"Home improvements that increase floor area, such as an extension or loft conversion, remain a good way to add value.
On Wednesday, the Buildings Department ordered a halt to construction on the grounds that the project was "increasing floor area contrary to approved plans," in the words of the official notice.
The present study tested these hypotheses by using population migration, college graduates, increased floor area, and house price as gentrification outcomes.
"That will increase the floor area of the building by 10,000 square feet, taking the total to about 25,000 square feet.
"Suspects went so far as to cut corners and increase the floor area out of compliance with structural calculation," prosecutor's office spokesman Chen Chien-hung said.
I had heard that the use of the limestone panels ultimately increased the floor area of the building, thereby creating a windfall for the developers.
Increasing the floor area to add an additional bedroom of 13 square metres could add 10% to the value of a terraced house or 13% to a semi-detached home, when upgrading from two bedrooms to three, according to Nationwide's analysis.
Based on average house prices, Nationwide Building Society calculated that an extra bathroom could add 4.9% or £9,600 on to the value of a home in the UK, while increasing the floor area by 10% could add another £10,000, or 5.1%, on to its worth.
The publication UFC 4-023-03 (2010) "Design of buildings to resists progressive collapse" increased gravitational loads for floor areas above a removed column.
Through some clever nipping and tucking, including the removal of 100 parking spaces and 10 trees, the museum plans to increase its total floor area by 10percentt, or 200,000 square feet, without increasing the building's size.
