This morning on the office tour, we saw a house with a tiny room...probably 6X8, with a closet and a skylight. Was that a bedroom? Years ago, we were taught that having a closet made a room a bedroom, but now we know better. For safety reasons, a bedroom must have a window that is large enough and low enough to enable emergency escape, and to provide adequate natural light and ventilation. Bedroom windowsills must be no higher than 44 inches above the floor, although lower sills were often allowed in older homes. In a basement bedroom, the sill can be higher if there is a permanent ladder or stairway to the window opening....but if the opening is below grade level, there are all sorts of additional requirements.
And closets? They are included in homes as a standard of practice, but are not a legal requirement in any building codes.
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