Igotanewpen at 2024-02-14 12:12:12+00:00 ID: kqdhwub

In Britain the estate agent will say a house has X number of bedrooms and then when you go see the house it is very common that one of the "bedrooms" is too small to fit a bed in there. I don't know why the estate agents love to waste their own and the customer's time.

"But you can use it as a study". Twats!

Then-Pomegranate-632 at 2024-02-14 10:14:24+00:00 ID: kqd7hol

Only reason I want it to change is that I hate 1 room apartments, should be outlawd beside anything but dorms

Kitesir at 2024-02-14 09:05:43+00:00 ID: kqd28fm

Can't blame other people for not knowing a danish apartment that says it has 4 rooms really has 24 rooms.

xibalba89 at 2024-02-14 11:24:53+00:00 ID: kqddcrd

I don't think you understand how Americans use the term "bedroom". Let me illustrate:

A 4-bedroom house would never have a bunch of extra rooms that aren't dining rooms, kitchens, or bathrooms. Those are things I would expect. And you typically list the bathrooms as well. For example, you would say a "4-bedroom, 2.5 bath" for a house that has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, but only two showers/bathtubs. I would expect a kitchen and living room, which go without saying. (If the house doesn't have a kitchen, you'd better fucking say it up front, or you're going to have some disappointed potential buyers/renters). And of the 4 bedrooms, it's up to the occupant to decide how they use them (as an office, gameroom, whatever). No architect or builder is going to tell me how to use those rooms! But the Danish way doesn't specify anything, and gives LESS information. Would the house in my example be a 9 room house? What would you assume about a 9 room house?

xibalba89 at 2024-02-14 12:23:22+00:00 ID: kqdj3a4

I explain it below, but you've fundamentally misunderstood the way the "bedrooms" are counted in the States. They are any room that isn't a bathroom, living room, or kitchen. In house I live in now (in Denmark), it's listed as a 5-room house, with one bathroom. In the States, it would be a 4-bedroom house. The only difference is the kitchen / dining room / living room, which is all one continuous room. In the States, none of these would be counted as bedrooms anyhow. The other rooms are currently used as three bedrooms and an office. The previous occupants used the room we use as an office as a bedroom, and one of the bedrooms for storage. No fundamental difference between the two systems. Neither system accounts for the scullery (bryggers), which isn't big enough to be considered a room by either system. So there's not much difference between the systems, but the American system has a bit more clarity, since you don't have to guess about kitchen and dining rooms there.