Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Another problem with metric measurement in Canada

I was just looking at this real estate listing for a rather nice house. When I looked at the room measurements I noticed a really neat trick. On a lot that is 24'11" wide the master bedroom is 32'10" by 46'7". Perhaps someone has a Tardis hidden behind that front door?
Of course there is logical explanation. When the room sizes were being entered someone used metric for some room and imperial for others, and this room is actually 10.033 feet by 14.1986 feet. (Which sounds a much more likely size for a bedroom in a house that is less than 25 feet wide.)
But no one noticed and potential customers are confused. And the realtor either does not check his listings, or just can't be bothered to change it.
And, as I've said before, it does beg a rather serious question. If the agent is sloppy about this, where else are they not paying enough attention?
But it is only a million dollar home. What could possibly go wrong? And how much could it cost to fix it? You start writing the cheque and I'll tell to when to stop putting on the zeros.

Labels: , ,

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home