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Another bedroom definition question

Started by jason10006
over 16 years ago
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Saw a place with 3 bedrooms, but one was listed as a "home office." The HO had a large window, big enough to climb out of in a fire or whatever, a closet, and was 11.5*10. BUT, unlike the rest of the rooms, it had only buil-in heat, no built in heat/AC. And the window would be awkward if one wanted either a window AC unit or a portable AC. Is that why its labled " a home office"? Does it have to have heat AND AC, plus all the rest? Its new construction.
Response by jason10006
over 16 years ago
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I say awkward because although its large, its left-right opening and like 6 feet high, so it woudl be hard to put AC out of it (though not impossible.)

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Response by alpine292
over 16 years ago
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I don't think it has to have AC to be a bedroom.

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Response by alpine292
over 16 years ago
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you can always try getting a portabel AC for the room.

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Response by NWT
over 16 years ago
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Sounds as if it's a lot-line window. If the window could be blocked by a building going up next door, then the window doesn't count. If that's the only window, then the room can't be called a bedroom.

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Response by jason10006
over 16 years ago
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I hate portable AC. But although it faces a court yard now, you are right - the lot of the other building goes straight to outside mine, so if they tore it down and built a new building it COULD block my window.

Good thinking Cynthia.

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Response by jason10006
over 16 years ago
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"Mine". I actually did not sign the lease today because I wanted this issue cleared up...

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Response by sear
over 16 years ago
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WFT, was this a BROKER who did this? Another dishonest asshole, REALTWHORE not listing the room as a bedroom but instead a home office. UGH, I am so TIRED of brokers who lie all the time.

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Response by alpine292
over 16 years ago
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if your not buying the place, what difference does it make if the definiton of the room is "bedroom" or "home office"?

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Response by jason10006
over 16 years ago
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See NWT's comment. I might live there long enough for the room to be blocked off.

Sear, i dinna get yer comment. If the y were lying they would have called it bedroom, not a home office. They call it a home office. I wondered why it was NOT a bedroom. The broker is too stupid to know why.

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Response by alanhart
over 16 years ago
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I gather sear was deploying irony.

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