According to research, vendors want to avoid the few hundred quid that a HIP costs so badly, they're determined to prove their home hasn't a fourth (or, from September 10, third) bedroom. The most popular way to redefine an extra bedroom is as "study" (82%), followed by "playroom" (21%), "games room" (15%), "walk in wardrobe" (how we laughed, 12%), "tv room" (6%), "library" (4%) and "computer room" (3%). Of course, people search for property online by specifying the necessary number of bedrooms and an extra bedroom can add tens of thousands of pounds to the value of a house.

[via CityWire]

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