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Is it relatively easy to catch fish? And how do people have little wood stoves on the ice

It also sucks when you dig out a spot to drill a hole, then the wind fills it with snow every ten minutes lol

Not sure what the rules are in MA, but I worked as a real estate appraiser for a number of years in CT and the rule was it had to have a closet to be appraised as a bedroom.

I've heard from multiple realtors that a room is only considered a bedroom if it has a closet. I would be surprised if that turned out to not be the case, but who knows? Maybe it's just a myth.

The only addition is a new Korean Egg Sandwich restaurant named OH K DOG that is originally from TX, but has moved into the northeast. I think I saw one of their places when I was in Flushing recently.

Anyway, It's directly on your left as you enter, exactly opposite of the Tous Les Jours (which is on the right of the entrance).

I had the egg sandwich. It's good, but it's not totally worth the price IMO. It's a lot of cholesterol for like $9 - $12 depending on what you get. I am hoping that if egg prices come down a bit, their prices do too. It was definitely enjoyable though, if I'm wicked hungry and doing some shopping there again I may get some again.

Can't speak to the Korean style corn dogs that they have, I'm not a fan of them in general.

I think they opened about 4 weeks ago IIRC, maybe 3.

I did see that little stand. I thought that they were selling hot dogs. I don't recall that anyone was there serving food. The jewelry stand was on the opposite side (to the right after turning left to walk towards the registers).

BTW, we'd really like an HMart in New Hampshire (Nashua would be great) but I don't think that there are enough Asians in NH for them to consider opening a store here. The nice thing about HMart is that we don't have to drive to Boston for Asian groceries.

Septic sizes are based on how many bedrooms you have. A room without a closet is not considered a bedroom and thus, you can get away with having a smaller septic or not digging up your yard.

Not in the house I grew up in but it was built in the 18th century.

Where’s the house located? I don’t need a closet in the third room, and we can both save money on agents 🤷🏻‍♂️

When we bought our house the shady realtor marketed it as a 6 bed. But the municipal records only had 4 beds and it created a clusterfuck at closing. Two of the “bedrooms” in the finished attic space didn’t have closets.

The question is, do buyers require a ‘ bedroom’ to have a closet? There’s some reason to believe the answer is yes.

INFO: Do the county records describe your house as a 2 bedroom or 3 bedroom? I would start there.

Lemme guess, the agent has a great recommendation for a contractor… 🤨

Yep, if you have a septic system that is an absolute constraint on how many bedrooms a house can be listed as having, nothing else will matter. I'm regularly surprised at how many listings I see that claim more bedrooms that the septic is sized for, that is a legal liability for the seller and the listing agent. My current house lives like it has 4 to 5 bedrooms and we've used it as a four bedroom but it can only be listed as a three bedroom without an extremely expensive septic upgrade, so it is a three bedroom house with a couple of "offices", "playrooms", "bonus rooms", whatever.

This is also my understanding for MA.

My MA agent told me closets are not required because so many older homes don’t have them. Maybe it depends on your location, or maybe it’s more applicable in areas with lots of newer subdivisions. I don’t know?

Yikes! It looks so calm, but ice fishing is full of adventure

Makes walking around in slushy deep wet cold a lot more work and it's more dangerous because you can't see the quality of the ice you are walking on it hides old fishing holes.

The answer is very easy to look up. Simply check your town's property card for your property. If your town is describing it as a 3-bedroom and taxing you on a 3-bedroom then your house is a 3-bedroom.

And any building codes tend to be defining NEW construction. If your home was a 3-bedroom when it was built then likely it is still 3 bedroom.

And get a new realtor. They sound like they want you to low ball your house so they can make the quick commission rather than helping you get best value.

Sounds like your agent doesn’t know anything, you should probably get a new one

The house my ex and I bought in Western Ma didn’t have a single closet.

Others have already suggested you talk with your town's building inspector. That is the correct answer

If you have a septic tank, make sure it has the required capacity for the number of bedrooms you're listing the home as. The building inspector would now about that too. You can't sell a house with a two bedroom septic as a three bedroom house.

If you don't have a septic tank, consider yourself fortunate. I had to replace my septic system to sell my last house, and it was a whole lot more expensive than the most expensive closet you could ever build.

I would consider speaking with another agent. This closet stuff is nonsense. A lot of people prefer much larger rooms with designed clothes storage - see Ikea. They make these types of furniture because they sell a lot.

List it as what it is. A 2 bed with an office.

Would you want to have a bedroom with no closet?