Dear Norman and All, on 2003-06-19 13.07, Norman & Nancy Werling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Our lot is 14.630m front, 20.422m rear, and the sides are > 27.432m and 31.394m. >From this I estimate that your land is a little over 500�square metres. (I averaged the front and rear figures and the side figures and multiplied the results to get 515.5 m2 (17.526 x 29.413). I did it the lazy way!). I did this calculation so that I could compare your land with ours. Our allotment, called here a 'block', is about 20.117 metres front and back and 50.292 metres along the sides. I have no doubt that this block was originally surveyed as 66 feet (1 chain) by 165 feet (2 1/2 chains) and it was then known locally as a 'quarter acre block' This is a very common, perhaps the most common, land size in Australian cities. However, I am having considerable success in discussing this with my neighbours, and with real estate agents, by calling my land, a '1000 square metre block' (20.117 metres x 50.292 metres = 1011.7 square metres) as this seems to be readily understood in terms of the number, 1000, and over time, people have got used to the idea of a '1000 square metre block' and they are able to use it to mentally compare this size block with others. For example, I now know that your land is roughly half the area of ours. This is interesting as the current trend, here in Geelong, is to divide these overly large allotments into halves and even thirds to conform more to your standards. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
