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Three Bedroms

  we looked at three bedroom home but the third room that was used as a bedroom did not have a closet in it i thought that to sell a home as a three bedroom it had to have a closet in it?
 
  The legal definition of "bedroom" varies considerably from one locality to another.  Everything from "heated" to "a window" to "an outside wall" to "two exits".  I don't know what it is in your area.  But many really old houses don't include bedroom closets -- in previous centuries people routinely used free-standing wardrobes.  So that may not be included in the requirements.  I just can't say.
    Edith
Originally published on May 8, 2008
 
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