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Old Posted Jan 24, 2016, 9:38 PM
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I mean the bedrooms are all on an exterior wall with a real window.
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Originally Posted by AdamUrbanist View Post
There should really be a name for the new "1 bedroom" type with the bed enclosure at the back of the unit. I don't think you should be allowed to advertise it as a bedroom because it doesn't have a window. The term "loft" doesn't fit because there's no lofted space and it may well have an 8 ft ceiling.
I agree completely. Shotgun style 1 bedrooms aren't really bedrooms in the sense that the bed "room" doesn't have four complete walls and a door (and usually doesn't have a window either). I lived in a shotgun style loft once and the bedroom felt claustrophobic to me.
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