What is a Bedroom?

I had a client call me last night to ask a question about the North Carolina Real Estate Commissions definition of a bedroom.  The question wasn't pertaining to his home, rather he has a friend that ran into a snag when listing his home (subject property).  It appears that when the friend purchased his home, it was listed as a 3 bedroom home and he purchased it as such.  A few years later, he is looking at selling his home and wanted to market it as a 3 bedroom home.  Well, turns out there is not a constructed closet in the room, rather there is a free-standing Wardrobe closet, of which was there when he made the purchase years ago.  The listing agent brought this to his attention and stated he could not market the home as a 3 bedroom but could market it as a 2 bedroom.  He stood his ground and stated that when he purchased the home it was listed as a 3 bedroom as the free-standing wardrobe closet conveyed with the home.   Hmmmm.......
Now, not wanting to give bad information, I informed my client that what I remembered from prelicensing was that a bedroom must have an egress window, constructed closet(permanent), clear intention that room is used as a bedroom (must be large enough to accommodate a bed) and entry to the room from a common area of the house.  Funny thing, is that I realized, over the years, I've run into different interpretations of bedroom definitions and that I wanted to refer to my Real Estate manual so we could get a firm definition.  In the meantime, I jumped on the North Carolina Real Estate Commissions website and found this article:  Click Here
Looks like I will be doing a little more research today, as even this published article is somewhat gray.  More to come!

Bryant Stadler, ePRO Realtor
http://www.bryantstadler.com/