How Big Is 700 Square Feet? Room Sizes & Visual Examples

700 square feet is the area of a rectangle measuring 20 feet by 35 feet. It is approximately 65.03 square meters. If the space is square, each side measures about 26.46 feet.

To picture it, imagine a 20-foot-wide space extending 35 feet away from you. The area inside that boundary totals 700 square feet, regardless of how you divide it into rooms.

A single open room and an apartment containing several rooms can both have this area, but their layouts will feel different. The dimensions, doorways, and placement of walls matter as well as the total number.

This diagram splits a 700-square-foot rectangle into three simple bands:

                   20 feet wide
          +---------------------------+
          |                           |
  15 feet |         300 sq ft         |
          |                           |
          +---------------------------+
          |                           |
  10 feet |         200 sq ft         |
          |                           |
          +---------------------------+
          |                           |
  10 feet |         200 sq ft         |
          |                           |
          +---------------------------+
           Total depth: 35 feet
           Total area: 700 sq ft

Labeled schematic, not a scale drawing or a building plan.

The areas add up as 300 + 200 + 200 = 700 square feet. You might use these bands to think about different activities, but the drawing does not include wall thickness, doors, plumbing, or a circulation layout. It demonstrates area rather than a finished apartment design.

Many length-and-width combinations produce 700 square feet:

For the square, the unrounded side is √700 feet, approximately 26.4575 feet. The displayed side length is rounded.

For a rectangle, calculate area = length × width. If you know the area and one side, use other side = 700 ÷ known side.

For example, a rectangular room 25 feet wide would need to be 28 feet long. A 700-square-foot space is not necessarily 700 feet long: that would confuse area with distance.

The total alone does not tell you the number of bedrooms or how much open floor you will see. A 700-square-foot apartment could divide its area among living space, sleeping space, a kitchen, a bathroom, storage, and connecting routes in different ways.

When looking at a particular apartment, ask for the dimensions of the rooms you will use most. A long, narrow room can be harder to arrange around a wide piece of furniture than a squarer room of the same area.

Also check what the advertised measurement includes. If a figure is measured to the outside of walls, it will not all be clear indoor floor space. A total spread over multiple levels will not look like one open 20-by-35-foot room. Confirm the measurement basis rather than assuming every listing describes the same thing.

For a practical check, sketch your furniture to the same scale as the floor plan. Include the space needed to open doors, pull out chairs, and move between pieces.

“Small” depends on what you want to do in the space. A number by itself cannot determine whether a home will feel comfortable for you or another person.

These comparisons make the size difference concrete:

An extra 200 square feet could be represented by a 10-by-20-foot rectangle. That is a mathematical comparison, not a promise that a particular apartment has an extra room that size.

Before deciding, check whether the layout gives you room for your actual needs: sleeping, working, eating, storage, and shared activities. Two spaces with the same floor area can distribute that space very differently.

For a closer look at the larger comparison, see 1,000 square feet: dimensions and layout. Moving from 700 to 1,000 square feet adds 300 square feet; with a fixed 20-foot width, that means extending a rectangle from 35 to 50 feet.

For the neighboring smaller size, 600 square feet can form a 20-by-30-foot rectangle. Extending that rectangle by five feet gives the 20-by-35-foot, 700-square-foot example.

For a rectangular room, measure its length and width in feet and multiply the two numbers. A measured 20-foot length and 35-foot width give 20 × 35 = 700 square feet.

For an L-shaped area, split it into non-overlapping rectangles, calculate each area, and add the results. For example, one 20-by-20-foot rectangle and one 15-by-20-foot rectangle total 400 + 300 = 700 square feet.

Use one measurement basis consistently. Do not add the area of a large enclosing rectangle and then add a smaller room that is already inside it; that counts the smaller area twice.

If a measurement includes inches, convert them to a fraction of a foot before multiplying. For example, 20 feet 6 inches is 20.5 feet, not 20.6 feet.

How many square meters is 700 square feet?

It is 65.032128 square meters, usually rounded to 65.03 m². This uses the international foot.

Is 700 square feet the same as 700 feet?

No. Square feet measure area; feet measure length. A rectangle 20 feet wide and 35 feet long has an area of 700 square feet.

Is a 700-square-foot room always square?

No. It can be rectangular or irregular. A square example has sides of about 26.46 feet, but a 20-by-35-foot rectangle has the same area.

Does 700 square feet include the ceiling height?

Floor area is a two-dimensional measurement. Ceiling height is a separate dimension. For a simple rectangular space, multiplying floor area by height gives volume in cubic feet.

Is “700 squared” another way to say 700 square feet?

No. In arithmetic, 700 squared means 700 × 700, which equals 490,000. It does not specify a floor area of 700 square feet.

NIST Handbook 44 (2026), Appendix C provides the unit conversion factors. One international square foot equals 0.09290304 square meters, so 700 × 0.09290304 = 65.032128 m².

All shapes, area divisions, and percentage comparisons on this page are calculated examples. They are not surveyed room measurements or architectural plans. The diagram is illustrative and is not intended to show actual size on a screen.