That's simply not true. Many, perhaps most, houses don't have built in closets and yet mls doesn't feature page after page of "no bedroom" homes.

+1!

It's what several Realtors here have told me this and in looking at homes in BC I have no reason to disbelieve them.
If a room could accommodate a bed but has no closet, they seem to call it a den.

I guess this is another example the differences between one part of the country and another. Maybe it is also because the housing stock is generally newer here. Anyway, den, bonus room, loft (with a bit of imagination), hobby room, play room - they call it whatever they think will help sell the house. But, if it doesn't have a closet they can't call it a bedroom.

Thanks for clarifying that, Jon.

Is that a policy of the BC Real Estate Board (if there's such a thing)? It's absolutely not the case here, most of the houses I've lived in had no closets but were bought and sold as having n bedrooms. It'd be really odd to see a "3 den" house offered for sale.

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

When we came back to Oz from our working holiday in Canada, we got cheapish stuff as we had full intention of returning. So most of it is old and pretty worthless to be honest ... didn't even buy decent pots etc. I don't think much of it would even make the journey

$6k in clothes is def for a few years, and all seasons. Winter clothes in Perth won't cut it in Canadian winter, we found that out last time!

Good to know that I have gone over the top, was hoping that it was to much, but I always like to over estimate on these things!

Looked at a 6-12 month furnished rental to allow us to find a house and all our furniture for the new house without having to rush. Looks like that is around $2500 per month.

Still plenty of research to do, always great to get feedback from BE people that have been in the same boat ....

Still plenty of research to do, always great to get feedback from BE people that have been in the same boat

Actually Im betting most of us arrived seperately and on an aircraft.

We bought loads of our small electrical items, pots & pans etc from Canadian Tire, they have weekly 60% or even 70% off deals. If its not on offer 1 week, it won't be long till it is. You can check out there weekly flier online.
Good luck

Best thing I bought was a chainsaw! Always wanted one.....

I don't know but i will keep on looking. Google is finding stuff mostly from the US where sometime s the closet is required and sometimes not. this seems to sum up the general consensus:

Building codes don't require a bedroom to have a closet, but from a marketing standpoint a closet is what makes a room an actual bedroom. If the room doesn't have a closet, then your Realtor and potential buyers probably won't see the room as a habitable bedroom either. If your home is an older one that was built before closets were in common use, then the lack of a closet isn't quite so much of an issue.

Just for general interest the OP should visit the following merchants websites to get an idea of things on offer and prices.
The Brick, Leons, Dufresne, Sears Canada, The Bay for furniture and appliances
Future Shop Canada and Best Buy for electronics TVs computers etc
Home Outfitters, Sears Canada, The Bay for home furnishings, bedding
Crappy I mean Canadian Tire for a variety of stuff.
There are of course other stores but these will give a general idea.

I think you're right that the age of the home is key to their being closets. I'm not used to bedrooms having closets because although I've been in hundreds of houses listed for sale, very few of them were built after the 1930s. Still, I'd say that it's the bed that makes a bedroom, not access to cupboards.

I've just checked and it appears that all of the bedrooms in our house have built in closets. I've never even noticed most of them.

There's another one in the basement though, which was described as a bedroom by the realtor, which doesn't.

Do you think I can get my money back?

spending 50k on that stuff is madness

what happen's is 6months you hate that place and wanna go back to oz

id buy the cheapest stuff just to start off,then when your settled etc start to buy better stuff as and when you can