The extent or measurement of the floor in a room or building.
a large bungalow with a floor area of 1250 square feet
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- Apply a minimum of 4 ounces of bait per 1,000 square feet of floor area.
- Also included in the sale are a number of outhouses with a combined floor area of 232 square metres.
- Steps from the kitchen lead down to two spacious rooms which represent the original floor area of the schoolhouse.
- The cottage has a floor area of just over 53 square metres.
- The building extends to a net internal floor area of around 473 square metres.
- They approved a proposal two years ago requiring any developer of the prime waterfront site to set aside a quarter of the floor area for public housing.
- The Aspen is a four- or five-bedroom dormer-style house with a floor area of 176.5 square metres.
- Comfortable chicks are usually distributed evenly throughout the floor area of the brooding unit.
- The floors areas are somewhat smaller near the top, giving the structure a gently tapering appearance on the skyline.
- The compactness of the form minimizes heat loss despite the large amount of glazing, approximately 40 per cent of floor area.