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New build homes with 'studies'....
surfer9
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Hi people....
I have been searching for a house/apartment to buy over the past months/years and recently again came across the following situation....
In the past I have seen new build 1 bed apartments that also include a 'study'. I looked at the floor size and as far as I remember the room was 1 inch too short on one side to be classed as a bedroom. I didn't really understand why the builder didn't build the room 1 inch bigger, class it as a bedroom and sell the property for a higher price. I assume it's because the council has a say on what gets built and they wanted 1 bedroom apartments to be built, but the builder, to get a bit of extra money out of it, builds the 1 bedroom apartments with an extra room and call it a study? - is this most likely the reason for this?
Now....I have come across a 1 bedroom house with a 'study/dressing room'. This study/dressing room is big enough to be classed as a bedroom, so why the heck are they selling the property as a 1 bedroom house with a dressing room? I'm curious and confused. There is a door going from the bedroom to this 'dressing room'. I'd just buy the property and seal off that door to make it a separate/private room and then surely the house should be classed as 2 bedrooms?
This dressing room/study size is 2.87m x 2.52m. or 9.7 x 8.5feet
I have been searching for a house/apartment to buy over the past months/years and recently again came across the following situation....
In the past I have seen new build 1 bed apartments that also include a 'study'. I looked at the floor size and as far as I remember the room was 1 inch too short on one side to be classed as a bedroom. I didn't really understand why the builder didn't build the room 1 inch bigger, class it as a bedroom and sell the property for a higher price. I assume it's because the council has a say on what gets built and they wanted 1 bedroom apartments to be built, but the builder, to get a bit of extra money out of it, builds the 1 bedroom apartments with an extra room and call it a study? - is this most likely the reason for this?
Now....I have come across a 1 bedroom house with a 'study/dressing room'. This study/dressing room is big enough to be classed as a bedroom, so why the heck are they selling the property as a 1 bedroom house with a dressing room? I'm curious and confused. There is a door going from the bedroom to this 'dressing room'. I'd just buy the property and seal off that door to make it a separate/private room and then surely the house should be classed as 2 bedrooms?
This dressing room/study size is 2.87m x 2.52m. or 9.7 x 8.5feet
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Building regulations, by the sound of it. Something to do with fire escape/windows etc.
Do you have a floorplan?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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I wouldn't expect a dressing room to have a window.:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
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Studies / dressing rooms are normally internal and without a window. Therefore, they legally cannot be classed as a 'habitable room' due to building regs (means of escape in the event of a fire).
There is no legal definition of the size of a bedroom for the sale of private houses.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0 -
Yes there is: Overcrowding law, ss.324-326 Housing Act 1985 which applies to all dwellings, privately owned or rented. Sadly rarely enforced.............
There is no legal definition of the size of a bedroom for the sale of private houses.
2.87m x 2.52m appears to be 7.2 sq mtrs. Big enough for 1.5 humans (that's an adult and a child under 10)
Overcrowding can result in criminal conviction & fines to owner & ongoing per-day fines. Quite right to IMHO. See s327 of HA 1985.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/327
As I said, sadly rarely enforced
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https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repairs/check_if_your_home_is_overcrowded_by_law0 -
Doozergirl wrote: »Building regulations, by the sound of it. Something to do with fire escape/windows etc.
Do you have a floorplan?
There is a window, a large window, like you would expect in a bedroom. It's a standard house with normal staircase. The ceilings also look plenty in height, look a standard height.
The only thing in my novice eyes that could be the reason it is not classed as a bedroom is they have put a door between the bedroom and this 'dressing room'. And maybe because of this it can't be classed as a bedroom?
So..... I buy it, fill that door in and boom - we have separate rooms!!!!.....we now have a 2 bedroom house?
seems madness, but maybe that's how it is. :undecided0 -
Doozergirl wrote: »Building regulations, by the sound of it. Something to do with fire escape/windows etc.
Do you have a floorplan?
I said in the previous post that the room has a large window. It's not massive, but I assume it's a pretty standard sized window that has a windowsill at the standard height too.
If you know what size a window needs to be in a bedroom, please do let me know. Maybe this window isn't wide enough. Though I don't have the measurements of it.0 -
There is a window, a large window, like you would expect in a bedroom. It's a standard house with normal staircase. The ceilings also look plenty in height, look a standard height.
The only thing in my novice eyes that could be the reason it is not classed as a bedroom is they have put a door between the bedroom and this 'dressing room'. And maybe because of this it can't be classed as a bedroom?
So..... I buy it, fill that door in and boom - we have separate rooms!!!!.....we now have a 2 bedroom house?
seems madness, but maybe that's how it is. :undecided
Do you have to walk through the 'bedroom' to get to the 'dressing room'?(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »Do you have to walk through the 'bedroom' to get to the 'dressing room'?
You don't have to, there are 2 entrances....see floorplan above.0 -
You don't have to, there are 2 entrances....see floorplan above.
I can't see why it isn't a bedroom either.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Why do you care what it's called?
If you like the property and it fits your needs, and you like the price, buy it. Use the space in whatever way you choose.0
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