Is Rumpus habitable or non habitable space

[Indydhanoa]

Not sure guys what do you all think?

[Sanya]

The building code notes "habitable space" as being "a space used for activities normally associated with domestic living, but excludes any bathroom, laundry, water-closet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, hallway, lobby, clothes-drying room, or other space of a specialised nature occupied neither frequently nor for extended periods"

Qualifications for habitable space are further defined in the Building Code and in The Housing Improvement Regulations 1947 refers, specifically clauses 10 & 11.

10
Every habitable room shall have a height from finished floor to finished ceiling of at least 2.1 m in the case of an existing house and of at least 2.4 m in the case of a new house:
provided that where a habitable room has a sloping ceiling it shall have that height over at least one-half of its floor area, and in computing that area no regard shall be had to any portion of the room the height of which from finished floor to finished ceiling is less than 1.5 m.

11
(1) Every habitable room shall be provided with 1 or more windows so situated in an external wall or external walls that adequate light is admitted.
(2) The aggregate area of the glass of the windows of each habitable room shall be not less than a one-tenth part of the area of the floor of the room.
(3) The windows of each habitable room shall be so constructed that windows with an area amounting to not less than one-twentieth part of the area of the floor of the room can be opened for the admission of air.
(4) Every room which is not a habitable room shall be provided with such window or windows as the local authority may consider necessary for the adequate lighting and ventilation thereof.


The above regulation also defines "habitable room" as any room which is used or intended to be used, or, in the opinion of the local authority, is capable of being used, as a living room, dining room, sitting room, or bedroom.


For specific situations like legal clarity on an existing space or a "change of use" situation (can be complex), legal advise and local authority opinion should be sort.

[John the builder]

the definition of habitable space tells us a rumpus is a habitable space.

why do you ask this?