2,390,010
Even in this litigious society I have never heard a complaint or lawsuit about this measurement Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Dan & Laurie Pittsenba...
Bellingham, WA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,844,171
Seriously?
Someone could sue because you do or do not have blue eyes.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Dan & Laurie Pittsenba...
Bellingham, WA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
5,104,806
Not sure what a survey has to do with a floor plan. I can understand a discrepancy with how an appraiser measures. My homes are professionally measured and measured to the ANSI standards as required by my MLS and State. After 20+ years there's never been a whisper of an issue as to inaccurate numbers.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Dan & Laurie Pittsenba...
Bellingham, WA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,571,456
A few years ago, I wrote an ActiveRain post about a fast food company controversy that dealt with "size": What Can We Learn From Subway? Or When A Foot Does Not Equal 12 Inches
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,060,946
My association doesn't compel me to include measurements. My board, however, does. And the disclaimer should hold up in court as long as some care is taken with your measurements.
Builders measure from the "outside" walls, and Realtors® measure from the inside walls, and I've never heard of a case where that's been litigated.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Dan & Laurie Pittsenba...
Bellingham, WA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,416,038
When it is a subway sandwich.... I use the standard measure on the plot plan when it comes to land.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Dan & Laurie Pittsenba...
Bellingham, WA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
4,881,462
Allways be ethical, competent, have have good E&O insurance.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,125,255
We are not required to submit size of rooms, garage space, etc. An owner can check a box on how the size of home was determined...Appraiser, County Records or Building Plans on the Seller Property Condition Disclosure. It is also part of the buyer's due diligence to determine and some even bring their own measuring tape.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
2,781,013
When a "foot" reaches beyond its scope of creation it enters into the mouth
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
Carlsbad, CA
469,510
That's why our MLS does not include any room dimensions or agent measured anything in our listings. I'm not saying I agree but there's too much liability for our members to be willing to have such data accurately gathered and input by agents for their listings.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,239,801
As also a licensed prof engr. my seal on the structure design drawing is the default official property size entered on permit record. An appraiser can do his measurements enter a different value. Odd geometry home will have different values.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Dan & Laurie Pittsenba...
Bellingham, WA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
3,344,906
We do not include measurements in our MLS.
I imagine there is an industry-standard of measurement used and accepted.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
617,935
My dad was a county land surveyor for 30 years. I’ve heard of rods and chains but never an International foot.
Since our MLS requires us to round down I’m not too worried about being sued.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
509,449
I just use square footage based on tax record and put it in the mls as such. If they want to confirm, they can go to the county website or call the county.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
1,543,225
Has never been an issue I've encountered or even heard of; I suppose then,
a foot is a foot when you work in America's Finest City, CA.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
4,691,993
Hmm, I did not know this and I don't think we are required to measure our listings for the MLS. We can provide room sizes, but I don't always do that unless they seem to look small and I want to tout their actual larger size.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
679,404
In our MLS it is common that when you measure that you round up or down for your measurements. EG: 5 ft 9 inches is rounded up to 6 ft
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Susie Kay
Plano, TX
1,502,848
I was not aware of the difference in feet, or there being two kinds. One of the local area boards (San Fernando, now known as Southland Regional) used to require room measurements. The agents banded together with lawyers and made them remove that requirement (via a lawsuit, if memory serves). That was also 15-20 years or more ago (I think). I'd probably put in 0 for the measurements... after consulting with my lawyer.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
7,834,939
In our area, measurements are not usually included. We us the square footage shown in the tax records.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
711,752
We do not measure homes in our market. Is this an optional thing with your mls? If so, I wouldn't take measurements and would suggest if the records from the county on the square footage are not sufficient, a client hire an appraiser to come up with an acceptable number.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
2,182,502
Back in the Day , very few had Size 12's !!!!!!!!!
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
5,228,997
The appraiser uses the same measuring tool as we do to measure the improvement on the property.
The surveyor does his own thing to measure the boundaries of the property and it is certainly not something I ever attempt to measure.
Thankfully, the two don't intermingle!
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
6,392,879
Sounds like fake news to me, where did you pick up this story?
As a Forester I have taken many surveying classes in college, this was never an issue.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,215,388
The easy way is to quote Alan May:
Builders measure from the "outside" walls, and Realtors® measure from the inside walls, and I've never heard of a case where that's been litigated.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
1,196,588
The only figures I use are those that are public record
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
2,178,433
We were advised long ago not to state square footage other than that "per assessor".
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,583,278
I never measured anything..... with new homes, I rely fully on the architectural drawings.... or if the architect does the floor plan with only the sq.ft of each room, I'll have him label the sheet "For Conceptual" purposes....
with resales, I never provided dimensions....if the potential buyer wants to measure interior room sizes, he can do it himself....
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,868,372
4,935,551
536,943
I agree on the attorney message. I can see it rising popularity on late night tv.
1,310,972
We mostly take house living area size from public records. We have a standard advisory for buyers that says - among many other things - that, if the living space of the house is a material matter to you, hire a professional to measure it.
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