Does anyone know what are the legal requirements to make a new room acknowledged by the council? Auckland council in this case.
For example - if I have a 3 bedroom house with a very large bedroom that I can split into 2 rooms does it make it a 4 bedroom house? Can I rent it as a 4 bedroom house? Can I sell it as a 4 bedroom house? Will it be recognised as a 4 bedroom house by the council? And if not how to legally make it a 4 bedroom house? I'm not speaking about any load-bearing structural changes, just a simple partitioning of existing space.
Also how does a "rumpus room" differ from a bedroom? If it's carpeted, painted, has a wardrobe, etc and in no practical way is any different from a bedroom in an upper level how can that be legally turned into another bedroom and advertised as such for renting / selling?
Any ideas?
Thanks!
For example - if I have a 3 bedroom house with a very large bedroom that I can split into 2 rooms does it make it a 4 bedroom house? Can I rent it as a 4 bedroom house? Can I sell it as a 4 bedroom house? Will it be recognised as a 4 bedroom house by the council? And if not how to legally make it a 4 bedroom house? I'm not speaking about any load-bearing structural changes, just a simple partitioning of existing space.
Also how does a "rumpus room" differ from a bedroom? If it's carpeted, painted, has a wardrobe, etc and in no practical way is any different from a bedroom in an upper level how can that be legally turned into another bedroom and advertised as such for renting / selling?
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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