems.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ......homes have a different appeal. While square footage matters, and certainly larger homes...how the house is laid out and how the square footage is utilized that really matters. You...picked up a flier that did not mention square footage. He also picked up a copy of the Multiple...

Measuring house can be exercise in variables; Many reasons exist why...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 17, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Many home buyers don't understand how square footage is determined and what it does - and...beyond bragging rights - why precise square footage is important. Appraisers, Realtors...house. But for as many reasons why square footage is important, there are that many ways...

Beware: Some builders fudge square footage

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 30, 1999 ;     576 words ......should not be counted toward the home's square footage. That's not always the case. Consider...price, was unacceptable. Unfortunately, square footage discrepancies are common - though this...builders count heated, livable space as square footage. "That could include a basement if...

Size Matters! Measuring and Calculating Residential Square Footage.(Book...

Appraisal Journal;  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Measuring and Calculating Residential Square Footage by D. Hamp Thomas--The Measure Man...Measuring and Calculating Residential Square Footage is not just a book about how to measure...consistency in measuring and calculating square footage. D. Hamp Thomas ( The Measure Man...

Square Footage

Design Cost Data;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......square foot in all buildings, the total square footage in a building can differ widely. Why...building areas or relying on quoted square footage. As a result of the various business...writing agencies have also defined square footage of buildings in various ways for the...

Square-footage method doesn't measure up

American Agent & Broker;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......we always use a cost estimator, based on the square footage." "Square footage, eh? With a cost estimator? You're right about...which I herewith share with you as well. Using square footage is an odd technique. First, it reconfirms that...

Get the most out of your building's space.(SQUARE-FOOTAGE ACCOUNTING)

Buildings;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......now is the time to gather accurate square-footage information about your properties so...how do you correctly determine total square footage, and what common area factor is charged...tenants? You should recalculate property square footage and building factors to know for sure...

Some builders get around square footage rule

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 15, 1991 ;     361 words ......accepted definition of architectural square footage, that doesn't prevent some builders...what can and can't be included in the square footage totals when it comes to living space...seem logical to similarly compute the square footage of a two-story home by multiplying...

Sorry, wrong number. (calculating square footage in homes)

Builder;  March 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......the Realtor for misrepresenting the square footage and won. The case revealed that the square footage total, while listed as heated and air...lawsuits aren't the only issue for square-footage discrepancies. Builders can haggle...

THE WWD LIST: MAGIC NUMBER; THE TOP 13 MAGIC EXHIBITORS, RANKED BY TOTAL...

WWD;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......1. Perry Ellis International; Total square footage: 9,400 Miami-based Perry Ellis had...pery.com 2. Williamson-Dickie; Total square footage: 7,800 The two-story, two-time-award-winni...dickies.com 3.(1) Sean John; Total square footage: 7,000 The two-story booth was designed...

MAYOR FENTY MANDATES TIME AND DISTANCE METERS FOR DC CABS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 17, 2007 ;     290 words ......current zone fare system to time and distance meters. The system, created by Congress during...fare system. By switching to time and distance meters, we meet the needs of the residents...for every taxi passenger." Time and distance meters calculate the fare based on a standard...

Warehouse square footage.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Chain Drug Review;  October 11, 1999 ;     29 words ...Warehouse square footage 1998 1997 1996 1995 (000) (000) (000) (000) Avg. sq. ft. warehouse 99,741 100,209 87,574 95,032 Median sq. ft. warehouse 81,160 85,000 75,833 80,000 Source: NWDA.

Get ready to change how you calculate square footage. (proposed National...

Professional Builder (1993);  August 1, 1995 ;     463 words ...NAHB endorses standard to measure square footage dimensions from outside wall to outside...Home Builders, will count a house's square footage as the area between the finished surfaces...the house cannot be included in the square footage, such as exterior porches or decks...

ANSI square footage calculation open for comment. (Industry and Institute...

Valuation Insights & Perspectives;  March 22, 2002 ;     102 words ......Institute standard Z765, Single-Family Residential Buildings - Square Footage Method for Calculating, is undergoing a maintenance review...procedures to be followed in measuring and calculating the square footage of detached and attached single-family houses. The comment...