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Showing posts with label 1 1/2 story. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

When .3 Looms Large

1.5 Story vs.
1.2 Story

When is .30 huge?

When it's the difference between a home that is 1 1/2 stories and 1.2 stories (and no, it's not kosher -- or mathematically accurate -- to round up to 1.5 from 1.2).

A home that is a legitimate 1 1/2 story can have an upper level that has almost as many finished square feet as the main level.

However, when it's a 1.2 story, the upstairs overhead is typically less than seven feet -- usually, much less.

The result is space that doesn't qualify as legal finished square feet, and practically, isn't really usable that way either (although it can still be valuable storage).