In this regard, Mr. Liu is quite puzzled. He asked the Beijing News reporter how to calculate the area of balconies and bay windows when buying a house. Is it reliable for the salesperson to tell him that both of them are gift areas?
Answer:
How to calculate the balcony and bay window area depends on the specific situation. For property buyers, it is not difficult to judge whether the developer's "gift" is reliable, and it is not difficult to make a judgment after understanding the corresponding regulations.
First of all, whether the balcony is a housing area needs to be distinguished according to its nature. Generally speaking, it can be divided into outdoor balcony and indoor balcony. Outside the main structure of the house, the outdoor balcony has a larger area in contact with the sun, which can be used for viewing, leisure and drying clothes. Indoor balconies are usually closed and generally used as storage or leisure space.
For the calculation of balcony area, real estate professionals in wheat fields pointed out that according to the current regulations, the balcony in the main structure should be calculated according to the horizontal area outside its structure, that is to say, indoor balconies should be calculated; The balcony outside the main structure, that is, the outdoor balcony, should be calculated according to the horizontal projection area of the structural floor.
So, how do you know if the balcony is a gift from the developer? It depends on whether the area of this balcony is included in the real estate license and whether there is a charge. If the balcony purchased by Mr. Liu is not included in the property area of the real estate license, there is no need to pay the balcony area fee, which is the area given by the developer, otherwise it will not be counted.
Regarding the convex window mentioned by Mr. Liu, according to the new Code for Calculation of Building Area of Building Engineering, the height difference between the window sill and the indoor floor is 0.45 m or above, or the height difference is below 0.45 m, and the structural clear height is below 2. 10 m (convex window, the building area is not calculated; For convex (floating) windows with the height difference between the window sill and the indoor ground below 0.45m and the clear height of the structure above 2 2. 10/0m, the area of 1/2 shall be calculated according to the horizontal area of the outer periphery of the enclosure structure.
In this regard, wheat field real estate professionals said that buyers can judge whether bay windows should be calculated according to the above provisions. For example, if it is a floor-to-ceiling window, the height from the windowsill to the ceiling exceeds 2. 1 m, which is equivalent to expanding the actual use area of the house, then it should be calculated according to half of the construction area; If it is a floating window that does not fall to the ground, the height does not exceed 2. 1 m, which is not included in the construction area. Similarly, judging whether the bay window belongs to the area given by the developer only depends on whether it is included in the real estate license area and whether it is charged.
Yang Wei, editor of Beijing News, proofreads.
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