Septic systems are sized to number of bedrooms. The closet doesn't matter, there are specific requirements for a bedroom (ventilation, exits, minimum size...) . There is bedroom count rule in Mass Title V that says if there are more than 8 rooms in the house, you have to divide the total rooms by 2 to get the bedroom count. So an 8 room house could have 3 bedrooms for septic purposes, but a 9 room house will 4, a 10 room house will have 5... Rather than denying a construction permit because an additional room will push the house over the size of the septic system, a town will often add a deed restriction stating the number of bedrooms and allow the construction.

Your town's health department should be able to help you figure out how it will work in your specific situation.

I came home to Williamstown yesterday from AZ! But my 24 yr old son stayed at the house & had it all shoveled😍. It’s enough of a shock returning to winter, so glad I didn’t need to shovel! But we also have some large tree limbs broken or down.

Oh wow that’s good though if I’m desperate and have no place to park I’ll prolly end up using it sometime haha

Septic is rated based on number of bedrooms.

I never saw them tow there. I used to live in the village for over 25 + years. My brother parks his SUV there all the time. A bunch of residents park there every night

Oh ya thanks that’s good to know though so they won’t tow you if you park thwre

I dont believe so. Just trying to help you save money.

Best Buy is some what close but would be a bit of a walk. Honestly I’m fine with paying the 25 dollars every month rather than switching my insurance and paying 175 more. I was basically just wondering is there a limit to the visitors passes or can I get it every month

Not sure what part Everett you live in. See if you can park at a private parking lot overnight. Example, you can leave your car at a Best Buy parking lot overnight. I have done that before. Instead of paying for a parking pass.

Exactly. Good luck fighting a modern fire in a blanket lined, rubberized nomex trench coat with hip boots like we did until the 90’s.

That statistical accounting may be true, but only because the current generation of firefighters hasn’t died yet. If I were to make an educated guess, I’d say that these statistics are likely to drastically rise in the future.

But firefighters exposure to carcinogens have drastically risen year by year, for a litany of reasons. For one, structural firefighting fear obv, increased exposure to hazardous materials, a switch decades ago to diesel powered apparatus from gasoline, the use of firefighting foams, and the biggest factor is the construction materials used in buildings and their contents. Studies of legacy materials (wood, cotton) vs what is seen now in home furnishings like polystyrene foam, plastics, and others have drastically increased the level of toxic gases - including hydrogen cyanide for one.

It may seem that since fires are less frequent that exposure would be lower, but the opposite is true. The environment inside structure fires burns hotter, and release more- and more toxic, carcinogens.

Hi neighbor!

I've talked with some firefighters about this. They've told me there aren't suitable nontoxic alternatives. You can be safe from the fire or you can be safe from your PPE but not both. This article seems to indicate the standards were set so high as to exclude the nontoxic methods.

For the firefighters more cognizant of the risks, they don't fully dress until they need the protection the suits offer (entering the building, knocking down stuff, etc). This probably varies by unit and town.

It wouldn't be surprising at all, given the job is to be near unknown things that are on fire.

Asbestos fragments, benzene, naptha, wood treatments, burning paint, the foam cushions from furniture... at best they're microdosing toxins with every fire they're near.

It’s really more because 50% of the country was raised to gobble up any form of oligarch-benefactors through their incessant idolization and submission to broken capitalism

Funniest part is that they consider it a mark of freedom 😂 as they hobble away with chronic injuries from their low end labor jobs while their frat bro buddies try to milk the finance system right off their backs. A subset of true modern day idiots containing more subsets of different idiots within! The beauty of it all….

Let’s hear it for the mindless clueless bootstrapper demographic, the most easily deluded bunch of morons you could ever ask to share a country with! Bravo morons. Bravo. Eat that oligarch asshole for breakfast and turn around to tell us how freedomy you really are ;)

Downvote away South Shore Central Boonies MA from your little cesspools. Seethe :)

I believe this stat is normally accounting for retired firefighters as well. The generation that have retired in the last ten years and are retiring now, had way more exposure to obvious carcinogens vs career firefighters of today.

Can only speak as a buyer but I personally wouldn’t consider buying a place that doesn’t have ample closet space.

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Because unions don’t have as much power as people think they do due to anti-union laws.

In Massachusetts for example, public sector workers are legally forbidden from striking, and any public sector union that is found to be organizing or encouraging this is heavily fined

How did the Unions let this go for so long?

We used an Ikea wardrobe and added some crown molding. Instant closet that satisfied the realtor and buyers.

> Last year, nearly 75% of the firefighters who passed away died of job-related cancer

I'd like to know the source of that statistic, but WOW if true.

When I lived in revere, the sticker had a 24 hour parking limit. I dont know about Everett tho.

Yea I just looked at the Burlington building dept site and they just use the MA state code. The rule of thumb is for building code, the most stringent shall always apply. So if the international code says you don’t need a closet, MA code says you don’t need a closet, but for some reason Burlington had a requirement for bedrooms to have a closet your realtor would be correct.

Side note, could you DM me any info on the listing? Have some friends house hunting in that area. If not I understand. I also have a great long time friend who is a realtor in the area (one of Bostons 40 under 40) who could help you if you aren’t happy with who you’re working with. Best of luck!

Understandable but I imagine the buyers looking at houses in the “starter home” price range in our area will likely know they will have to compromise on some things.

The house is significantly more updated than recent comps in town. It is a good house with improvements we are proud of but like any 1950s-1960s house has its space constraints.