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I thought an eat-in-kitchen included breakfast nooks. I wouldn't want a table in the middle of the room where an island could go.

Great rooms stump me. Sometimes it means, and what I prefer, the main room for a couch and TV- living/family room combo. I don't like when it's used to mean an open floor plan, and there is still a separate, formal living room.

Den/5th bedroom. Unless a room has a closet it does not count as a bedroom in FL. Yet, so often dens/offices are advertised as 5th bedroom. Sure you can put an armoire for hanging clothes, but it's really not another bedroom.

Florida Room. This is just an attached and insulated screened porch or sun room.

Cabana bathroom is a bathroom with a door to the outside, typically providing access to the backyard or pool.

Gathering room. I see this all the time in floor plans. On HGTV or maybe This Old House a gathering room was explained as a place to warm up near the kitchen, but it also sounded like it was a mud room too. When I see it on floor plans it's usually a big space for a couch.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I always wondered what a Florida room was! I hear it on HGTV all the time. I always think of a great room as a living area open to the kitchen with a vaulted ceiling, fireplace, etc.

The only thing I can think of is "cozy" and "well-appointed" which are both code words for TEENY TINY. Well, "well-appointed" doesn't necessarily mean small, but I always see it used to describe places where every little nook and corner is utilized (effectively).

haha alcove always pisses me off! often in NYC it's just a spot where you could MAYBE fit a twin bed that would peek out into the main space. alcove studios are just not usually any different than regular studios, but they throw the word alcove in and suddenly think it commands a higher price regardless of how tiny the alcove is.

i also hate chef's kitchen. No chef would ever be happy with a NYC size kitchen! also, when you say chef's kitchen, i'm gonna be expecting a massive restaurant-sized kitchen, with multiple ovens, etc. don't set me up for disappointment!

@Pirouette: haha LOL-ing over the chef's kitchen. Totally agree!

I find this thread interesting because I sometimes have to translate real estate terms and it's never cut and dry, depending on the market.

I think some of these are regional? For instance here a bedroom counts as a bedroom as long as there is a full bathroom close to it, regardless of closets. Usually though if there is a bedroom in the basement it's called a "+1" so a house could be "3+1 bedrooms". Any room on the upper floor is considered a bedroom lol.

Also an eat-in kitchen here describes an open kitchen with enough room to comfortably fit a table, not a kitchen with a table crammed in lol.

Also keep in mind many real estate sites only let you put in a certain amount of characters for the description, so words like "en suite" and "windowed" save space.