RE: [HumJanenge] Query on calculation of carpet area in Mumbai buildings

Dear friends,
CARPET AREA AS DEFINED IN BIS - INDIAN STANDARDS IS'' THE INSIDE AREA OF THE FLAT AFTER REMOVING ALL INTERNAL WALLS AND INSIDE PLASTER ON PERIFERAL WALLS''.
USABLE AREA HAS NO STANDARD DEFINITION !
REGARDS,
K SAMPATH

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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:19:18 +0530
From: iyer_ga@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] Query on calculation of carpet area in Mumbai buildings
To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
CC: journoshiv@gmail.com

Dear Shiva kumar, Information furnished by you appear to be not enough to give you proper  advice/suggestion. Is the building a CHS or is it rented/tenenated and what the members together greed with developer. Pls give your contact no. so that more information could be exchanged. Iyer GA 9892240127 --- On Sun, 13/2/11, Shiv Kumar <journoshiv@gmail.com> wrote: From: Shiv Kumar <journoshiv@gmail.com> Subject: [HumJanenge] Query on calculation of carpet area in Mumbai buildings To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, 13 February, 2011, 12:31 AM Dear all, The building my parents live in is going in for redevelopment. The carpet area of every flat is around 250 square feet. Now the builder who is redeveloping the building proposes to give every flat owner a 'usable' carpet area of 250 square feet. The wording in the draft agreement is "250 carpet area inclusive of enclosed balcony". The builder refuses to drop the words "inclusive of enclosed balcony" from the agreement. What are the implications of this? What do residents stand to lose by the addition of the words "inclusive of enclosed balcony"? Alternatively what does the builder gain by adding the above words ? Would appreciate of a detailed reply to this question. Shiv Kumar Mumbai.