What is the modern way of figyring square feet? Total? Living space?

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October 21 2009 - Town of Oswego
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I'm in Massachusetts and the rule of thumb here to figure out Gross Living Area is any finished, heated space above ground level.  So even if a basement space is finished, it doesn't count in the GLA, but if an attic was finished and heated, that would count.
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It is finished, heated/cooled contiguous living space.  The rules for finished basements vary from location to location, but tend not to be calculated at square footage in the big number but called out separately.

garages, attics, unfinished basements, covered porches etc are not part of the square foot measurements.
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