公摊面积

公攤面積

gōngtānmiànjī

noun

Meanings

1 shared common area (counted in an apartment's total square meters)

Characters

public / shared

to share / apportion

accumulation / area

Examples

这套房子建筑面积110平,公摊面积就占了20平。

Zhè tào fángzi jiànzhù miànjī yībǎiyīshí píng, gōngtānmiànjī jiù zhàn le èrshí píng.

This apartment is 110 sqm gross, of which 20 sqm is shared common area.

公摊面积过大一直是业主投诉的焦点。

Gōngtānmiànjī guò dà yìzhí shì yèzhǔ tóusù de jiāodiǎn.

Excessive shared common area has long been a top complaint among homeowners.

有人提议取消公摊面积,按套内面积卖房。

Yǒurén tíyì qǔxiāo gōngtānmiànjī, àn tàonèi miànjī mài fáng.

Some propose scrapping shared common area and selling apartments by interior area only.

Tips

culture

Mainland-China-specific practice: when you buy a 100 sqm apartment, 15-30% may actually be lobby/elevator/corridor that you "share." Hong Kong scrapped it in 2013; Taiwan uses a different method. A perennial source of buyer anger.

Stroke Order

公 gōng

摊 tān

面 miàn

积 jī