Property News · August 28, 2018

Why Hong Kong buildings are bigger than they appear: it’s all in the way they are measured


Generally speaking, a building’s size is quoted in terms of gross floor area or GFA. One of the peculiarities of Hong Kong’s property market is the ability for buildings to grow in size over time.
According to Building (Planning) Regulation 23(3)(a), the GFA of a building is defined as “the area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level (including any floor below the level of the ground), together with the area of each balcony in the…

Source : South China Morning Post
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