# WoFlV living area calculation from one phone scan

> Floor plans and a WoFlV living-area calculation with calculation path and colour-coded area plan, plus gif MF-G and DIN 277. From one LiDAR iPhone scan.

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## Living area under the WoFlV. Traceable to every part of a room.

One walk-through with a LiDAR iPhone or iPad. weScan delivers floor plans and a living-area calculation under the Wohnflächenverordnung (WoFlV), the German living-area ordinance: with clear heights, the weighting for each part of a room, the calculation path and a colour-coded area plan. For commercial space, rental area under gif MF-G; for design and construction, floor areas under DIN 277.

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[See a sample calculation](#spec)

## Which area applies to what.

Germany has no single floor area. For housing the WoFlV is the benchmark, for commercial space the gif guideline, for design and construction DIN 277. The report always names its basis.

### Wohnflächenverordnung (WoFlV)

Housing · rent, sale, subsidies

Floor area from the clear dimensions between building elements. Rooms with at least 2 m clear height count in full, from 1 m at half; balconies and terraces usually at one quarter, at most at half.

- §§ 2–4 WoFlV
- Case law: the benchmark on the open market too

### DIN 277:2021-08

Design and construction

Floor areas and volumes of buildings: gross floor area (BGF), net room area (NRF) and gross volume (BRI). Not a substitute for the Wohnfläche (living area), but often asked for in the same job.

- Replaces DIN 277-1:2016-01
- BGF · NRF · BRI

### Rental area under gif MF-G

Commercial

The guideline of gif, the German Society for Property Research, for office, retail, hotel, logistics and mixed-use buildings, with a colour-coded rental area plan for each unit.

- MF-G, February 2023 edition
- Rental area plan per unit

### Usable floor area for the certificate

Energieausweis · GModG

An Energieausweis (energy performance certificate) is required to sell or let; it states the building’s usable floor area (Gebäudenutzfläche) or net floor area. We give the issuer the areas and geometry from the scan.

- §§ 79–88, valid 10 years
- Shown at the viewing at the latest

## Six rules that change the figure.

### Counted in full

Rooms and parts of rooms with at least two metres of clear height count in full.

≥ 2 m (clear height)

### Counted at half

Between one and two metres the area counts at half; under one metre it does not count.

1–2 m (clear height)

### Usually one quarter

Balconies, loggias, roof gardens and terraces usually count at one quarter, at most at half.

¼ (balcony, terrace)

### Stairs stay out

Stairs with more than three risers, and their landings, are not part of the floor area.

> 3 (risers)

### From the face of the finish

Measured between building elements, from the front face of the plaster or cladding; walls do not count.

clear (dimensions)

### A defect in the rental

If the living area is more than 10 % below the figure in the lease, that is in principle a defect (Federal Court of Justice, BGH, VIII ZR 295/03, 2004).

10 % (shortfall)

## What your client receives.

Sample figures from the drawn sample attic; the layout follows your house style.

## Plans we delivered in this market.

Addresses and client details removed.

- WoFlV: Apartment · 3rd floor · weighting colour-coded
- MF-G: Office floor · rental area per unit
- 2D: Basement · as-built plan
- WoFlV: Attic with sloping ceilings
- MF-G: Office floor · variant
- 2D: Ground floor · furnished

## Rules move. Reports follow.

### The Building Modernisation Act takes effect

The Building Energy Act (GEG) is now the Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz (GModG). The Energieausweis duties (§§ 79–88) stay: valid for ten years, shown at the viewing at the latest, required details in property ads. Changes from the EU buildings directive have been announced.

29 July 2026

gesetze-im-internet.de; German Federal Government, 29 July 2026

## One stop shop: everything from one scan.

- 2D floor plans
- 3D floor plans
- Living-area calculation (WoFlV)
- Rental area (gif MF-G)
- DIN 277 (BGF, NRF)
- CAD: DWG · DXF
- BIM: IFC
- Virtual tour

## Bring us one property.

We show you floor plans and a living-area calculation under the WoFlV, in your house style.

[Book a demo](mailto:info@wescan.io?subject=Demo)

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