Great Rooms?

[Orlong]

Ive recently bought a new home and noticed that a lot of people are renaming rooms.

The one that annoys me the most and makes me rage is when they call something a "Great Room" (Never even heard the term prior to about 2005). Thats been used in the last 10 years to describe a large multipurpose room near the entrance (most normal people call them a family room or living room). Its mostly uppity and snooty middle-aged women that use the term, thinking that it will raise the value of the home and it pisses me off. I refused to buy a home from anyone who used this term.

In my opinion, the only room designations that should be allowed are:

Kitchen
Dining Room
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living Room/Parlor
Foyer
Basement/Cellar
Family Room
Mud Room
Office

Anything else should not be allowed to be used for the purposes of listing a house for sale. Because otherwise you could call any room anything you want to and mislead the buyer.

Its like when they call a house a 4 bedroom house and then you go look at it and 2 of the bedrooms would only have about 6 inches of space between the walls and a twin bed. Those should be called closets and not bedrooms. It would save buyers a lot of time because they can filter out bullshit like that and not waste their time going to see a house that claims it has 4 bedrooms and only has 2.

Anyone else hate the made up term "Great Room"? I dont know why but just hearing some snooty person say the name is like nails on a chalkboard to me

[Independent voter]

I've got bigger battles to fight.

Grats on the new house.

[Deleted]

Mud room? I have no idea what that is.

I have a 'utility room' in my house, which is a smaller room with the boiler and my fridge-freezer. Connected to my kitchen (separated by a door), which leads to the back door.

EDIT - Googled mud room, understand what it is now, its a similar use I have in terms of shoes/jackets there in the 'ol utility room.

[pateuvasiliu]

What's a family room?

[Shadowferal]

Hmm...Mud rooms used to be from the outside door that leads to a small room with drainage and water faucet/hose that cleaned off the shoes/boots. Did that change?

[Kathandira]

Ive recently bought a new home and noticed that a lot of people are renaming rooms.

The one that annoys me the most and makes me rage is when they call something a "Great Room" (Never even heard the term prior to about 2005). Thats been used in the last 10 years to describe a large multipurpose room near the entrance (most normal people call them a family room or living room). Its mostly uppity and snooty middle-aged women that use the term, thinking that it will raise the value of the home and it pisses me off. I refused to buy a home from anyone who used this term.

In my opinion, the only room designations that should be allowed are:

Kitchen
Dining Room
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living Room/Parlor
Foyer
Basement/Cellar
Family Room
Mud Room
Office

Anything else should not be allowed to be used for the purposes of listing a house for sale. Because otherwise you could call any room anything you want to and mislead the buyer.

Its like when they call a house a 4 bedroom house and then you go look at it and 2 of the bedrooms would only have about 6 inches of space between the walls and a twin bed. Those should be called closets and not bedrooms. It would save buyers a lot of time because they can filter out bullshit like that and not waste their time going to see a house that claims it has 4 bedrooms and only has 2.

Anyone else hate the made up term "Great Room"? I dont know why but just hearing some snooty person say the name is like nails on a chalkboard to me

The funny thing is, unless it the room was intended from the initial building of the house as a Kitchen, or a bathroom in regards to plumbing, any room in the house, is just a room. You decide on it's purpose. My old roommates took the empty 3rd bedroom of our apartment and turned it into an Art room. the apartment is listed as a 3 bedroom, but really, it could be used as a 1 bedroom, and the other 2 rooms could be used for whatever you want.

So, I agree. Naming spare rooms beyond the kitchen and bathroom is nothing but a scam.

[Orlong]

Hmm...Mud rooms used to be from the outside door that leads to a small room with drainage and water faucet/hose that cleaned off the shoes/boots. Did that change?

Nope. Thats exactly what they are. Also a lot of people use them to take their shoes off and keep them there to keep the carpet clean throughout the house

[Logwyn]

Hmm...Mud rooms used to be from the outside door that leads to a small room with drainage and water faucet/hose that cleaned off the shoes/boots. Did that change?

No its the same thing. Always just did this on the porch or carport or garage.... Only useful in very cold areas were taking your shoes off you could get frost bite...

[Kathandira]

Additionally. My current apartment has a "Breeze Way" This is generally a room which connects two parts of the house. We use ours as my g/f's Ceramic's Studio. The room is about the size of my livingroom, so it is a great place for her to work, and it has windows wall to wall. So she can get some nice natural light, and fresh air while she works.

A rooms name =/= it's mandatory use.

[Forgettable]

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

A name's a name dude. Get over yourself.

[brimdog]

humanity needs to be aborted

[Jimson]

Ive recently bought a new home and noticed that a lot of people are renaming rooms.

The one that annoys me the most and makes me rage is when they call something a "Great Room" (Never even heard the term prior to about 2005). Thats been used in the last 10 years to describe a large multipurpose room near the entrance (most normal people call them a family room or living room). Its mostly uppity and snooty middle-aged women that use the term, thinking that it will raise the value of the home and it pisses me off. I refused to buy a home from anyone who used this term.

In my opinion, the only room designations that should be allowed are:

Kitchen
Dining Room
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living Room/Parlor
Foyer
Basement/Cellar
Family Room
Mud Room
Office

Anything else should not be allowed to be used for the purposes of listing a house for sale. Because otherwise you could call any room anything you want to and mislead the buyer.

Its like when they call a house a 4 bedroom house and then you go look at it and 2 of the bedrooms would only have about 6 inches of space between the walls and a twin bed. Those should be called closets and not bedrooms. It would save buyers a lot of time because they can filter out bullshit like that and not waste their time going to see a house that claims it has 4 bedrooms and only has 2.

Anyone else hate the made up term "Great Room"? I dont know why but just hearing some snooty person say the name is like nails on a chalkboard to me

No love for a den?

[Kontinuum]

Den of Mortal Delights

[Jimson]

Isn't a den a family room?

Maybe? My grandparents had a room off the kitchen with a bunch of chairs and couches that I'd consider a family room, but then they had another room with a couch and a TV they called the den.

[Zandro]

Additionally. My current apartment has a "Breeze Way" This is generally a room which connects two parts of the house. We use ours as my g/f's Ceramic's Studio. The room is about the size of my livingroom, so it is a great place for her to work, and it has windows wall to wall. So she can get some nice natural light, and fresh air while she works.

A rooms name =/= it's mandatory use.

Regardless of what its called, this place looks beautiful.

[Deleted]

Ive recently bought a new home and noticed that a lot of people are renaming rooms.

The one that annoys me the most and makes me rage is when they call something a "Great Room" (Never even heard the term prior to about 2005). Thats been used in the last 10 years to describe a large multipurpose room near the entrance (most normal people call them a family room or living room). Its mostly uppity and snooty middle-aged women that use the term, thinking that it will raise the value of the home and it pisses me off. I refused to buy a home from anyone who used this term.

In my opinion, the only room designations that should be allowed are:

You are American and your simple language lacks the subtlety we have across the pond.

The fact you find our language too complex is amusing, yet disappointing from a certain perspective.

Thanks for your opinion.

[zenkai]

Ive recently bought a new home and noticed that a lot of people are renaming rooms.

The one that annoys me the most and makes me rage is when they call something a "Great Room" (Never even heard the term prior to about 2005). Thats been used in the last 10 years to describe a large multipurpose room near the entrance (most normal people call them a family room or living room). Its mostly uppity and snooty middle-aged women that use the term, thinking that it will raise the value of the home and it pisses me off. I refused to buy a home from anyone who used this term.

In my opinion, the only room designations that should be allowed are:

Kitchen
Dining Room
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living Room/Parlor
Foyer
Basement/Cellar
Family Room
Mud Room
Office

Anything else should not be allowed to be used for the purposes of listing a house for sale. Because otherwise you could call any room anything you want to and mislead the buyer.

Its like when they call a house a 4 bedroom house and then you go look at it and 2 of the bedrooms would only have about 6 inches of space between the walls and a twin bed. Those should be called closets and not bedrooms. It would save buyers a lot of time because they can filter out bullshit like that and not waste their time going to see a house that claims it has 4 bedrooms and only has 2.

Anyone else hate the made up term "Great Room"? I dont know why but just hearing some snooty person say the name is like nails on a chalkboard to me

They are called great rooms because Family Room was offensive to those without a family.

[Jimson]

You are American and your simple language lacks the subtlety we have across the pond.

The fact you find our language too complex is amusing, yet disappointing from a certain perspective.

Thanks for your opinion.

My takeaway from this is that we need to go back to adding an unnecessary "u" to words like honour, valour, etc.

They are called great rooms because Family Room was offensive to those without a family.

Wouldn't calling it a great room than be offensive to people who aren't great?

[zenkai]

My takeaway from this is that we need to go back to adding an unnecessary "u" to words like honour, valour, etc.



Wouldn't calling it a great room than be offensive to people who aren't great?

Now that you mention it...

[Manabomb]

I have a room called "the masturbation room" in my house.

Does that make it great?