Assuming the needs of a living space is the same across both populations, this graphic seems disingenuous. The pixel count of the apartment suggests it could fit 6½ of the homes per floor. Across 9 floors that’s 58 homes worth of square footage.
I assume the homes have garages, which would not account for living space. But garages don’t account for 42% of a homes’ size.
True, but what I’m saying is that there are losses in livable square footage represented in the apartment. A home’s SqFt excludes the garage, so a 1500 SqFt home is actually 1740 SqFt with a 1-car garage. I.e. a 1-car garage only takes up 14% of the area underneath a roof of a 1500 Livable-SqFt house. Yet, the represented apartment has lost 42%.
That implies that if the the houses in the picture are 1500 livable square feet, then the apartments are 1009 livable square feet; a ⅓ loss in livable area.
Apartment Complex = 58 Homes' worth of area including garage (1,740 × 58 = 100,920 SqFt)
100,920 / 100 apartments = 1,009 SqFt per apartment
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Assuming the needs of a living space is the same across both populations, this graphic seems disingenuous. The pixel count of the apartment suggests it could fit 6½ of the homes per floor. Across 9 floors that’s 58 homes worth of square footage.
I assume the homes have garages, which would not account for living space. But garages don’t account for 42% of a homes’ size.
You should see some of the houses around here. Sometimes, the garage is more than 60% of the whole house.
For that to be true, you’d have a 2-car garage attached to at most 400 SqFt of living space…
Or in other words, for a home with a reasonable 1500 SqFt of living space, you’d need at least an 8 car garage…
Yeah. Sometimes they even have 3 car garages. They are funky as fuck. Like apartments with multiple garages attached.
Car parking isnt needed because there’s nowhere to go
True, but what I’m saying is that there are losses in livable square footage represented in the apartment. A home’s SqFt excludes the garage, so a 1500 SqFt home is actually 1740 SqFt with a 1-car garage. I.e. a 1-car garage only takes up 14% of the area underneath a roof of a 1500 Livable-SqFt house. Yet, the represented apartment has lost 42%.
That implies that if the the houses in the picture are 1500 livable square feet, then the apartments are 1009 livable square feet; a ⅓ loss in livable area.
Apartment Complex = 58 Homes' worth of area including garage (1,740 × 58 = 100,920 SqFt) 100,920 / 100 apartments = 1,009 SqFt per apartmentOk, double the pink block. Now what?
Then you’d be closer to genuine compared to what this graphic shows.