Wylie, TX · Member since 2014 · 58 posts · 5 votes
Good afternoon,
I'm drawing out some sketches for a site plan and am curious to know what a couple of basic footprints would be (roughly) for an 18 unit and a 24 unit apartment building. Both 3 story, exterior stairs, roughly 1000 SF units. (Ordinances aside, looking for standard answer)
I'm drawing out some sketches for a site plan and am curious to know what a couple of basic footprints would be (roughly) for an 18 unit and a 24 unit apartment building. Both 3 story, exterior stairs, roughly 1000 SF units. (Ordinances aside, looking for standard answer)
There really is no standard. It all depend on your site and the setbacks, parking etc. The quick math tells you you have 6000 ft per floor so 60x100 works for 18 units and 8000 ft per floor for 24 units or 80x100 so your actual dimension will depend on site constraints.
Developer · Philadelphia, PA · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 904 votes
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A lot will depend on the configuration of the lot (no pun intended....ok maybe a little bit).
Also look into the zoning and building restrictions in your area. Some locales will require a sprinkler system on a 3 story building, which can be very expensive.