Difference between Carpet Area, Built-up Area and Super Built-up Area
Buying the perfect home for yourself is one big task, you have to check a number of things that you require and desire in your home. And one of the most important things that you must check is carpet area, built up area and super built up area. Most of us are not aware of all the information about it. In this article, you will be provided a complete guide regarding carpet area, built up area and super built up area and the difference between these three.
What is Carpet Area?
Carpet area is the precise area that can easily be covered by a carpet within a house and is the area of the house excluding the thickness of the inner walls. If you had to lay out a wall-to-wall carpet in your entire house, the area covered would be the actual carpet area. It is the actual area you get to use in your house. Carpet area is usually 70% of the total built-up area.
What Carpet area covers:
- Rooms- Bedrooms, study, Dining room, Dressing Rooms and Other Rooms
- Bathroom
- Balconies within Property unit
- A staircase within Property unit
- Kitchen
- Stores
- What carpet area does not cover:
- External and internal Walls
- Common areas
- Terrace
- Utility Ducts & Interior Part
How to calculate Carpet Area?
Sum of all Area (Bedroom+living room+Balconies+Toilets) - the thickness of the inner walls = Carpet area
What is Built Up area?
Built up area is the area which is totally covered by internal and external walls and it also includes ducts & Interior part. It is also known as the total covered area of the apartment and is the sum of carpet area, area covered by the thickness of walls and includes the terrace, balcony and other livable areas.
Built up Area covers:
- External & Internal walls
- Carpet Area
- Utility Ducts & Interior part(sewage/water pipeline, Interior part of Door and window AC ducts and shafts etc)
Plinth/covered Area
The covered area does not include balcony and any structure called cantilever. This does not have any kind of ground support or from the lower apartment. This, however, is covered in Built up area. So, the covered area/plinth area is the area under the roof.
How do we calculate Built up Area?
Carpet Area + Area of walls + Area of Utility & Interior part = Built Up Area
What is Super Built-Up area?
Built up area of a property and the sum of common areas that are proportioned to the unit is called Super built up Area. The super built up areas may include elevator, swimming pools, garden, lobby, lifts etc. But parking does not count and it is charged separately.
Super built up area covers:
- Built up area of the Property.
- Common areas — Clubhouses, Air ducts, Pipe/shafts Duct, Lift, Staircases, Lobby, Swimming pool, Gymnasium (proportioned to the housing unit)
Super built up area does not cover:
- Roof Terrace
- Water tank
- Lofts
- Parks, Driveways, Garden, Play hub
How do we calculated Super built up Area?
Super built up Area = Built up Area + Proportionate Common area
Carpet Area:
It is the precise area within the walls where a carpet can be spread. It means the area is calculated from inner wall to wall distance inside the house. And it is nothing but the net usable area inside the house.
Built up Area:
Carpet Area + Area of ducts and walls + 1/2 the Area of the terrace
Super Built up area:
Built up area + area occupied by amenities like lifts, elevator, the veranda, swimming pools, garden, clubhouse, Staircase, lobby, lifts stairs (proportioned to the housing unit).
Whenever you are going to buy a property keep carpet area, built up area, super built up area and carpet area calculator in mind to make a good purchase. Pay for the area which you are going to use according to the measurements of the apartment or commercial property you’ll buy.
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