Measurement

Question 1

What other tool is used for measuring land?

Answer 1

Trundle wheel

Question 2

What scale is used for a street map?

Answer 2

1:1250

Question 3

What scale is used for a ocation map?

Answer 3

1:2500

Question 4

What scale is used for a road map?

Answer 4

1:5000

Question 5

What is the conversion from acres to hectares?

Answer 5

1 acre = 0.4046 hecatres

Question 6

What standard did the now archived RICS Property Measurement 2ed 2018 incoporate?

Answer 6

IPMS

Question 7

What archived measurement document does RICS Property Measurement Standards 2ed 2018 incoporate?

Answer 7

IPMS

Question 8

What are International Property Measurement Standards (IPMS)?

Answer 8

A RICS-led initiative introduced mandatory standards and practices aiming to avoid inconsistent definitions of measurement and bring greater global transparency

Question 9

Why didn’t you use zoning?

Answer 9

Comparables nearby didn’t use zoning

Question 10

What do you advise your clients about IPMS?

Answer 10

Its a global standard ensuring transparency and consistency

Question 11

The industrial unit in Bynea that you valued for Inheritance Tax purposes, how did you measure that?

Answer 11

GIA

Question 12

When is GEA used?

Answer 12

Planning and/or council tax purposes

Question 13

What is GEA?

Answer 13

The external area of a property at each floor level

includes load bays, pavement vaults, internal balconies
excludes side balconies, canopies, roof terraces

Question 14

What is NIA?

Answer 14

Measurement to the internal perimeter or party wall, ignoring skirting boards.

• retail, offices
• INCLUDES: kitchens, usable space
• EXCLUDES: wc’s, areas under 1.5m height, pillars

Question 15

What is GIA?

Answer 15

Everything within main envelope of building

includes pillars, stairwells, internal balconies
excludes roof terraces, canopies, fire escapes

Question 16

What RICS document supports measurement?

Answer 16

Code of Measuring Practice, 6th ed 2015
7th ed coming out soon

Question 17

What does the guidance note say?

Answer 17

To provide precise definitions of measurement and ensure they are accurate for buildings.

This applies to all buildings except offices and residential buildings

Question 18

What standard did you refer to when measuring the residential dwelling you valued for inheritance tax purposes?

Answer 18

IPMS (all buildings 2023)

Question 19

What is the difference between IPMS 3 and NIA?

Answer 19

No exclusions for restricted height under 1.5m

All columns included

Perimeter measurement taken to the IDF

Question 20

What is IDF?

Answer 20

The internal finished surface (vertically, glass v plaster) That makes up at least 50% of the internal wall from floor to ceiling

Question 21

IPMS: All Buildings

Answer 21

Came into affect in 2023, and harmonises all building classesinto a single document into one set of standards

Question 22

RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6ed 2015

Answer 22

Best practice document for all buildings except office and resi

provides consistency and precise definitions

Question 23

What is used for residential measurement?

Answer 23

IPMS: Residential buildings

Question 24

What is IPMS residential buildings?

Answer 24

IPMS 1: External

IPMS 2: Internal

Question 25

What are the components of IPMS: All buildings 2023

Answer 25

IPMS 1: External IPMS 2: Internal IPMS 3.1: external, exclusive use IPMS 3.2: internal, exclusive use IPMS 4.1: Selected areas including internal walls IPMS 4.2: selected areas excluding internal walls

Question 26

What is the best practice measurement document?

Answer 26

RICS COMP 6ed

Question 27

What can NIA include?

Answer 27

Kitchen Built in cupboards Ventilation or heating grills Skirting boards Non-structural walls TIP: get behind partitioning, remove ceiling tiles, go to basement to see built width

Question 28

What is GIA?

Answer 28

The total internal area of a building to each floor level. Measurement to each perimeter wall

Question 29

What does GIA include?

Answer 29

Columns Stairwells Lifts WCs Mezzanine Loading bays

Question 30

What does GIA exclude?

Answer 30

Canopies Fire escapes

Question 31

What is zoning?

Answer 31

Divides a retail unit into 6.1m depths starting from the front. Each depth is then divided in value by 50%

Question 32

How does zoning work?

Answer 32

Zone A: 6.1m Zone B: 6.1m (value is 50% of zone A) Zone C: 6.1m (value is 25% zone A) Remainder: any space beyond 18.3m is valued at 12.5% of zone A

Question 33

What streets in the UK use larger depths when zoning?

Answer 33

High value streets in London like Oxford Street Use deeper zones for zone A (9.1m)