Is this apartment really 820sq ft (without patios)?

[LxMxFxD4]

2 things:

1) There are various well defined standards for measuring square footage. Do you count mechanical/ service areas or not? Measure to the centerline of a wall, face of finish, or outside? Gross, net, rentable, etc. all get defined differently by different organizing bodies (BOMA, FICM, etc). For multi-unit apartment buildings the standard is ANSI/BOMA Z65.4—2010, which largely updates and clarifies the older NAHB standard.

2) The above generally doesn't matter when it comes to renting apartments. Partly because almost no one gets it right (by any standard much less the one they should be using), and partly because either way you're going to have to go look at it and decide if it's enough space for you and your stuff. No measurement standard I know of gives any weight to how efficiently space is laid out.

Just use the published SF to find places in the right ballpark and then go check it out.

Good advice but my current apt is 750sq ft and I think I need at least this much space honestly. If this one calculates to less than that its going to be very tight. And again, I applied for it (free application luckily) sight unseen as they do not have one available to view.

Not sure what I'll do if my app is approved. Require a viewing before signing any leasing documents?

 

[Dubb]

But how do you know your current apartment is being measured the same way you're attempting to estimate this one? did you measure out 750 or is that what the apartment complex published?

You're trying to achieve a level of precision that is A) nearly impossible and B) largely irrelevant due to the whole efficiency issue. The difference between 750 and 820, even measured to the same standard, could be completely negligible or huge. The 750 might even feel larger if the 820 has the extra 70sf in the wrong places (hallways are the common sf killer, but there are others.)

The real usefulness of these published plans is so you can measure your furniture and make sure it will fit along a given wall.

 

[nageov3t]

1 bathroom? Waste of space putting a closet in the bathroom.

maybe there's pipes or a hot water heater in there or something?

could be a useful place to store stuff like a mop/bucket, vacuum cleaner, out-of-season clothes/linens (in air tight containers since the humidity may be high in a bathroom), etc.

 

[SparkyJJO]

maybe there's pipes or a hot water heater in there or something?

could be a useful place to store stuff like a mop/bucket, vacuum cleaner, out-of-season clothes/linens (in air tight containers since the humidity may be high in a bathroom), etc.

This. The water heater and air handler/furnace are probably in there.

 

[LxMxFxD4]

This. The water heater and air handler/furnace are probably in there.

No, they are clearly marked as on one of the patios. De humidifiers are handled by air conditioners

 

[Cheesemoo]

thinking of importing into AutoCAD....

 

[D1gger]

I imported the drawing into a construction takeoff program we use, and the inside wall measurements of the apartment area came to 808 ft2 (excluding the patios). If you add on the H/W tank closet off the patio that adds another 12 ft2.