Square footage in a home??

Question

When figuring the total square footage of a house for resale, do you include the square footage of an attached garage?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

No.  Square footage normally means the living space, ie that space that is heated and cooled.

There's a beautiful new ranch house down our street that's been vacant for three years.  No one's ever lived in it.  Then I decided to look at it closer and realized it's a three-car garage with one bedroom.  That means almost half of that house is garage (storage) and only one bedroom room.  Despite the scenic view of the mountains the house most likely will remain vacant.

Answer 3

No. The garage is NOT living space.

Answer 4

No.  only living space and not even the basement if unfinished.