if your trying to sell the house, most people want a closet,,,,,I personally like cedar-robe or a armoire's i think there classy... but if you have not a closet in the room then the room is a office...
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Yes. A bedroom is only considered a bedroom if it has a built-in closet and a secondary means of egress for emergency exit. Not that you couldn't use a closetless room as a bedroom but for realestate advertisements no closet = no bedroom.
This sounds like a trick question. Is the Building Inspector giving you grief over an egress issue in a room that could be used as a Bedroom? To answer your original question, no, a Bedroom doesn't have to have a closet to be called or used as a Bedroom. In many parts of Europe, there are no built-in little storage rooms called closets in Bedrooms. They use an Armoire and when the occupants move, they take their armoire with them, along with their Kitchen Cabinets too. Really, when you buy a house in Germany, the Kitchen cabinets normally don't come with the house. I've had many clients attempt to call a room something other than Bedroom, such as Study, Craft Room, etc.., to avoid having to provide an egress window. If the Building Inspector feels that the room could possibly be used as a Bedroom, then it must meet all the design codes regarding a Bedroom. Then maybe again, design codes are not the issue here. But as a builder, I would never in a gazillion years build a home where there is no closet in a Bedroom.
Jerry Karlo, Home Design Extraordinaire http://www.korel.com http://home-web-directory.com
it just seems odd to me that a window would be at a different elevation than the other windows if you looked at the outside of the house, it would look funny if the windows were not the same height.that being said. why would somebody install a window that doesnot line up?? kitchen windows are usually a 2'x2'..and living rooms are different, but offset by the door or a porch...and the rest otta be the same !! thats my rule of thumb
Posts: 1522 | Location: i i live in southern mississippi | Registered: Jun 01, 2008
Originally posted by frodo: it just seems odd to me that a window would be at a different elevation than the other windows if you looked at the outside of the house, it would look funny if the windows were not the same height.that being said. why would somebody install a window that doesnot line up?? kitchen windows are usually a 2'x2'..and living rooms are different, but offset by the door or a porch...and the rest otta be the same !! thats my rule of thumb
And this came from where?
Using a window as a means of egress means that it must have a free open area that can be opened without tools of at least 5.7 SF. The window can be the same height as other windows in the house.
I watch endless "resale" TV shows and they always say that a bedroom without a closet is not a bedroom for advertising purposes. Its a "bonus room" which is not a big sales feature. Build a closet. Monica
I was under the impression that the bottom of a window.had to be a certain measurment off the floor, for egress. is this correct,for residental, or just comercial?
Posts: 1522 | Location: i i live in southern mississippi | Registered: Jun 01, 2008
Well here is my 2¢ worth. Older homes never had closets in them. So to have an Victorian style home with 12 to 15 rooms in it none of the rooms can be called a bedroom just because there isn't a closet. NO NO NO. Check out older farm houses. Again 12 to 15 rooms and usually just as many kids back when this home was built. Maybe NEW built homes have to have a closet for code. I don't see why. Accually it's a mere convenience not a safety factor. As for the windows that is a different situation with a need for escape in the event of a fire. I agree that code enforcement has gotten out of hand and maybe older homes come under a "Grandfather Clause" thus making them exempt. I personaly grew up in several different homes that never had closets in the bedrooms. We used dressers and trunks for clothing storage.
OLDMAN
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Originally posted by frodo: I was under the impression that the bottom of a window.had to be a certain measurment off the floor, for egress. is this correct,for residental, or just comercial?
It does, but the code calls for the bottom of the window to be no more than 44" off the floor - a height that is higher than the typical bedroom window. Most of the time a window that is commonly sized for a bedroom window meets the needs for emergench egress.
if the windows were not the same height.that being said. why would somebody
