In Michigan, it's illegal to count even finished basements in square footage

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May 16, 2024
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In Michigan, it's illegal to count even finished basements in square footage

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Japan Coug

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Why so big Utah?

CBaass

May 16, 2:58pm

RE: Why so big Utah?

Mikey

May 16, 3:00pm

...apparently, NOT everything is bigger in Texas

May 16, 4:47pm

Big families and basements.

Jdoc

May 16, 3:00pm

No one builds basements in North Carolina. It is too wet here I think.

SLC-Durham

May 16, 3:03pm

Same with Florida. That would definitely skew the findings.

AF_Puma

May 16, 3:06pm

2800 square feet??

TLCougar

May 16, 3:01pm

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UVCoug

May 16, 3:25pm

Because we can

May 16, 3:01pm

Here's all the discussion you could ever want on the topic

Hypnotoad

May 16, 3:02pm

Utah counts basement sqft, many other states do not.

Tokolosh

May 16, 3:03pm

One thing I've seen when comparing in other areas, Utah almost universally counts basement space as part of square

Pete

May 16, 3:03pm

In Michigan, it's illegal to count even finished basements in square footage

Japan Coug

May 16, 3:14pm

Same in Missouri. Square footage is finished square feet above ground

BYUMizzou

May 16, 3:34pm

Where have you seen that? I've looked at a lot of Utah homes on Zillow and even

Team Chaos

May 16, 3:16pm

Here is a Zillow example. 800 above ground and 800 below to get to the total sqft.

Tokolosh

May 16, 3:19pm

That's fair, and I'm not necessarily disagreeing. I'm just saying I've looked at

Team Chaos

May 16, 3:24pm

I'd look elsewhere, like realtor.com.

Tokolosh

May 16, 3:25pm

Just quickly checked two Utah homes on realtor.com. Neither have basement square

Team Chaos

May 16, 3:27pm

Do they have basements?

Tokolosh

May 16, 3:29pm

They do, and they both have completely finished basements as well. The basement

Team Chaos

May 16, 3:31pm

Do you have the listings? I've never seen it in Utah.

Tokolosh

May 16, 3:35pm

My house on zillow only includes the finished square feet. The total sqare feet is 4700. That's what it is

Pete

May 16, 3:47pm

What would it be without any of the basement square footage at all?

Japan Coug

May 16, 3:52pm

2300

Pete

May 16, 4:44pm

This is how your square footage would be reported in many/most other states.

Japan Coug

May 16, 4:47pm

Easy.....because of children.

SoValleyCOUG

May 16, 3:11pm

Big families, and counting basements in square footage (many other states don't)

Japan Coug

May 16, 3:12pm

Is your "dwelling" above/below the average?

eysikal

May 16, 3:18pm

One word: BASEMENTS

Tysman Rap

May 16, 3:19pm

Basement i.e., we mean large amounts of space for food storage and ammo

braddahmike

May 16, 3:31pm

Ha. Europe sucks. Look how tiny their dwellings are.

Ham

May 16, 3:28pm

Would be interesting to see this as sq ft per household member too

sportsgeek82

May 16, 3:30pm

Hawaii has the smallest dwellings. Makes sense. Who is there for the indoors?

May 16, 4:18pm

Sisterwifes

GilbertAZCougar

May 16, 4:55pm

Cmon do you have to ask?

BYU Grounds

May 17, 9:24pm

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