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Many in one county have lots of "Bedrooms" in that they meet all legal requirements for size, egress, ventilation, etc...
Problem is the septic might approved as a 4 bedroom so even if you have 5 or 6 as far as the county is concerned the bedrooms much match the number on the septic permit.
Typically you will see 4 bedroom septic plus bonus rooms or two dens... etc...
I'm all for truth in advertising but also think it is OK to describe what is there.
There is a bedroom fee plus codes that kick in depending on the number of bedrooms in my city when building...
What often happens is the bedrooms are understated... so a 4500 square foot home with upstairs and downstairs permitted kitchens may be listed as 3 bedroom...
One trick is to have huge master bedrooms like 600 or more square feet... with all the windows, closets, etc... what the builders do is design the space as two separate bedrooms and leave the partition wall out... making it super easy to divide later if needed or simply enjoy 600 square feet master suite as is.
they do appear to be 2 separate rooms - you're missing where the ladder comes up in between the rooms. And no, it's not a door on hinges, but it does appear it can be closed off. The room where the picture is shot from, you can see the tripod, and some sunlight around it - as if it's the door you get to from the exterior photo. The other "bedroom" has a small window - maybe too small, but I don't have a measuring tape. There's your alternative egress for each room.
You can't stand up in the middle of the room? General rule of thumb is 7 ft, though it seems to then vary from place to place. In NC, 1/2 the room has to be 7 ft, so if there's 4 feet wide of 7 ft tall space in that room, we can call it an 8 ft wide room for measuring purposes (assuming it's at least 8 ft wide total of course).
Who knows what the "custom" of the local market is. I can imagine that desirability of a home like that rests in it's location and price, not how nice the interior is.
In the original post, it's quite clear that something's being called a bedroom that cannot legally be a bedroom. Not so in the camping/hiking hut in the CA mountains
A lot of the old Tahoe A Frame Cabins simply don't list number of bedrooms and instead say "Sleeps 8 in Loft"
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