The Commission's newest publication proves popular with licensees
across the state.
By Carrie D. Worthington, Publications Officer
The
Real Estate Commission is pleased to report that its new Residential Square Footage
Guidelines booklet has been well-received by licensees. Brokers and salesmen
throughout North Carolina have applauded the Commission's successful endeavor to provide
concise, easy-to-read guidelines for calculating and reporting the area of homes.
The 24-page booklet includes illustrations with completed worksheets and a practice problem. The booklet was reprinted in its entirety in the last Bulletin.
Copies of the booklet are provided free - one copy per licensee. [See order form on page 3 of this Bulletin.]
Additional copies may be purchased at the Commission's cost of printing the booklets, which is $.65 each. Please enclose your check with your request for multiple copies. Provide your street address (not a P.O. box number), because the booklets will be shipped UPS. The Commission will pay shipping and tax.
The booklet is copyrighted; therefore, reproducing it without the Commission's permission is prohibited. However, because the Guidelines will be covered in the 1999 -2000 continuing education Update course and used for other instructional purposes, the Commission has reformatted the booklet into 81/2" x 11" pages, and is providing "camera-ready copy" to real estate schools and Boards of REALTORS® to reproduce for use in classroom settings. The reformatted version is also under copyright and is not available to individuals or firms.
The Commission has been advised of several corrections that need to be made in the Illustrations section of the Guidelines. On pages 20 and 22 of the booklet (Guidelines pages 11 and 12 in the last Bulletin), the 12' dimension for Octagonal Window K in the Practice Floor Plan should instead be 10',and that change should be reflected on the accompanying completed Practice Worksheet; therefore, the subtotal for Window K should be 82, the 1st floor total should be 2,005, and the square feet of living area in the Report beneath the worksheet should be 3,242. Also on the completed Worksheet, dimensions for 1st Floor A should be 22 x 33 instead of 22 x 23.