When is a bedroom not a bedroom?

koalakoala

It’s a two bedroom house, and should be priced accordingly

BungalowBel

Albermarle said:

I am not sure you need to 'certificate' a bedroom.
We use what was originally the dining room as a bedroom for a disabled family member. It has never crossed my mind to ask anybody about it.
However if we sold the house, it would not be included in the number of bedrooms.

I think a utility room would come under different rules to a bedroom or dining room, as it would not be classed as a habitable room.

BungalowBel

user1977 said:

Is the function of the room even a concern of the planners? I'd expect them to look more at the external impact of the extension rather than what the room is used for.

.It would be a concern of Building Regulations, not Planning.

silvercar

BungalowBel said:

Albermarle said:

I am not sure you need to 'certificate' a bedroom.
We use what was originally the dining room as a bedroom for a disabled family member. It has never crossed my mind to ask anybody about it.
However if we sold the house, it would not be included in the number of bedrooms.

I think a utility room would come under different rules to a bedroom or dining room, as it would not be classed as a habitable room.

We’ve just had building regs passed on changing the internal layout of our downstairs, our utility room opens off the kitchen and its only opening window is a small top opener, no external door. The inspector was fine with that. I suppose I could show the building regs certificate, put a bed in it and call it a bedroom, though obviously I wouldn’t want to. 

FTBinthedark

sheramber said:

Was the room furnished when you viewed it?

Yes, it had a bed. Was clearly being used by an older or disabled person. It also has built in storage. 

Slinky

If I were looking at details of your house, I'd be considering it to be a 2 bed. We have a much larger room off our kitchen which was a large utility room extension built by the previous owner. It was marketed as a breakfast/utility room.  It's currently our dining room. If we can't get up the stairs at some point in the future we may well use it as a bedroom, but I wouldn't describe it as that if we were trying to sell. We have built a large shower room downstairs but it's not adjacent to this room.