In the US, the size of a house in calculated by measuring the outside
of the exterior walls, so when we say a house is 2,000 square feet,
we're referring to the "footprint" of the house. The second floor is
measured the same way, but we don't include stairs or spaces that open
up to the ground floor.

If your house is 20 square meters, that measurement probably includes
the space taken up by the walls, closets, halls, baths, etc. For
flooring, you probably need to measure the individual rooms and then
add a waste factor, usually about 10% (more or less for different
flooring types). This type of calculation is much simpler if you
convert everything to yards, feet, and inches and do your calculations
using mirror images of Roman numerals.



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ODB wrote:
Hi all,

I have been looking at a house, they are quoting it as 20 metres/or 20
sqaures.

I always get confused how this is calculated for the purposes of changing
the floor.

It is a decent size single storey house, lounge room is 5m x 5m, 3 bedrooms
3x3, kitchen plus 2 bathrooms.

Are the hallways and bathroom/kitchen included in that 20?

Can anyone shed light on how these realtors work?

Thanks!