Property Price per Sq Ft Calculator

About the Property Price per Sq Ft Calculator

Work out the price per square foot of a flat, house, shop or plot — or per square metre, square yard (gaj), acre, cent, guntha, kanal, marla, bigha or katha — from its total price and area. Say which area the price is quoted on: carpet, built-up, super built-up (saleable) or plot area. Give the carpet area, or the builder’s loading, and the calculator also shows the rate per sq ft of carpet area — the floor you actually get — and, with parking, floor rise, club or other charges added, the all-in rate.

Add up to ten listings and they are ranked side by side on the same basis: on carpet area when every listing has it, otherwise on the area as quoted, with a warning when the quoted areas are not alike. A flat at ₹7,391 per sq ft of super built-up area can cost more per usable sq ft than one at ₹9,186 per sq ft of carpet area — the comparison shows which is really cheaper, and by how much. Your listings stay in this browser.

Common uses

• Comparing flats from different builders that quote super built-up areas with different loadings.
• Checking a builder’s rate per sq ft against the carpet area in the RERA registration.
• Comparing plots priced per gaj, per cent or per acre with others priced per sq ft.
• Seeing what parking, floor rise and club charges add to the real rate.

How the rates are worked out

• Rate = total price ÷ area, in the unit you choose (1 sq ft = 0.09290304 m² exactly; 1 gaj = 1 sq yd = 9 sq ft; 1 acre = 43,560 sq ft; 1 cent = 1/100 acre; 1 guntha = 1/40 acre).
• Carpet area = the carpet area you enter, or quoted area ÷ (1 + loading ÷ 100). A super built-up area of 1,300 sq ft at 30 % loading is 1,000 sq ft of carpet area.
• Loading = (quoted area ÷ carpet area − 1) × 100, shown when you enter a carpet area.
• All-in price = price + other charges; the all-in rate divides it by the carpet area when there is one, else by the quoted area.
• Ranking: lowest rate first, and how much dearer each other listing is, in per cent.

Carpet, built-up and super built-up area

Section 2(k) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 defines carpet area as the net usable floor area of an apartment, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under services shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace area, but includes the area covered by the internal partition walls of the apartment, and section 4(2)(h) has promoters state the number, type and the carpet area of apartments for sale in the project. Built-up and super built-up (saleable) area are trade terms: built-up adds the walls, and often balconies, to the carpet area; super built-up adds a share of lobbies, stairs, lifts and amenities, usually quoted as a loading %. Because the loading differs from project to project, the rate per sq ft of carpet area is the one that compares two flats fairly. To work out the carpet area room by room, use the Carpet Area Calculator.

Plots and land units

Plots are often priced per gaj (square yard), per cent, per guntha or per acre, and land in Haryana per kanal or marla, and in West Bengal per katha or bigha. Under Rates in other units choose the state: the sizes come from Haryana’s land records (1 marla = 9 sarsai = 272.25 sq ft, 20 marla = 1 kanal, 8 kanal = 1 acre; before settlement 20 biswa = 1 bigha) and from the land-value form of West Bengal’s registration directorate (1 katha = 720 sq ft, 20 katha = 1 bigha). Elsewhere a bigha, a ground or a nali has no single size: enter your local unit’s size from the land record or deed. To convert areas themselves, use the Land Area Converter.

What the rate leaves out

Stamp duty and registration, GST where it applies, the maintenance deposit, brokerage and the interest on a home loan are paid on top of the price — the Stamp Duty Calculator works out the duty and registration fees in India and SDLT in the UK. Add the charges the seller makes compulsory (parking, floor rise, club) under other charges, so the all-in rate compares what you really pay for the home.

Sources

• The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — sections 2(k) and 4(2)(h); copy published by the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
• NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8 — square foot (0.09290304 m²) and hectare.
• Haryana Revenue Department — Units of Measurements, jamabandi.nic.in.
• Directorate of Registration and Stamp Revenue, West Bengal — land market-value form.

Limitations

• The rates are only as good as the areas you enter; check the carpet area in the project’s RERA registration and the agreement for sale.
• The RERA Act defines only carpet area; the built-up and super built-up areas builders quote follow no common rule, so two builders’ figures may not be alike — compare on carpet area where you can.
• Rates are arithmetic on your figures, not a valuation: location, floor, view, age, amenities and the builder’s record matter as much. This is not financial advice.
• Land units outside Haryana and West Bengal are taken from the size you enter, because their size changes from place to place.

Privacy

Everything is worked out in your browser. The listings you enter are kept in this browser’s storage on your device, so they are there when you come back, until you press Reset; they are never uploaded.