Independent Real Estate Appraiser in Austin, Texas: Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell Counties

What is Included in the Square Footage of a House?

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When Measuring a House, What Counts? Not all of the space under your roof counts as living space from an appraiser’s perspective. Some spaces don’t count towards the measured square footage of a home. What Do Appraisers INCLUDE in the Square Footage of a House? Interior spaces that are conditioned spaces (heated, and cooled, if [...]

Square Footage of a House – Part 2 of 3

Measuring a House that isn't a Rectangle

How Do You Find the Size of a House? In post 1 (Determining the Square Footage of a House) in this series of 3 posts about how to calculate the square footage of a house, we discussed the most basic aspects of measuring a house. We covered measuring a house that is a simple rectangle [...]

Determining the Square Footage of a House – Part 1 of 3

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Determining the Square Footage of a House: Easy or Not So Much? (If you don’t find the information you need on this topic, PLEASE comment at the end of the article and we will do our best to answer your questions!) The square footage of a house can be straight-forward to calculate, or it can [...]