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Characteristics of the dwelling

2. Number of rooms (with window and not smaller than 4 meters squared) ____

Write in a total number of rooms e.g. bedrooms, studies, rented rooms, empty rooms etc.)

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Characteristics of the Dwelling

14. Number of rooms, kitchens and total number of chambers (questions 2-4) [p.17]
While gathering information for questions 2-4, a following definition of a room should be used.
A room is a space, which is separate from other spaces in the dwelling by stable walls, constructed on the whole length between floor and ceiling, with direct lighting, of measurements not lower than 4 cubic meters.

The direct lighting is considered as a window (or glass doors), which are located on an external wall, that is creating an entrance to yard, street, garden, vestibule etc.

If a room in a dwelling hasn't got a window with direct sun lighting, then even in the case of having a small window (skylight) which creates between the spaces and another room or vestibule and even if it has measurements of more than 4 cubic meters -- it cannot be considered as room.

Rooms are considered both as living spaces and kitchens, which fulfills these requirements. Vestibules, halls, bathrooms, toilets, pantries, enclosed porches and passages, storages, compartments and agricultural chambers -- regardless of their measurements and the way of lighting -- cannot be treated as rooms.

Number of rooms

Total number of rooms should include all living spaces fulfilling the room definition's requirements, which are located in a constructional building, even if some of them are not used for occupational purposes.

Number of rooms should include:

- Rooms which are used by inhabitants of a given dwelling for occupational purposes during the whole year period or temporarily.
- Rooms designed to be rent for holidaymakers, tourists and bathers, excluding rooms in a dwelling registered as a pension.
- Rooms, which are used only for professional purposes (for example as tailoring workshop, doctor's consulting room), if they haven't got any additional entrance from the street or generally accessible hall.
- Rooms, which are used for agricultural purposes currently, for example to store old equipment, furniture, vegetables.
- Empty, not furnished rooms, for example in a newly built dwelling (but these rooms must be already finished).

Number of rooms shouldn't include

- Rooms used only for professional purposes, which have separate entrance from the street, yard or generally accessible hall.
- Rooms, which are significantly damaged, which cannot be used for occupational purposes and are not occupied.