Room Sizes Only in Metres

westv

Am I the only one that finds it very annoying when EAs only show room measurements in metres and are too lazy to show feet and inches too?

Fluff15

You should be - the metric system has been around for decades, many people nowadays only know the metric system, and everything modern is sold with metric measurements as per EU/Commonwealth regulations. Get with the times, man!

AdrianC

It may finally be time for you to get used to metres, a decade and a half after it became illegal to use imperial units only in that context.

Or, alternatively, move to the US. The _one_ country in the world that doesn't use metric measurements. Even they're (slowly) changing.

densol_2

westv wrote: »

Am I the only one that finds it very annoying when EAs only show room measurements in metres and are too lazy to show feet and inches too?

I'm the same - I can only visualise sizes of rooms if they are in feet and inches !

lulu_92

I like to see how many of me is the room long.

WestonDave

You're probably not the only one yet, but part of a dying breed. I grew up learning metric but with most people talking imperial so I can switch between the two fairly easily and converting 1 metre to 3 1/3rd feet isn't that hard. With most people younger than mid forties never having been taught imperial measures, the market for selling houses (to people needing a 25 year mortgage paid off by retirement) is rapidly closing off the imperial generation. On that basis not bothering with a defunct measure is reasonable.

princeofpounds

Personally I find it annoying when they miss out the measurement in cubits and furlongs.

Errata

princeofpounds wrote: »

Personally I find it annoying when they miss out the measurement in cubits and furlongs.

It's bemusing when the garden measurements aren't rod, pole or perch either.

System

On that basis not bothering with a defunct measure is reasonable.

I hope they don't drive because Imperial is still the mandated measurement system.

'I didn't know what 12ft meant so continued under the bridge in my 4m high vehicle'

AdrianC

Errata wrote: »

It's bemusing when the garden measurements aren't rod, pole or perch either.

That'd be a big pond.

westv

WestonDave wrote: »

With most people younger than mid forties never having been taught imperial measures, the market for selling houses (to people needing a 25 year mortgage paid off by retirement) is rapidly closing off the imperial generation.

What about everybody else? I know of at least two people late thirties who agree with me.
Surely the job of an agent is to provide as much information as possible to ALL potential buyers