"Chris Nellist" wrote in
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I am house-hunting in Ireland, and an agent has sent me floor-plans of a
house that looks interesting.

But all the measurements are wrong, in that "1m" seems to represent
a distance of about 2.2 metres.

I asked the agent and he said this was for "reference" only. Which is,
of course, not a proper answer.

My first thought (cynic that I am) was that there'd been some sort of
planning scam. But this doesn't seem to be so, because the overall floor
area appears to be stated accurately. (Obviously being in discrepancy with
the stated linear measures).

Is some weird unit being used???

It sounds like a simple mistake. Units were always given in feet up
recently but now will often be given in metres.
I lived in Germany for a while and am used to both units but for house
buying, I tend to have all my mental bench marks for room and house sizes in
feet (for lengths and areas). In Ireland, we are in transition. My kids
barely know what a foot or inch is but estate agents are a conservative lot.
I bought a house 2.5 years ago (International Standard years) and I think
the brochure units were imperial OR a mixture/both were given.

I have absolutely no idea what your units are.


If so, I don't know what it might be. A 1/14 of a second of latitude
doesn't sound right. Or maybe measurements are altered by a factor of sqrt
5 so that rooms appear to have 1/5 of their actual area? But that doesn't
sound right either! I mean, why on earth do it?

So what's the reason for the curious measurements?

I can't quite suss this one out!

Cheers,

Chris