Buildings and housing units: what stands on the plot?

The buildings on a property with built year, floors and area, and the housing units inside them: flats, offices and similar, with usable floor area and use category.

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• Try it in under a minute
• One GET call per list
• Norway and Sweden
• Kartverket data
• Built Year and status

From matrikkel number to buildings and housing units

The building list answers what actually stands on the plot: number of buildings, built year, status and area per building. Developers use it to assess existing buildings before a project; managers use it to keep portfolio data up to date without looking up each building manually in Matrikkelen.

The housing unit list answers how the buildings are divided internally: housing unit number, floor, area and use category. For commercial property this is the basis for understanding the letting structure; for housing it shows the number and size of the flats.

• Built year and status without looking up Matrikkelen manually

  Number of buildings, built year, status and area for the whole property in one list, instead of one lookup per building.

• Use category per housing unit

  The housing unit list gives the housing unit number, floor, area and use category for each unit, the basis for understanding the letting structure.

• Address per housing unit

  Each housing unit has its own address in the response, not just the property's shared address.

Fields that actually tell you something

The buildings on a property.

GET/properties/{country}/{cadastreId}/buildings

curl -X GET "https://data.placepoint.no/properties/NO/0301-209-369-0-0/buildings" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

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{
  "items": [
    {
      "buildingNumber": "81798265",
      "buildingType": {
        "code": "311",
        "name": "Kontor- og administrasjonsbygning"
      },
      "status": "IN_USE",
      "floors": 9,
      "usableAreaM2": 5867,
      "otherUsableAreaM2": 5867,
      "dwellingUnitCount": 0,
      "hasLift": true,
      "waterSupply": "UNKNOWN",
      "sewerage": "UNKNOWN",
      "energySources": [
        "ELECTRICITY",
        "DISTRICT_HEATING"
      ],
      "heatingTypes": [
        "CENTRAL",
        "UNDERFLOOR"
      ],
      "usageGroup": "RESIDENTIAL",
      "registrationOrigin": "ORDINARY_REGISTRATION",
      "isCulturalHeritage": false,
      "isSefrakRegistered": false,
      "elevation": {
        "baseElevationM": 3.2,
        "highestPointM": 41.8,
        "heightAboveGroundM": 38.6
      },
      "statusHistory": [
        {
          "status": "UNDER_CONSTRUCTION",
          "changedDate": "2013-04-18",
          "registeredDate": "2013-04-22"
        },
        {
          "status": "IN_USE",
          "changedDate": "2015-08-27",
          "registeredDate": "2015-09-02",
          "reason": "Ferdigattest"
        }
      ],
      "floorDetails": [
        {
          "floorNumber": 1,
          "floorKind": "GROUND",
          "usableAreaM2": 640,
          "roomCount": 12,
          "dwellingUnitCount": 4
        },
        {
          "floorNumber": 2,
          "floorKind": "MAIN",
          "usableAreaM2": 610,
          "roomCount": 14,
          "dwellingUnitCount": 4
        }
      ],
      "location": {
        "lat": 59.913,
        "lon": 10.7367
      }
    }
  ]
}

Scope: property:readTeknisk referanse og Try-it

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Felt	Type	Beskrivelse
items[].buildingNumber	string	Bygningsnummer within the property.
items[].buildingType.code	string	Register type code, e.g. "141".
items[].buildingType.name	string	Type name, e.g. Boligblokk.
items[].buildingType.primaryCode	string	Primary type code, the first level of the register's own two-level classification.
items[].buildingType.subCode	string	Sub-type code within the primary code.
items[].status	string	Construction status.
items[].builtYear	integer	Year the building was completed.
items[].floors	integer	Number of floors.
items[].grossAreaM2	number	Gross floor area (bruttoareal) in square meters.
items[].usableAreaM2	number	Usable floor area (bruksareal) in square meters.
items[].footprintM2	number	Ground footprint in square meters.
items[].residentialUsableAreaM2	number	Usable floor area used for housing, in square meters.
items[].otherUsableAreaM2	number	Usable floor area used for anything but housing, in square meters.
items[].builtOverAreaM2	number	Built-over area (bebygd areal, BYA) in square meters.
items[].builtOverAreaPct	number	Built-over area as a percentage of the plot area.
items[].dwellingUnitCount	integer	Dwelling units in the building.
items[].hasLift	boolean	Whether the building is registered with a lift.
items[].waterSupply	string	Registered water supply.
items[].sewerage	string	Registered sewerage.
items[].energySources[]	string[]	Registered energy sources.
items[].heatingTypes[]	string[]	Registered heating types.
items[].usageGroup	string	Industry group the registered building type belongs to.
items[].registrationOrigin	string	How the building entered the register.
items[].isCulturalHeritage	boolean	Whether the building is registered as a cultural heritage site.
items[].isSefrakRegistered	boolean	Whether the building is in SEFRAK, the register of buildings from before 1900.
items[].sequenceNumber	integer	The building's sequence number (løpenummer) within the property.
items[].extensionTypeCode	string	Register code for an extension (tilbygg) relationship to another building.
items[].isAreaIncomplete	boolean	Whether the register itself flags the area figures as incomplete. When true, a zero or absent area means unmeasured rather than nothing built.
items[].isWithoutBuiltUpArea	boolean	Whether the building is registered as having no built-up area.
items[].hasSprinklerSystem	boolean	Whether the building is registered with an automatic fire-suppression system. Absent means no source covers the building, not that it has none.
items[].derivedUsage	string	What Placepoint's classifier reads the building as, from footprint, height and surroundings. Derived, not registered: buildingType is what the register says, and the two disagree most often on older commercial stock. The set grows; treat an unknown value as OTHER.
items[].elevation.baseElevationM	number	Ground elevation at the building, in meters above sea level.
items[].elevation.highestPointM	number	Highest measured point of the building, in meters above sea level.
items[].elevation.heightAboveGroundM	number	Building height above ground, in meters.
items[].statusHistory[].status	string	The status the building changed to.
items[].statusHistory[].changedDate	string	When the change took effect.
items[].statusHistory[].registeredDate	string	When the register recorded the change.
items[].statusHistory[].reason	string	Registered reason for the change, e.g. Ferdigattest.
items[].floorDetails[].floorNumber	integer	Floor number, negative below ground.
items[].floorDetails[].floorKind	string	Registered floor kind.
items[].floorDetails[].usableAreaM2	number	Usable floor area on the floor, in square meters.
items[].floorDetails[].roomCount	integer	Rooms on the floor.
items[].floorDetails[].dwellingUnitCount	integer	Dwelling units on the floor.
items[].location.lat	number	Latitude.
items[].location.lon	number	Longitude.

The housing units on a property.

GET/properties/{country}/{cadastreId}/units

curl -X GET "https://data.placepoint.no/properties/NO/0301-209-369-0-0/units" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

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{
  "items": [
    {
      "unitNumber": "H0301",
      "buildingNumber": "1",
      "floor": 8,
      "usableAreaM2": 74,
      "useType": "BOLIG",
      "cadastreId": "0301-209-369-0-44",
      "grossAreaM2": 81,
      "primaryRoomAreaM2": 70,
      "roomCount": 3,
      "bathroomCount": 1,
      "toiletCount": 1,
      "kitchenAccess": "OWN_KITCHEN",
      "ownershipForm": "FREEHOLD",
      "energyLabel": "C",
      "toBeDecommissioned": false,
      "address": {
        "text": "Tordenskiolds gate 2, 0160 Oslo",
        "streetName": "Tordenskiolds gate",
        "houseNumber": "2",
        "postalCode": "0160",
        "postalPlace": "Oslo",
        "country": "NO",
        "cadastreId": "0301-209-369-0-0",
        "location": {
          "lat": 59.913,
          "lon": 10.7367
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Scope: property:readTeknisk referanse og Try-it

Vis alle felt (27)

Felt	Type	Beskrivelse
items[].unitNumber	string	Bruksenhetsnummer, e.g. H0301.
items[].buildingNumber	string	The building the unit belongs to.
items[].floor	integer	Floor number.
items[].usableAreaM2	number	Usable area in square meters.
items[].useType	string	Registered use of the unit.
items[].cadastreId	string	The unit's own matrikkelnummer, where it is registered as a section.
items[].grossAreaM2	number	Gross area in square meters.
items[].primaryRoomAreaM2	number	Primary room area (P-ROM) in square meters.
items[].roomCount	integer	Rooms in the unit.
items[].bathroomCount	integer	Bathrooms in the unit.
items[].toiletCount	integer	Toilets in the unit.
items[].kitchenAccess	string	Registered kitchen access.
items[].ownershipForm	string	How the unit is owned.
items[].energyLabel	string	Energy label for the unit, where an energiattest exists.
items[].toBeDecommissioned	boolean	Whether the register has flagged the unit to be removed.
items[].bedroomCount	integer	Bedrooms in the unit, where roomCount counts all rooms.
items[].animalsAllowed	boolean	Whether the cooperative or association permits pets.
items[].cooperativeShareNumber	string	The unit's share number (andelsnummer) in its housing cooperative.
items[].address.text	string	One-line address.
items[].address.streetName	string	Street.
items[].address.houseNumber	string	Number with letter.
items[].address.postalCode	string	Postal code.
items[].address.postalPlace	string	Postal place.
items[].address.country	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.
items[].address.cadastreId	string	The property the address belongs to.
items[].address.location.lat	number	Latitude.
items[].address.location.lon	number	Longitude.

Try it in under a minute

1. Log in with GitHub

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2. Call the endpoint

   Replace $TOKEN in the curl above. Both lists take a country code and matrikkel number, the same parameters as the property lookup.

3. Use the response

   Use built year and area for portfolio data, or the housing unit list to understand the letting structure in the building.

Data and sources

Building and housing unit data comes from Kartverket's matrikkel, updated continuously.

See also

• Building panel
• The Buildings map layer
• 3D Designer
• Technical reference
• Placepoint API

Questions and answers

How fresh is the data?

Kartverket's matrikkel is updated continuously.

What do you cover?

Buildings and housing units registered in Matrikkelen in Norway, and the equivalent Swedish building register via Combify.

Does it work in Sweden?

Yes, via Combify against the Swedish building register.

What is included in the usable area?

usableAreaM2 is usable floor area (UFA), the building's real internal area. grossAreaM2 is gross area, the whole building body including walls.

See what stands on the plot

Two lists, buildings and housing units, with built year, area and use category. Log in with GitHub at the top of the page to try it today, or get in touch for access to the whole country.

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