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Name That Room!

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Lately, I've been doing REO appraisals on large, relatively new mfg. homes. (Large = around 2,000 square feet. New = > 1999).

All the ones I've seen have Georgia HUD tags.

Anyway, there's this little room connected to the Master Bedroom, with no door between them...just a wide opening to walk through. I don't know what to call it. Looks like it could be used as an infant's room or possibly a dressing room. Room is no bigger than 10 feet on the short side.

What the heck is the name of that room?

Thanks for any information.
 
Uummmm :?:

Den - or office - or sitting room

yeah, sitting room sounds good.

:?:

Tom, I'm sure you checked on this but, are those GA homes rated for the correct Hurricane Zone for your area????? Most GA homes are zone I which is not legal here in Jax.
 
Thomas,

I've seen many with the little rooms you talk about. I consider them a part of the bedroom; they have no function as a separate room.
 
Depending on the size I sketch interior walls and label the sketch with the same "office den sitting room" options Pam came up with

OR if it has a real wide opening and no possible 'seperate use' it is labeled as part of the

"Master Bedroom Suite" :roll: :wink:

I just put the nomenclature as to extend int that 'room' on the sketch and let it go!
 
Tom,


If you know the type of the home, (model, ect) contact the manufacture,
or the dealer, what do they call it?
 
Some manufacturer's plans I've seen refer to such a room as a "Retreat". I usually call it a den or sitting room. It confuses some sales agents, so they fall back on their catch-all description of "Bonus Room" although some try to be creative and call it an extra Bedroom. I try to consider the function of all the rooms and these usually appear to be used most as a sitting room or nursery.
 
Thanks, everyone,

After I posted this question, I went back to the mfg. home to get a couple of photos I had missed. Got to rummaging around in a kitchen cabinet drawer, and under a pile of papers, found the mfgr's. floor plan. On there, it was called a RETREAT. What from?....a spouse?

BTW, seems like divorces, foreclosures and over-appraised mfg. homes all go together. Is there a single root cause?

Tom
 
BTW, seems like divorces, foreclosures and over-appraised mfg. homes all go together. Is there a single root cause?
Tom

Tom:

General poor financial management and poor communication are cited as the #1&2 cause for divorce.

Folks who don't reason well and get suckered into "a deal" without doing their homework probably qualify on both counts. :?:
Just MY guess :?
 
"What do a tornado and a redneck divorce have in common?"

"No matter what happens, somebody's gonna lose a dawg and a trailer."
 
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