Split-levels stagger 1,200–2,200 sq ft across three or more half-flights: a living level, a bedroom level and a lower family room. Every level is a separate partial drawing, which is exactly where plan-based quotes fall apart.
Expect short stair runs connecting offset floor plates, a lower level partly below grade (often slab, priced differently from the wood-framed levels above), and landings that belong to no obvious room. Many of these were drawn in the 1960s–70s, so printed dimensions can be sparse.
The reliable way to measure any split-level plan is off the drawing itself: calibrate against a printed dimension line, then trace each room along the inside face of the walls. Trace each half-level as its own plan and assign every landing explicitly to a level. If the lower level is slab-on-grade, keep it as a separate export — moisture barriers and floor prep usually carry their own line items.
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 baseboard perimeters export as a CSV — in square feet and feet.
Typically 1,200–2,200 sq ft (111–204 m²) of internal floor area, with 3–4 bedrooms over 3+ half-levels. Exact size varies by year and builder; the floor plan for your specific unit is the only reliable source.
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 — feet-and-inches dimensions like 24′-6″ are read natively. Trace each half-level as its own plan and assign every landing explicitly to a level. If the lower level is slab-on-grade, keep it as a separate export — moisture barriers and floor prep usually carry their own line items. Then export per-room areas and perimeters as CSV, in sq ft and feet.
Expect short stair runs connecting offset floor plates, a lower level partly below grade (often slab, priced differently from the wood-framed levels above), and landings that belong to no obvious room. Many of these were drawn in the 1960s–70s, so printed dimensions can be sparse.
