What counts in the sq ft?
I'm looking at a property to move my business into.  Found an "interesting" property.  It's advertised as 1000 sq ft apartment and 4100sq ft retail space.  I was told the 4100 sq ft is just the main floor and does not include any of the other spaces.


Details:

* Floor 1: Retail space.

* Floor 2A: Apartment

* Floor 2B: Attic space that is pretty much unfinished but has this small (10x10 I think) room that is finished.

* Basement: Unfinished.  It was used by the previous tenant but it looks like an unfinished basement.


Looked at it the other day and it felt smaller than the size listed but I've been known to get a little thrown off when first looking at a property.  I decided to do some measuring using Google Earth and the size came in ~3000 sq ft.  Went over today and did a quick measurement of the exterior of the building and when I figure in walls, I came to ~2300 sq feet.  That's just measuring the main floor retail space.


So how would you calculate the overall sq footage?  Is it fair to say it's a 4000 sq ft property because of the basement and attic space?
[{"id": "darkucc", "text": "You said you were told the just the main floor is 4,000sf, so obviously whoever told you that is wrong.  \n\nTypically a broker would count all the space and the advertisement would break it down.\n\nMain floor retail - 2,300sf\nUnfinished Basement - 1,000\nAttic - 700 \n\nCRE is priced per st.  The basement and attic should be priced much letter than the retail. \n\nI think a simple phone call with the listing agent should clarify this.  ", "replies": [{"id": "darlomc", "text": "Yeah, but you're also supposed to be able to measure the property properly and provide decent photos of the building.  How many agents do that?\n\nAnywho, I sent them an email earlier today.  We'll see what happens.  I was just curious if I was somehow missing something.\n\nWhen calculating the price I'll figure the retail space at one rate, the apartment at another, and the basement at one rate, and the attic as another.  Then I'll see what happens.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dat7di7", "text": "Do you have a broker you're working with? Two reasons why you should:\n\n1) Doesn't cost you anything.\n2) They can communicate with the landlord's parties much more effectively than you can.\n\nA simple request of the architectural drawings could produce what you're looking for, or you can ask for the BOMA measurements. It is an international standard of measuring space and will tell you the rentable square footage that you would be paying for.\n\nUltimately if the space feels smaller than what you need, just find another one.\n\nIf you're in GA I'd love to help you out.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]