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Post by metavirus on Feb 17, 2016 20:59:36 GMT
Hi all,
Can anyone shed light on what the requirements are for a room to be officially considered a "bedroom" in my listing? Does a room have to be 100% dedicated to being a room in which someone sleeps in a bed, with no other use?
In my situation, I have two 100% bedrooms (each with a bed, closet) that aren't used for other purposes. However, I've turned another room that used to be used as a 100% bedroom into a multi-use "living room", which has a full-size futon/sofa for sitting/sleeping and a TV. As it used to be a 100% bedroom, the room has its own closet. Thus, my guests have 3 rooms in which they can hang their clothes in a closet, close the door and sleep in a bed.
I currently list my place with 2 bedrooms (only counting the 100% bedrooms). Should I be including the other room as a bedroom too, in terms of the bedroom count? I don't want to be in any way misleading to my guests. I already clearly describe the room layout and sleeping arrangements in my listing description. If I include the futon/den room in the bedroom count, and clearly explain the arrangement in the listing description, would that still potentially cause guests to feel misled?
Thanks so much!! -- M
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Post by High Priestess on Feb 18, 2016 0:59:14 GMT
I would say that any room which is set up for use as a bedroom when the guest arrives, which has the basics that are needed for a bedroom (bed with linens, door that closes, hopefully someplace for guest to put their clothes) can be called a bedroom.
On the other hand, if you are presenting a space in your listing as a living room, it wouldn't be called both a living room and a bedroom in the listing, but you can certainly say, "living room can be used as an additional sleeping area/bedroom if desired" and describe what features this room has both as a living room, and as a bedroom. Then let the guest decide how they want to use it.
I would not list the space has having 3 bedrooms, on the listing where you check off how many bedrooms the space has, because if you call the living room a bedroom, then there is no living room in the space, and guests may complain that they booked a place with no living room. It's helpful to think of guests' potential responses to different ways you could present the space.
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Post by metavirus on Feb 18, 2016 1:08:44 GMT
thanks, that's great advice!
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