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

40–70 m²
typical internal floor area
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 — AI 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.

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Common questions

How big is a one-bedroom apartment?

Typically 40–70 m² of internal floor area, with 1 bedroom. Exact size varies by launch year and block type — 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: AI 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.

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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