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How did you find/calculate the floor area from Rightmove? In my experience listings _might_ have the area in the floor plan image, so you’d be hoping for floor plans then running OCR to find the area? But I’d expect that to often go wrong or not find anything (missing or duplicate floor plans etc). Would love to know as it’s infuriating that the UK market is based on bedroom count rather than floor area.


I live in Scotland. The seller has to provide a "home report" which contains this information. It's fantastic!



Bedroom count is ridiculous, it's an estate agent's marketing game whether a room's a study or another bedroom.

Should just be #kitchens, #bathrooms, #loos, #other IMO. Number of fitted/room-like cupboards etc. would be a bit useful too, but size so variable it would only give a very rough idea.




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