How Big Is 1,500 Square Feet?
A three-bedroom house, or about half a tennis court. Drop it on a map of your street to compare.
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1,500 sq ft in numbers
- As a square: 38.7 ft by 38.7 ft (11.8 m per side)
- In other units: 1,500 sq ft · 139.4 m² · 0.0344 acres
- Common layouts: 30 × 50 ft, 25 × 60 ft, 38.7 × 38.7 ft
- King beds (6.3 × 6.7 ft): 35.5 by area
- Parking spaces (9 × 18 ft): 9.3 by area
- Tennis courts (36 × 78 ft doubles): 0.53 by area
"By area" compares total area. How many actually fit depends on shape, which the drawing above shows.
1,500 square feet is a modest three-bedroom house. As a square it is about 38.7 feet per side, though houses are rarely square and often split that area across two floors, which halves the footprint.
By area it is a little more than half a doubles tennis court, or about nine parking spaces. Use the map tab to see the footprint against your own lot.
Where you see it: three-bedroom houses, larger apartments, small warehouses and shops.