I own a Victorian that is built into a gently sloping hillside. It has a true basement in the northern portion of the bottom floor that is built below grade. On the southern side is the summer kitchen that is completely above grade.
It is finished similarly to the rest of the house with wood flooring and plaster ceilings and has a true below-grade basement underneath. It has heating, and finished windows similar to the rest of the house. After remodeling, it does have some exposed piping. Also there are brick walls, not plaster. It get a little more complicated in that space was cleared out of the hillside to create 2 10' x 20' decks on either side of the kitchen. If that had not been done, the summer kitchen would have been maybe 1.5' below grade.
Seems based on ANSI standards the summer kitchen should be included in the GLA but due to the other elements at work here, I thought I would try to get some professional input. The room was not included when I purchased the home, but it qualified for the selling price without it. The bank appraiser made a number of fairly non-standard assumptions based on my understanding of appraisals, so I don't know how to interpret the non-inclusion of the summer kitchen. Finished basements are common in CT where the house is but are not typically included in GLA.
It is finished similarly to the rest of the house with wood flooring and plaster ceilings and has a true below-grade basement underneath. It has heating, and finished windows similar to the rest of the house. After remodeling, it does have some exposed piping. Also there are brick walls, not plaster. It get a little more complicated in that space was cleared out of the hillside to create 2 10' x 20' decks on either side of the kitchen. If that had not been done, the summer kitchen would have been maybe 1.5' below grade.
Seems based on ANSI standards the summer kitchen should be included in the GLA but due to the other elements at work here, I thought I would try to get some professional input. The room was not included when I purchased the home, but it qualified for the selling price without it. The bank appraiser made a number of fairly non-standard assumptions based on my understanding of appraisals, so I don't know how to interpret the non-inclusion of the summer kitchen. Finished basements are common in CT where the house is but are not typically included in GLA.