{"id":11365,"date":"2019-11-15T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T00:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=11365"},"modified":"2023-07-22T11:36:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:36:41","slug":"can-a-home-office-be-a-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/can-a-home-office-be-a-bedroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Home Office be a Bedroom?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
Don’t worry, this is not a tax deduction discussion related to whether you can expense your bedroom as a home office. Instead of asking whether a bedroom can count as a home office, we want to know: can a home office be a bedroom?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
As discussed in yesterday’s post, we are strictly enforcing our flex advertising policy<\/a> to ensure trust and transparency for all customers searching for apartments for rent<\/a>. A home office is an alcove or enclosed area or room, but does not qualify as a true bedroom because it does not meet the two basic requirements: a minimum width and length for a bedroom, and a window to natural light.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Take a look from today’s broker blast from TF Cornerstone, describing available units at well-known 45 Wall Street. Many studios have a home office alcove, allowing the living room to double flex into a flex-2. In the most extreme case, there is somehow one unit that contains three home offices, AND two walk-in closets… but it is technically still a large studio that can flex into five!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n At RentHop, we require agents and landlords to list the true, original bedroom count. We will allow flexing at most two-bedrooms, so a studio can become a flex-two. Or, a one-bedroom can become a flex-three (no studio-flex-fives for now).<\/p>\r\n Editor’s Note: We updated this article to enhance readability.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don’t worry, this is not a tax deduction discussion related to whether you can expense your bedroom as a home office. Instead of asking whether a bedroom can count as a home office, we want to know: can a home office be a bedroom?\u00a0 RentHop Compliance As discussed in yesterday’s post, we are strictly enforcing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rental-glossary"},"yoast_head":"\n
\u00a0*Example of a Broker Blast aka Landlord Sheet. Even though the landlord notes which units can be flexed, they still officially show only the original, true bedroom counts<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\nCurrent Broker Blast Example<\/h1>\r\n