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PakkyT t1_jchaa2s wrote

The answer is very easy to look up. Simply check your town's property card for your property. If your town is describing it as a 3-bedroom and taxing you on a 3-bedroom then your house is a 3-bedroom.

And any building codes tend to be defining NEW construction. If your home was a 3-bedroom when it was built then likely it is still 3 bedroom.

And get a new realtor. They sound like they want you to low ball your house so they can make the quick commission rather than helping you get best value.

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HomeBeets OP t1_jchlur8 wrote

Property records have it as 4 bedrooms. Previous owners converted one bedroom into 2 back in the 1980s. We did a fully permitted renovation and turned in back into one large bedroom. Town has been slow to up the property record and told us the tax assessment is primarily based on square footage and bathroom count so we have pushed the issue.

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