Literal question
2.1 Indicate the total number of rooms (excluding bathrooms, kitchens, service areas and accessories)
A room is a space that receives direct external light, the size of which makes it possible to include a bed and still have sufficient space to move around in.
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Interviewer instructions
Question 2.1
Specify the total number of rooms in the dwelling, including those with an independent entrance that are functionally part of the main building.
Do not count bathrooms, kitchens, kitchenettes, service areas and accessories. When counting, remember that a large room, divided into various functions, or separated into two or more areas by arches or dividing furniture, must not be counted as one room but as various rooms.
Rooms with a kitchen area used for various purposes must also be counted.
The term room refers to an area that receives direct light from the outside, with space for one bed and for a person to move in. For example, bedrooms and living rooms that meet these characteristics are rooms. Kitchens, kitchenettes service areas and bathrooms are not to be counted as rooms, even if they meet these characteristics.
The term rooms with external entrance refer to those rooms that have a separate entrance from the others, but are still part of the main house even if physically separated from it. However, these rooms are a complementary part of the house and are used by the same persons that live therein.
The term accessories refers to cellars, attics, garages, etc., in other words, premises that are actually used on a permanent basis to service the house (even if they do not belong to the same building).
The term service area refers to the area for entering rooms, toilets, bathrooms, as well as storerooms and such. Therefore, entrances, internal stairways, corridors, bathrooms, locker rooms, storerooms etc, are considered service areas.
The term kitchen refers to a room (or part thereof) equipped with a system for cooking food and a place in which to wash dishes, that is used for this purpose regardless of the fact that it is also used to eat in, sleep in, or other activities. There are three types of kitchens, depending on the size and the use made of the room where the cooking is done:
a) kitchen with the characteristics of a room: this is a "traditional" kitchen the size of a regular room (see definition), used and equipped mainly for cooking and eating;
b) kitchenette: this is a small kitchen, smaller than the minimum the surface of the floors not counting the walls and excluding the service areas. If the dwelling spreads on various levels, or also includes an external entrance, count the surface of all parts.
c) kitchen corner in a room that serves various purposes: in large rooms this arrange is usually used as an eating area or small dining room, there is an area in which to install kitchen equipment. The main characteristic of a room arranged in this manner is not that of a kitchen, but that of a room used for various purposes.
