Can a covered terrace be counted as living space?

But no one responds to it. For me, a sign that most people here only express their own opinion without dealing with legal texts and their interpretation.

• Areas of building parts that protrude beyond the building envelope walls, e.g. balconies, are not included in the calculation of the gross floor area; this does not apply if balconies are covered and not for covered terraces.

I am surprised that there is no note about staggered floors in the BP. Mostly it says d

Balconies are not included in the calculation of the gross floor area; this does not apply insofar as balconies are covered and not for covered terraces.

I do not read this as referring to questions about full stories, but rather floor area ratio; as in some countries it matters whether a terrace extending from the building envelope is at the house or "on the high seas".

I see it differently. This paragraph is copied from a chapter dealing with the full-story characteristic. If you are interested, I will include the complete interpretation of §2.4.4 below:

2.4.4 The full-story characteristic may also be omitted for non-top floors with a pitched roof surface. In contrast, the privilege for setback floors applies only to the top floor of a building. If, due to an addition, the previously top floor loses this characteristic, the privilege of the setback floor regulation no longer applies. The planning-law permissible number of full floors may thereby be exceeded. For the concept of floor, see No. 2.3.3. The "gross floor area of the floor below" is measured according to DIN 277 Part 1 by the outer edges or outer surfaces of the building enclosure walls or – insofar as the floor has no building enclosure walls – by the outer edges or outer surfaces of the components bounding the floor. This means: • Areas of building parts that protrude beyond the building enclosure walls, e.g., balconies, are disregarded when measuring the gross floor area; this does not apply insofar as balconies are covered, nor for covered terraces, • Areas that lie behind the alignment of the outer wall, e.g., loggias, are included in the measurement of the gross floor area. The areas of garages integrated into the building are added. Areas of attached garages are disregarded when measuring the area. Due to the exclusively planning-law significance of the full-story concept, the assessment of whether the garage is integrated depends on the exterior appearance of the building and not on the structural separation between garage use and other use. Covered loggias and dormer windows are to be included in the fictitious plane to be determined at a height of 2.30 m in attic floors, which is used in relation to the gross floor area of the floor below to determine the full-story characteristic. Loggias and roof recesses that are not covered are disregarded when determining the fictitious area. If for attic floors no “floor below” is present (only-roof house), the gross floor area of the floor itself is to be used.

Where (from which work) does this excerpt come from? Thank you!