From: FC 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Wrong Square Feet Information while seeling:
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:03:19 -0600

As one poster suggested, you'd better measure it yourself to find out 
what's the actual SQF.  Some county make their property tax a function 
of your house's SQF plus other factors. Even if you have a bigger house, 
you may not want to advertise it to the county.

FC

Praveen Ramesh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I bought my house 3 years ago when the seller quoted the square
> footage as 1550. But a few days back going through my county records I
> found that the official squre foot is only 1500.
> 
> Though it's only a 50 square foot difference, I am a bit upset that I
> was lied to.
> 
> Can I do something about it?
> 
> Thanks
> Praveen