Does every home have a master bedroom?

[Otis Key]

Actually, when "Fair Lending" first came out, there was some comment and push regarding "Master Bedroom". Clarifications came out that this was not considered disciminatory.

Now, re MBR, there is a significant market differential in my markets if the MBR is upstairs or downstairs. Actually marketed as a positive being downstairs, especially with an aging population. Also, we have a 4 BR home. While we have a MBR, the bath is small and the closet is not a walk-in. We are going to remodel, taking one of the bedrooms into a master closet and enlarging the bath. 4 bedrooms are more excessive now, with the shrinking family size.

Not all houses are two stories. When it first came out it was a reference to the "owner's bedroom" and there was a concern about the detrimental aspect of the references in appraisals. After some time, it was decided that the "owner's bedroom" could be referred to as the "master bedroom", which is typically the largest bedroom of the residence and also (in more modern construction) has an attached bath.

 

[glenn walker]

FHA/HUD prefers the term ( MAIN BEDROOM ) but anyway some older homes in my area have no master bedroom as the bedrooms were all the same size and no bathrooms in them, so no a home does not have to have a main or master bedroom ... but to avoid headaches with uws I simply call one of them the master bedroom other wise you always get that pesky stip asking to explain and I am tired of spending the last 20 years talking about bedrooms ..... lol

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

This means that some homes do not have a master bedroom, simply a bedroom that is larger than the others.

and if they are all identical in size?

Our first home as a child was 2 rooms and a path...no plumbing, no nothing...

 

[PropertyEconomics]

In my home its called the Room of the Lord and Master ..... at least that is what my wife makes me call her and she sleeps there ....

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

Personally I think some people deserve to be offended and often too, especially those who like "visit" the property.

It is common terminology to reference "master bedroom" as well as "inspect the property".

 

[smackodu]

Owners suite is the proper term in this area. Family room will be the next to go. Political correctness has gone too far in this area. Here is a great story about what goes on here in liberal la la land.You have to love liberals. Enjoy!

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bal-md.ho.columbia25sep25,0,3749654.story

 

[Mike Boyd]

The master bedroom is the room where the Master of the house sleeps(or head of the household). It is only a recent convention to add a bathroom to the master bedroom. Initally, many 1980s homes had a 1/2 bath, or small 3/4 bath. More recently newer homes master bathrooms are very large.

I agree with you except that what used to be known as a 3/4 bath (sink, toilet, shower) is now considered to be a full bath.

 

[OminousRun]

Can we still use the term "servants quarters"?

"servant's quarters" = YES

"Slave quarters" = I'd advise against it....unless you are appraising a 1850 South Carolina Plantation estate that is currently set up as a museum, and you want to be "technically" correct.....but of course not politically correct.

 

[TEL2002]

Boy some of you folks are really wrong.

The Master Bedroom is where a 3rd degree Mason sleeps.

 

[Kris Chase]

I've seen the smallest bedroom turned into the "CAT" ROOM where a 1/2 dozen cats and their LITTER boxes are living. YUCK

Slavery is a sensitive issue, for sure, that does not mean we kill words in the dictionary because they were also used between 1700 and 1865.

Do you really think if you say the home has a master bedroom that the reader of your report will assume that means a slave master and that the other rooms are for slaves?

Someone misquoted to you the fair housing laws based on some politically correct jargon that fits into their view of the world. Political correctness has way gone overboard.

I saw the same thing but it was a "bird" room where the guy kept his birds flying all over the room. They didn't even look like normal pet birds like parrot, cockatoo, etc. They looked like sparrows and wild birds that he had caught and "domesticated". Bird poop everywhere, hanging from the fan, all over the floor, etc. I tried to enter the room to see the "master bath" and a bird swooped over my head. The entire time the owner was "cooing" to the birds. Got back to my office and wondered about a cost to cure for bird guano. Gotta love this job!!

Most "master" bedrooms in some poorer neighborhoods are where the 4-5 kids sleep. I still call it the master bedroom, no matter how many people sleep there, or what it is currently being used for. Someday it could be a master bedroom again for a new owner.