By The Folks (guest contributor)

The wife and I came across an article in the Forum page of our de facto English newspaper (“So many questions, so few answers”) from a certain Mr. Tan who happens to be an enthusiastic first-time home buyer. He claimed that the numerous doubts and anomalies he had noticed after viewing several new and completed projects could not be explained clearly even by experienced real estate agents. He went on to list the questions he is stilling seeking answers to.

While maintaining that we are not real estate experts (and thus not dispensing professional advice here), we like to have a crack at Mr. Tan’s questions:

1. What constitutes part of total floor area and what does not?

Technically speaking, everything that is shown on the floor plan of an apartment/house will form a part of the total floor area. The obvious ones are open ...