Looking For A Home With Room For A Office?

When looking to buy a home, many people say they would like 4 bedrooms when actually they are looking for 3 bedrooms but they need that extra bedroom for an office. Hopefully you are already working with a Realtor and they will know what to look for.  But if you are perusing online yourself or going to open houses, think about this....When a real estate agent lists a home for sale, the number of bedrooms they have to put in the MLS must be rooms that have closets in them. So, to call something a "bedroom", it must have 4 walls and a closet. Very often a house will have 3 bedrooms listed, and then a loft or a den as well.  A lot of times, lofts and dens make perfect offices and you don't really need a bedroom.  So even though you may think you need that extra "bedroom" for your office, you should still keep an eye out for houses that are listed as having one less bedroom than you need, then read the description of the house and look for the realtor to have written something like, "Has a den that can be used as a room" or "nice loft" and even sometimes you may see "Guest room in back of house".  A guest house or guest room off the back of the house may also be left off the number of rooms listed in the house so to help in your search, make sure you take these things into consideration when looking for your home.