What constitutes a study

hungary97_2

Trying to sell my flat have a large cupboard (8ft by 4ft) which when i bught the property was a study i have used it as a walk in wardrobe. As i am not getting the viewers in suggested to the estate agent that it is restored to a study but they said although i can dress it as such they cannot call it a study on the details as there is no natural light!!!

IS this right?

I have come up with a number of ideas to help get viewers in but they have rebuffed most of them. The only one they have agreed to is an open day on sunday. I called them today and my contact there couldnt tell me how many people were coming as she hadnt taken any calls and her colleagues were on the phone. Getting frustrated now.

seven-day-weekend

I would assume you could call it what you like!

How about calling it a 'useful internal room 8x4. Could be used as study/office/dressing room'.

Phirefly

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I would assume you could call it what you like!

Gimp Dungeon?

prutter

Yep, you can call it what you like. They're your particulars - and as we all know, the agent accepts no responsibility for their accuracy(!).

I requested our store room/study (with natural light ) be renamed from 'store cupboard' to 'store room' on our particulars.

sooz

still laughing at gimp dungeon...:rotfl: though you might attract a different sort of buyer (and perhaps you'd want to make sure you're out when they view)

can't see why the no natural light would mean you couldn't call it a study. in my last place my bathroom was about that size, and also didn't have a window. we did have a strange thing hanging from the ceiling instead..........oh yes, a LIGHT!

olly300

I did a quick google and it appears that all habitual rooms have to have a window to escape from in an emergency. I know that kitchens and bathrooms aren't counted as rooms you can't sleep in them. I know you can from student parties but they are not counted.

I think the EA need to say what you use the space for rather than say it's a room i.e. a bedroom with attached dressing/study area.

The EA who sold me my flat wouldn't say that my flat came with a garden because technically that area is not mine even though it has been fenced off since the flat was built. (Less work for the freeholder who can't utilise the space except as a communal grounds. ) They first didn't have it mentioned on the details at all and then when I made an offer, which was accepted, changed the details to mention a fenced off area. Strange as the garden was and is one of the most cared for in the block.

Phirefly

sooz wrote: »

still laughing at gimp dungeon

every Modern Home should have one

tucbiscuit

I've seen houses where they have a decent habitable loft room, which to all intents and purposes is a bedroom, but obviously due to one regulation or another they aren't legally allowed to call it a bedroom, so on the details they call it a "usefull loft room, currently used as a bedroom" or something similar.

Melissa177

I have to say, the EA sounds a bit useless!

If they can't tell you how many people have enquired - they should have a file surely of people who have called up and requested to view the property.