[Greenbuilding] Home Measurements

[Drew A. Gillett, P.E.]

this is why many of our passive solar greenhouses are done as bumpouts 
without foundations. one client even did the bedroom bunks this way.
it doesn't sound like much,  100 sq ft of bunks and 100 sq ft of gh saves 
$200/sq.ft appraisel x 200 sq.ft x  $30/1000 tax  or $1200 per year in 
property taxes and $200 in fuel savings. kind of puts a perspective on what 
really costs in building.

glad to hear the standard confirms some clients experiences.

thicker walls do cost property tax money.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JAY WALSH" <jaywalsh at usa.net>
To: <greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:48 PM
Subject: [Greenbuilding] Home Measurements


>
>
>
> The ANSI Z765 Standard for Measuring of Floor Area, developed by an 
> American
> National Standards Committee, it is the convention used by realtors, real
> estate appraisers and assessors. The standard involves the calculation and
> reporting of above-grade square footage and below-grade square footage in
> single-family houses. It is not applicable to apartment/multifamily 
> buildings
> and does not cover room dimensions.
>
> The standard defines the Square Footage of qualifying Finished Area or
> Finished Square Footage
> using the exterior dimensions of the building at each floor level, and
> including the areas of all
> interior walls and voids. The thickness of any corner trim pieces or
> greenhouse windows that do
> not have a corresponding floor level are excluded. For attached units, the
> outside dimension is
> the center line of the common walls. Internal room dimensions are not used 
> in
> this system of
> measuring.
> Measurements are taken to the nearest inch or tenth of a foot. The 
> Finished
> Square Footage of a
> house is rounded to the nearest whole square foot and listed separately 
> for
> above-grade finished
> and unfinished square footage and for below-grade finished and unfinished
> square footage.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jay Walsh
>
>
>
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