room count

[Linderfly]

My MLS service includes everything from mudrooms, to dining areas as rooms. For USPAP what constitues a room especially when there is open areas without walls.

 

[RSW]

USPAP does not dictate what a room is.

 

[Michigan CG]

USPAP does not dictate what a room is.

What he said.

This is a common sense issue. When looking at a home what do you think a buyer would perceive as a room? If the mud room is significant enough then I count it as a room. If the laundry room can function as more than just a laundry room then I count it.

The tricky ones are the homes with great rooms. Kitchen, dining and living all being open spaced. I look at these spaces as I think the buyer would. If the rooms has definite signs of a different utility then I will count them as separate "rooms".

I looked at a few AI books I have and none of them address room counts specific to your question.

 

[Mike Kennedy]

Contemporary Open Area floor plans are based on Utility i.e. Kitchen Area, DR Area, Living Room Area. etc. Typically only bedrooms and bathrooms have walls.

 

[RSW]

What he said.

This is a common sense issue. When looking at a home what do you think a buyer would perceive as a room? If the mud room is significant enough then I count it as a room. If the laundry room can function as more than just a laundry room then I count it.

The tricky ones are the homes with great rooms. Kitchen, dining and living all being open spaced. I look at these spaces as I think the buyer would. If the rooms has definite signs of a different utility then I will count them as separate "rooms".

I looked at a few AI books I have and none of them address room counts specific to your question.

Read his OP: For USPAP what constitues a room especially when there is open areas without walls.

There is nothing in USPAP that has anything to do with common sense.


Now, FHA does have guidelines as to what can be called a room or not.

 

[Michigan CG]

Read his OP: For USPAP what constitues a room especially when there is open areas without walls......

That is why I agreed in Post 3 to your post.

 

[OminousRun]

My MLS service includes everything from mudrooms, to dining areas as rooms. For USPAP what constitues a room especially when there is open areas without walls.

The old URAR form (6/93) that was obsolete in 2005 was a pretty good reference for room count. I always liked that grid and wish they kept it on the new form.

 

[Mike Boyd]

If you do not know what a ROOM is, what are you doing in the appraisal business? Maybe you should intern in a furniture store.

 

[Rick Neighbors]

Room

Well, using "room" as a noun, typically means an area that can be occupied, separated from other areas by walls.

However, in my appraising, I use a more liberal definition which includes what the "intent" is for an area.

A living room, dining room, and kitchen can all be in one area, but each one has a different intent.

An appraisal should not be misleading, and I think if I called the 3 areas 1 room, then it could be misleading.

If you have doubts, just tell the truth in your comments.

And, as uses can change, you should make comments. An area in a home may have been designed to be a bedroom, but is now an office......like the room I am sitting in!

In the old days, bedrooms did not have closets, they had wardrobes, and they did not have bathrooms, they had outhouses.

Just tell the user of the report what you think, and what you did.

Rick

 

[CANative]

In the old days, bedrooms did not have closets, they had wardrobes,

Fiddle-dee-dee. They had chiffarobes.