One-bedroom apartment floor plan: size, layout & how to measure it

40–70 m²
typical internal floor area (≈450–750 sq ft)
1 bedroom
layout

The classic starter apartment: a bedroom, a combined living/dining space, kitchen and bathroom in roughly 40–70 m² depending on the city and building age.

What the layout looks like

Older stock tends to have a separate, enclosed kitchen; newer builds run the kitchen along one wall of the living space. Watch for structural columns at the building grid intruding into corner units: they are masonry, not floor, and a rectangle-based estimate quietly includes them.

Measuring it accurately

The reliable way to measure any 1-bedroom plan is off the drawing itself: calibrate against a printed dimension line, then trace each room along the inside face of the walls. Where the kitchen is open-plan, split kitchen and living zones with a straight line flush with the cabinetry run. Clients usually price tile and timber/vinyl separately, and the CSV then gives each finish its own area.

PlanTape does the tracing for you. It detects every labelled room and the scale line in under two minutes, you fine-tune the corners, and the per-room areas and skirting perimeters export as a CSV — in square metres and metres.

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Common questions

How big is a one-bedroom apartment?

Typically 40–70 m² (≈450–750 sq ft) of internal floor area, with 1 bedroom. Exact size varies by year and builder; the floor plan for your specific unit is the only reliable source.

How do I measure a one-bedroom apartment floor plan for a flooring quote?

Upload the floor plan PDF to PlanTape: it traces each room along the inside face of the walls and calibrates scale from a printed dimension. Where the kitchen is open-plan, split kitchen and living zones with a straight line flush with the cabinetry run. Clients usually price tile and timber/vinyl separately, and the CSV then gives each finish its own area. Then export per-room areas and perimeters as CSV, in m² and metres.

What should I watch out for on 1-bedroom plans?

Older stock tends to have a separate, enclosed kitchen; newer builds run the kitchen along one wall of the living space. Watch for structural columns at the building grid intruding into corner units: they are masonry, not floor, and a rectangle-based estimate quietly includes them.

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