I was out on Broker Tour today, and was very excited to see one particular house- 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, under one million dollars in Southern Marin California. Very exciting!
As I walked in, I thought- this is great!! The house made a great first impression. The living room was a little dark, pop a skylight in there and it would be very nice. Pretty backyard, remodeled kitchen, decent master, one bedroom (with a dirty cat box- come on, put it in the garage!), and WAIT…where is the other bedroom? I look at the flyer, it says 3 bedrooms. I look around, go back and count. There is a small room that you have to walk through a bathroom to access but a twin bed couldn’t fit into it. Nope, not a bedroom. Did I miss a hallway somewhere?
So I ask the agent where the third bedroom is. He tells me it is the room off the bathroom. He says the tax records call that a bedroom. I don’t care what the tax records call it. If you can’t fit a small bed in it, it’s not a bedroom (and don’t advertise it as such).