What is the difference between usable area and living area?

The question is actually quite simple, the usable area is the area you actually use. Living area.

We're talking about floor area.

The floor area should include: usable area and some common areas. Common area, such as the area occupied by the wall, a wall belongs to two households, of course, it has to be shared, not yours alone.

There are also elevators, halls, walks, and so on, and these areas are shared by the people in the building, because they all have to walk. And how to apportion.

It's not as simple as half of you and half of me, it's about apportioning those common areas according to the proportion of the floor area of the house you bought in the whole building. Therefore, the usable area will often be less than the living area, which is the reason.

I hope it can help you, it's more tiring to write, if you can help. Thank you.

Usable Area: The usable area is the sum of the net area of each dwelling except for the thickness of the walls. These include bedrooms, living rooms, hallways, corridors, kitchens, bathrooms, storage rooms, wall cabinets (without hanging cabinets), indoor stairs (by projection area), and balconies.

In rooms with sloping roof structures, the part of the floor height below the meter is not included in the area.

Living area: The living area of a dwelling is the sum of the net area of the living room directly used by the residents in the floor plan of the residential building. When the area of the hall and corridor in the sub-door exceeds 6 square meters, it can be counted as one-half of its area in the living area.

<> calculation method and calculation range are different. First of all, the calculation method of the two is different, and the calculation formula of housing area mainly refers to the sum of the shared area such as the usable area, the wall area, the balcony area, and the elevator. The formula for calculating the construction area is the structural area, the usable area in the suite, and the auxiliary area.

Secondly, the calculation range of the two is also different. Housing area refers to the net area of each floor of a building for production and living. The floor area refers to the sum of the floor area measured by the horizontal plane of the building.

Housing area includes per capita housing living area and per capita housing construction area, living area refers to the actual use area of the house, refers to the area of your housing suite, and construction area refers to the area marked on the real estate certificate, including public sharing. The per capita residential floor area in China is about 30 square meters in urban areas and square meters in rural areas.

Over the past 30 years since the reform and opening up, the living conditions and living environment of urban and rural residents in China have undergone earth-shaking changes. The per capita housing area of urban residents in China has increased from square meters of urban residents in 1978 to square meters in 2008, an increase of more than four times. The quality of housing, the rate of housing completion, supporting facilities and the environment have been greatly improved.

The per capita housing area in rural China has increased more than fourfold from square meters in 1978 to square meters in 2008. China's real estate industry has grown from scratch and from small to large, and has become an important driving force for China's rapid economic growth.