Submitted by HomeBeets t3_11t3zav in massachusetts
baddspellar t1_jch8tjj wrote
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.
KKay62 t1_jchcwu1 wrote
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.
sheeplewatcher t1_jcikbwp wrote
At least a septic design doesn’t constrain the number of bathrooms you have in a house, /s
We have septic and having come from a house with sewer I miss it the most. I like the idea of crap leaving the area vs. sitting in my back yard.
HomeBeets OP t1_jchm5e1 wrote
Fortunate enough to not have septic.
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