Skylights only egress

[glenn walker]

are you saying that you would call it a bedroom?

I see a King Sized bed in it and the owners use it as a bedroom and there is no law that says skylights cannot be used in a upper level room. You cant put standard windows on a roof pitch like that .

 

[NJ Valuator]

Its still a bedroom- What kind of windows do you think it needs ? Even if it had windows you still slide down the roof - Do you think changing the name changes the outcome ? No it does not its a bedroom you are just leading your self down a dead end road

ok thanks for the feedback

 

[Dublin ohio]

Check the local building code. Many have requirements for bedrooms. If the code requires "x" and you don't have "x". Who can argue

 

[glenn walker]

MY BEDROOM WINDOW OPENS - NOW WHAT

 

[Amy Perkins]

Its still a bedroom- What kind of windows do you think it needs ? Even if it had windows you still slide down the roof - Do you think changing the name changes the outcome ? No it does not its a bedroom you are just leading your self down a dead end road

Call the assessor, then state assessor has it as a bonus room or whatever, the agent is trying to make a sale.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I'd simply note as a bedroom it does not have safe escape route.

 

[J Grant]

Not making it an issue just want to report it correctly. Listing has it as a bedroom, but I do not think it is adequate enough. The first thing the users of the appraisal are going to complain about is that I called it a 3 bedroom rather than 4. I am thinking ahead of my rebuttal when the revision request comes charging in.

Do what is right for the appraisal, not what you fear from a RE agent in a rebuttal
It should be clear to any normal human that a fixed skylight is not the same as an operational window

A RE agent would call a doghouse an accessory dwelling unit . F** them. Explain proactively why the MLS listing has X number of bedrooms and your appraisal has a different number, and repeat that explanation if a rebuttal comes in. You also can write you listed the room as a den or study and not listing it as a bedroom had no impact on the value

What does the tax card say wrt # of bedrooms for the subject?
d r w

 

[J Grant]

Its still a bedroom- What kind of windows do you think it needs ? Even if it had windows you still slide down the roof - Do you think changing the name changes the outcome ? No it does not its a bedroom you are just leading your self down a dead end road

Incorrect, a bedroom needs a window or sliding door, an egress that is usable by human occupants in their daily life.

 

[Tom D]

They open, but not sure if it safe to first climb on the roof to escape.

bedroom. you think it's safe to go out a 2nd or 3rd floor window to the ground. in reality, i have not seen a fire in my immediate area in 30 years. i also think that they may not be a true skylight. they could be windows at an angled wall. at worst a hybrid between both. don't let your thinking skylight is the correct term.

 

[Mark K]

It appears that some forumites have fallen into the identity politics cesspool. A bonus room can't 'identify' as a bedroom if there is no emergency egress as required and defined in the building codes.