You know, it's really hard to read an ad for real estate here in the Fredericksburg Virginia area (providing, of course that it's for a home) without seeing how many bedrooms and baths the home has. BTW, on several trips out of our local area I have picked up magazines devoted to real estate and have seen that there is very little ingenuity being used there either. Maybe I will devote another posting to that subject.
That, however, is not why I took pen in hand (so to speak) this morning. The reason is that I want to point out a pet peeve. It appears in our MLS frequently. In the data portion of the listing we see that this home has 4 bedrooms. In the remarks section we often read "Fourth bedroom not to code." If I am looking for a 4 bedroom home and the fourth bedroom is not to code will it magically become a legal bedroom when the buyer decides to sell?
Holy cow, does it really have 4 bedrooms then? Sure, I know that some older homes (like the 1815 model we live in) may not have a closet in a bedroom because there were many homes built then that did not. Building codes are much more restrictive in many, many ways. Adjustments can, and are made for those circumstances. Homes that have septic systems frequently have perc sites that will not support more than a 3 bedroom and people call their 4th bedroom a study.
But, why in the world do some portray a home having 4 bedrooms when it only has 3? Is it deceptive? Is it unethical? Does the owner and/or their agent/broker open up Pandora's box when they do so?
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