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Sold prices per m2 data
the_boot
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So looking at EPC certificates of properties I am viewing I notice that the m2 is included in that document.
Since many sources such as land registry, rightmove, etc record average selling prices, and the m2 of said properties is also known - do any of the popular data sources publish average sold prices per m2?
Not that I would use such a figure as gospel of course, but it would be a useful tool for making judgements of the value of the properties you are viewing.
Since many sources such as land registry, rightmove, etc record average selling prices, and the m2 of said properties is also known - do any of the popular data sources publish average sold prices per m2?
Not that I would use such a figure as gospel of course, but it would be a useful tool for making judgements of the value of the properties you are viewing.
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I'm not sure how useful such information would be - the EPC I was given for the flat I bought last year overestimated the floor area by about a third (in my opinion). Even the valuation report gave a figure that, while lower than the EPC, was still higher than I believe the correct figure to be.Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
And you're Peter Duncan; I gave you fair warning0 -
Yeah if it's just some kind of sheer estimation that would kind of defeat the object. Thanks0
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I'm not sure how useful such information would be - the EPC I was given for the flat I bought last year overestimated the floor area by about a third (in my opinion). Even the valuation report gave a figure that, while lower than the EPC, was still higher than I believe the correct figure to be.
How difficult can it be to get a correct figure for the floor area? You just take the area of each level and add them together.
Did you have any idea why your figure and the others differed?0 -
As there are three ways of measuring a property, (Gross external, Gross internal, Net internal), unless you know which method has been used, the figures are meaningless.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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How difficult can it be to get a correct figure for the floor area? You just take the area of each level and add them together.
Did you have any idea why your figure and the others differed?
No idea. My own figure was based on the plan of the building that came with the lease. I assume the others came from internal measurements. Exactly how you manage to be out by a third or so is beyond me.Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
And you're Peter Duncan; I gave you fair warning0 -
All of our floor plans work on a gross internal area.
Have just checked a handful of houses, to compare what the EPC says, to what our floor planners say, and figures are surprisingly close, 2-3% variance or thereabouts.0 -
The UK's never really gone in for floor area as a useful metric of properties, for some bizarre reason - most other countries regard it as one of the most basic attributes. They can't understand our fixation on the number of bedrooms...0
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Still very secondary - you need to look at the floorplan and the EPC, and they rarely agree.
Oh yes, but always was going to take a while to alter people's attitudes to how different properties can be compared. It's only really the last 10 years that floor plans have become commonplace.
Most new homes developments are priced per square foot/square metre. It's gradually filtering down to the masses.
A very small, and unscientific, sample of the houses I deal with does not show any significant difference between EPC and plan.0
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