My wife and I are preparing to build a house on a rather small piece
of property.  Since the lot is so small, the local health dept will
not allow us to build anything larger than a two bedroom house.  The
house that we want to build has three bedrooms but they are allowing
us to consider it a two bedroom since we are calling one of the rooms
an "office".  If we are building it as a two bedroom house, does it
decrease the value in any way, and if we ever decide to sell it, do we
have to sell it as a two bedroom house also?  Thank You

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Clarification of Question by millieandadam03-ga on 05 Aug 2005 02:04 PDT

The reason that we are having to call our house a two bedroom is
because building codes require a longer fill line when you have a
larger than a two bedroom house.  And our lot is not large enough to
accommodate for a larger septic system.

HI,
For the present, you haven't much choice but to call it two bedrooms,
so that doesn't decrease the value.  Actually, it sounds like you are
lucky, if they viewed the plans for a three bedroom house and then
accepted your calling one an office.
Once the house is built and approved, I seriously doubt if anyone at
the health dept or county will ever look at the plans again  - or
years hence be checking housing ads.  IF someone did  - well: "it was
typo in the ad;" "broker got it wrong, sorry, just a mistake."

Of course, this is only an opinion and no legal or professional advice.

Good luck, Myoarin