Qm calculation for the top floor apartment
Various studies have shown that the actual living space in many attic apartments differs considerably from the number of square meters specified in the rental agreement. To make sure that you are not paying more rent than necessary, you should do a square meter calculation yourself.
How many square meters is your top floor apartment really?
A calculation of the living space in square meters is not as easy to carry out for top floor apartments as one might think. Please note the following.
- Since attic apartments usually also have sloping ceilings, the ceiling height is not the same everywhere in the apartment. This must be taken into account when calculating the sqm.
- Depending on how high the ceiling is in one area of the apartment, the corresponding area is counted as one hundred percent, fifty percent, 25 percent or not at all.
- In addition, certain areas of the apartment such as balconies, terraces, bay windows or the parts of the room below stairs are usually not fully taken into account in the sqm calculation. However, this also partly depends on when the rental contract has been closed.
Provisions for the sqm calculation for sloping ceilings
Although the above-mentioned regulations result in a confusing jumble of provisions, there are some basic provisions that you should use as a guide when calculating the sqm of your attic apartment can.
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- All rooms and room parts of an attic apartment that have a ceiling height of at least two meters must be fully taken into account in the sqm calculation.
- The parts of the room where the ceiling height is between one and two meters due to the inclination in an attic apartment, on the other hand, only needs to be included in the square meter calculation for half.
- Parts of the room within the apartment that are lower than one meter can be completely disregarded in the sqm calculation. Balconies, terraces etc. are usually credited to 25%.
If the square meter calculation should be problematic due to the angled floor space of the attic apartment, it is It is advisable to divide the living space into several smaller rectangles, each with the same height as the ceiling note.
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