Apparently a lot of people here have never been in an 18th or 19th century house, when closets where rare.

Anonymous wrote:Maryland (or Mont. County, at least) says closet is required for a bedroom, as well as egress/window.

And, conversely, a room without a closet does not quality as a bedroom.

If this were true in all of MD, my 19th century rowhouse would have to be listed as a 1 bedroom. (It's 3, but there are only two closets in the entire house, and only one is in a bedroom. People used to have freestanding wardrobes and bureaus.)

Stuck in an ikea pax unit and trim it out for the closet.

In DC you do not need a closet to call it a bedroom. There are minimum size and ceiling height as well as egress requirements though.

Anonymous wrote:Maryland (or Mont. County, at least) says closet is required for a bedroom, as well as egress/window.

And, conversely, a room without a closet does not quality as a bedroom.

contrapositively, not conversely.

Anonymous wrote:Depends on your state. I live in CA where you can legally label a room a bedroom without a closet, but in MD I believe you must have a closet in order to call it a bedroom.

This whole thread, and this post in particular, took me straight to the Hannibal Buress skit about the lyrics in a specific song; best presentation for here is from a Rolling Stone article:

Jeff Rosenthal of Rolling Stone: You have a line on your song with Plies ("Lose My Mind") where you say, "House stupid dumb big, my rooms got rooms." Hannibal Buress, who has a Comedy Central special coming up, has a joke where he says, "Those are just closets, Jeezy."

Jeezy: He said that about me? Nah, his crib probably ain't as big as mine, that's all. Tell him to upgrade his crib, that's all.

Maryland (or Mont. County, at least) says closet is required for a bedroom, as well as egress/window.

And, conversely, a room without a closet does not quality as a bedroom.

Realtors will tell you it needs a closet. The pp hit the nail on the head with the minimum requirements per the code. Also, a wall cannot be less than 7ft. Granted, localities may or may not follow it to a T.

https://buildingcodetrainer.com/minimum-bedroom-size/

Anonymous wrote:No closet requirement in Virginia.

But it has to have a window I think. A lot of states are window plus a closet can be a bedroom.

Anonymous wrote:No closet requirement in Virginia.

Just has to be 70 square feet, have a 6'8" ceiling , and have a window of a certain dimension and height from the floor, depending on the jurisdiction in Virginia.

No closet requirement in Virginia.

Where I live no, that wouldn't be legal. It would be a den/office. So 2 bed+Den but couldnt be called a 3 bed.

Not a bedroom but you can stage it like one.

Depends on your state. I live in CA where you can legally label a room a bedroom without a closet, but in MD I believe you must have a closet in order to call it a bedroom.

Technically can you call it one? It’s on the second floor where the other bedrooms are and is 12 x 15 but it has no closet anymore bc a prior owner incorporated the former closet space into the present hall bathroom.