Usable Floor Area Hong Kong

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Usable floor area hong kong. On the contrary construction floor area is for construction cost estimation and this area covers also the ceiling and wall face area. Hong kong use an unique system where gross floor area include a sharepart of common spaces thus two blocks with identical apartment units but with different number of units per floor had different gross floor area stated for each apartment because in the block with fewer apartments per floor the common areas were divided to fewer apartments. Over 3 hectares 322 917 sqft building height. Over 400 000 m2 over 4 628 481 sqft site area.

Gross floor area gfa in real estate is the total floor area inside the building envelope including the external walls and excluding the roof. Buildings in hong kong. Definitions of gfa including which areas are to be counted towards it and which areas aren t vary around the world. When housing is so.

Intended use of storey factor representing usable floor area in m. Disclaimer thi s code is designed primarily as a guideline to assist those involved in properties and these pages are mt intended to be regarded as a treatise of statement on the law of measurement of buildings andjproperties. 58 797 m2 632 886 sqft open space. The usable floor area is defined as the aggregate of the areas of the floor or floors in a storey or building excluding any staircases public circulation space lift landings lavatories water closets kitchens and any space occupied by machinery for any lift air conditioning system or similar service provided for the building.

The code does not claim either. The usable floor area shall refer to the areas intended for use by spectators. West kowloon hong kong. 29 m 95 ft.

Hong kong institute of surveyor has published the code of measuring practice mpracticecode 199903 1 there has laid some quick understanding to the area. Drafting and making legislation in hong kong. Given that usable space in hong kong is usually less than the stated floor area hong kong property could come close to being 10 times more expensive than in new york and tokyo. As these requirements were developed in the late.

Adding to this confusion is the practice among some developers to use gross leasable area gla and gfa interchangeably or to use.