Difference between Built up area, super area & carpet area.

When we talk about the upcoming real estate project of any particular building construction company, we often hear the words like Super area, built up area or carpet area. We will try to understand the basic difference between these three things here.

                   Basically the super area includes the parking space, lifts, balconies and servant rooms etc. If we exclude the Parking space and lifts we will get the net built up area. And if we further reduce the area covered by walls, balconies, servant room and toilets we get the final carpet area which is used for living. This area is called carpet area because we can cover this particular area by a carpet. 

For example, if the super area of any particular flat is 1200 sq feet then it doesnt mean that we will have the complete 1200 sq feet for living. After we exclude the parking and lift space suppose 100 sq feet, we'll get the built up area i.e. 1100 sq feet. If we again reduce the walls, balconies, servant room and toilets we will get the actual carpet area which is (in the example here) 1100 - 300 = 800. So you can see that there is a huge difference between super area and carpet area (around 400 sq feet).