The Standard Room Size & Location in Residential Building

There is some standard room size for the various elements of a residential building. Any House has basic rooms like the living room or drawing room, bedroom, kitchen room, bath, W/C, garage, etc. While Planning of the residential building we must consider standard room size for the various rooms in the house.

Standard Room Size

1. Area Limitation:
2. Height of the Building:

1) Standard Room Size for Bed Room, Living Room, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Study Room:
2) Standard Room size of Kitchen:
3) Standard Room size of Bath Room and Water Closet:
4) Standard Room Size for Store Room:
5) Standard Room Size for Garage:
6) Standard Room Size for Staircase Room:
7) Standard Plinth Height:
8) Standard Parapet Wall Size:
9) Standard Boundary Wall Size:

1. Area Limitation:

The limitation of area and height of the buildings of different types of construction and occupancy is achieved by satisfying floor area ratio (FAR). FAR is taking into account the following aspects:

  • Occupancy class
  • Type of construction
  • Width of the street fronting the building and the traffic load
  • The density & Locality where the building is proposed and.
  • Parking facilities
  • Local fire fighting facilities
  • Water supply and drainage facilities.