Is there an official minimum size a room must be before it can be
described as a bedroom?

Is there a minimum size according to building regulations?

On 6 Apr 2005 06:39:04 -0700, a particular chimpanzee named
lisamaguire@operamail.com (liz) randomly hit the keyboard and
produced:


>Is there an official minimum size a room must be before it can be
>described as a bedroom?


Slightly smaller than a shoe box, if the 'bedroom' I'm typing this in
is anything to go by.


>Is there a minimum size according to building regulations?


No.
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> On 6 Apr 2005 06:39:04 -0700, a particular chimpanzee named
> lisamaguire@operamail.com (liz) randomly hit the keyboard and
> produced:
>
>>Is there an official minimum size a room must be before it can be
>>described as a bedroom?
>
> Slightly smaller than a shoe box, if the 'bedroom' I'm typing this in
> is anything to go by.
>
>>Is there a minimum size according to building regulations?
>
> No.
> -- 
> Hugo Nebula
>  'What you have to ask yourself is,"if no-one on the internet wants
>   a piece of this, just how far from the pack have you strayed?"'



Must be able to fit in a single bed?

"liz"  wrote in message 
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> Is there an official minimum size a room must be before it can be
> described as a bedroom?
>
> Is there a minimum size according to building regulations?


Many moons ago there used to a minimum size quoted in the Building 
Regulations. In Scotland, where I live, it was 7 square metres. This is 
still a good minimum standard for a single bedroom. Anything less is just a 
boxroom IMO. There are now no minimum room-size standards, however, the 
Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2004 state the every apartment 
(i.e., every habitable room in a dwelling, excluding the kitchen and 
bathroom) must be able to accommodate a 900mm wide x 2000mm long single bed 
+ a 400mm wide activity space around it, a 750mm wide x 450mm deep chest of 
drawers and a 600 wide x600mm deep wardrobe + 1000mm activity space in 
front.

The abandonment of the old 1960's Parker Morris standards for housing design 
throughout the UK has led to the proliferation of crap housing IMHO.

Bob H

'Just because I'm nostalgic doesn't mean I live in the past'

"liz"  wrote in message 
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> Is there an official minimum size a room must be before it can be
> described as a bedroom?
>
> Is there a minimum size according to building regulations?



I know nothing of building regulations but I believe the law on overcrowding 
states maximumum occupancy of a room as follows

      Floor area of room  Number of persons
      110 sq ft or more  2
      90 sq ft or more but less than 110 sq ft  1 1/2
      70 sq ft or more but less than 90 sq ft  1
      50 sq ft or more but less than 70 sq ft  1/2
      Rooms which are less than 50 sq ft  0


Where 1/2 a person is a child under 10.

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Adagio