How big does a house have to be to be classed as a mansion? Thankyou?
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It is more dependent on the style of the house than the actual structure that classifies a property as a mansion.
12 BEDROOMS OR MORE
There is no strict definition of how many rooms a house has to have before it can be termed a mansion, but realtors generally use the classification for houses with at least 7,000 square feet of floorspace. Until the mid 20th century the European mansion would often have a hall, two or three salons or drawing rooms, library, billiards room, ball room, dining room, breakfast room, morning room, study and numerous bedrooms.
Until the middle of the last century European mansions were often short of bathrooms, often only two or three in a house of 20 plus bedrooms. In addition to the principal bedrooms would be far more for the staff usually on the uppermost or attic floors.
In London, the "mansion blocks" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries are up-market apartment buildings with the exterior design of a mansion.
in england there is no actual ruling on what can be called a mansion, you could call any house a mansion if you really wanted.
someone told me it was 6+ rooms :S but if it has loadsa bathrooms n rooms or a pool or something it should be my old house was its had 7 rooms indoor pool gym and large garden :P even then some people said it wasent a mansion.
VERY. but i guess you could live in a shed and call it a mansion if you really wanted to :)
No precise definition but house builders generally regard it to be a dwelling with at least 7,000 square feet of space...
I saw a house that had 7 kitchens in it but don't believe it was a mansion.
(Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kitchen and their 5 children)
its a house if you are looking to buy , but its a mansion if you are looking to sell
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