Bedroom requirements for FHA

[celilola]

I am doing an FHA appraisal on a property that is basically studio design, with the exception that there is a semi-separate room separated from the living room that would be used as a bedroom.

My question is this...the bedroom in question has a doorway from the living room for access, but no door on the doorway---its an open entryway about 6 feet wide, with an arched ceiling which prevents immediate installation of a door.


Will FHA allow this to be called a bedroom? The market will accept it as one, and it is in line with the size of the home...but I haven't come across this before and Im wondering if this is in line with their requirements.



Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Mike Kennedy]

ROOM dimensions? Photos?

http://appraisersforum.com/FAQ.php?s=&do=search&q=ATTACHMENTS&match=all&titlesonly=0

 

[zdfenton]

HUD guidelines do not define a bedroom and really their only bedroom requirement is that it have a source of egress (no bars on windows, non-opening windows, etc)

Define it however the market defines it.

If this house had more bedrooms not having a door on a bedroom could be an easily curable functional obsolescence, but as it's the only bedroom I find privacy issues unlikely

 

[celilola]

ROOM dimensions? Photos?

http://appraisersforum.com/FAQ.php?s=&do=search&q=ATTACHMENTS&match=all&titlesonly=0

Room is 8X27 (216sf). The balance of the home is 22X27 (594sf). Pics Attached.

The first photo is of the entry into the bedroom--photo taken from the living room facing the bedroom entry. The second photo is of inside the bedroom itself. Thanks!

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

My guess...It will qualify but probably will be difficult to appraise.

 

[ramrcdk]

Room is 8X27 (216sf). The balance of the home is 22X27 (594sf). Pics Attached.

The first photo is of the entry into the bedroom--photo taken from the living room facing the bedroom entry. The second photo is of inside the bedroom itself. Thanks!

Sounds like by size / ratio...it's THE 'master' bedroom. If windows-ingress-egress comply, though perhaps a lessened use utility, no door, and likely not a typical width v length; however, in an area of similar #s, why not? Is a curtain a door, certainly not in cases, but FHA does not define 'a door' by a bedroom description-necessity, right??? Would you extract a utility adj? or cost-to-cure adj? I would get in touch with ur Client for a procedure UW & YOU will accept.