FNMA bedroom definition

[Ken-NC]

I'm sure it's been posted, but I can't find a specific answer to this:

Can a bedroom lack a door (for privacy)? ANSI doesn't seem to care, but I'm more concerned with FNMA.
Thanks all!

 

[glenn walker]

I'm sure it's been posted, but I can't find a specific answer to this:

Can a bedroom lack a door (for privacy)? ANSI doesn't seem to care, but I'm more concerned with FNMA.
Thanks all!

No but I'm sure someone will hang a door if its an-issue LOL

 

[Ken-NC]

No but I'm sure someone will hang a door if its an-issue LOL

So, it can lack a door?

 

[CGinMN]

Yes, a bedroom can lack a door. Just determine the impact on marketability/market value, if any.

 

[glenn walker]

So, it can lack a door?

Sure I can hang a door which has a opening in a few minutes. Often people take a door off because they have a small child or pet in that room or area. I have no door on my 4th bedroom I use for a office . Its a issue a person living in a home will make to fit their lifestyle or needs. BUT a door does not make a bedroom and a bedroom does not make a door

 

[Ken-NC]

Sure I can hang a door which has a opening in a few minutes. Often people take a door off because they have a small child or pet in that room or area. I have no door on my 4th bedroom I use for a office . Its a issue a person living in a home will make to fit their lifestyle or needs. BUT a door does not make a bedroom and a bedroom does not make a door

Okay, thank you.
When I was a trainee 27 years ago, I remember the saying, "A bedroom needs egress to the exterior, a door for privacy and a closet." Of course, the closet is "flexible" (old home, no closets, etc.) and egress is more refined in it's definition, but the door never seemed to be addressed.

Yes, a bedroom can lack a door. Just determine the impact on marketability/market value, if any.

Thank you, sir.
Not for an appraisal, rather a floor plan for a broker so it's even easier!

 

[Fernando]

I look at the assessor records and see how many bedrooms were mentioned.
Just like I look at the square footage. Market looks at assessor records as "truth".

 

[Mike Ault]

Sure I can hang a door which has a opening in a few minutes. Often people take a door off because they have a small child or pet in that room or area. I have no door on my 4th bedroom I use for a office . Its a issue a person living in a home will make to fit their lifestyle or needs. BUT a door does not make a bedroom and a bedroom does not make a door

Years ago the San Diego Homeownership Center used to run a forum where you could ask FHA-related questions and get official responses back. It was their position at the time that a bedroom did not need a door or a closet, if someone needed privacy, they could hang a blanket and if someone needed a closet, they could purchase an armoire. I look at bedrooms in terms of functional utility. If a person has to traverse a public area (living room, kitchen, etc.) to reach a bathroom, then it is dysfunctional when used as sleeping quarters. We appraise floorplans in terms of "Highest & Best Use". What would be the most "functional" use for the room? Frequently those orphan rooms that are the result of garage conversions or afterthought additions demonstrate the highest functional utility when used as a "study" or even an "office" (if it has a door to the exterior where people can come and go without disturbing the occupants of the dwelling). Try to think like an architect, not a realtor. I've gotten into lots of arguments over the issue through the years and prevailed in every one of them. YMMV.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

An architect in Arkansas designed a house that has no interior doors. It has curved walls and the house is on a curve, all concrete. You cannot see into any bed or bathroom.

 

[Tom D]

i put curtains on my daughter's room door for privacy, when she was little. without a door, just call it a dining room, or family room, or den. those descriptions are just as silly as this thread, but a different post thought than the usual to meander here.