Carpet Area, Plinth Area and
Super Built-up Area
Courtesy: Property Plus, The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/02/17/stories/2007021700470300.htm
Photo: Murali Kumar K.
COMMON TERMS: Carpet Area refers to the total usable area within the four
walls of an apartment or a commercial space.
In brochures and other marketing material and legal documents
relating to residential buildings and commercial complexes, we frequently come
across usages such as Carpet Area, Plinth Area and Super Built-up Area. Let us
fully find out what they stand for.
The term `Carpet Area' refers to the total usable area within
the four walls of an apartment or a commercial space, as the case may be. In
other words, it refers to the area for which a carpet can be laid if required by
the owners.
The term `Plinth Area' refers to the entire carpet area along
with the thickness of the external walls of the apartment. It obviously includes
the thickness of the internal walls and the columns, if any, lying within the
four walls of an apartment. The commercial space is not taken into account in
calculating the plinth area.
The term `Super Built-up Area' refers to the plinth area of
an apartment or a commercial unit as added by the balconies and other common
areas like corridors, staircase, lift room, motor room, security room, meeting
hall, gymnasium and an area reserved for indoor games.
What is
sold and how?
Generally, the area that is sold to a prospective purchaser,
be it a residential apartment building or a commercial building, is the super
built-up area. The prospective purchaser not only purchases the plinth area
along with the balconies but also purchases a proportionate share in all the
common areas as mentioned above. While selling a residential apartment or a
commercial space, the super built- up area is always sold along with the
proportionate undivided share, right, title and interest in the land on which
the residential apartment building or commercial building has been constructed.
The undivided share of land pertaining to a residential
apartment or a commercial space is generally arrived at by the formula i.e., the
super built-up area of the apartment/ commercial space as divided by the total
super built-up area in the building which in turn is multiplied by the total
land area.
For e.g., if the land area is say 5,000 sq. ft, the total
super built-up area is 10,000 sq. ft and the super built-up area of the
apartment concerned is 2, 000 sq. ft, the undivided share of land pertaining to
the apartment will be 2000 divided by 10,000 sq. ft x 5000 sq. ft which is equal
to 1000 sq. ft.
Courtesy: Property Plus, The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/pp/2007/02/17/stories/2007021700470300.htm
