Does mezzanine floor count as room?

[ivankali]

Hi, I am planning to sponsor my wife to apply for spouse visa together with my step child. I currently live in an annex with a mezzanine floor above the living area on my own.

I don’t intend to live here when they come, but I don’t want to move to a proper house just yet to minimise cost.

Would it be possible to claim that, if my landlord agrees, I have exclusive space in terms of treating the mezzanine and living room as bedrooms?

Thanks for your help on this topic.

[secret.simon]

Is the mezzanine floor within the same room? Or does it have a separate door/entrance from outside?

I think that I know the kind of room you likely have, where the room (typically a studio) has high ceilings and there is a loft/mezzanine area within the room, generally used as a sleeping area, while the area below is used as a part of the living room/studio. If that is the case, I would say that that counts as one room, not two.

Another way of thinking about it is that what you have got is a really tall bed But that does not make it a separate room.

But I would leave it for others to advise further.

[ivankali]

Thanks for your reply. Yes there is a staircase leading up to another floor which is not closed off from the living area. Would it sound fishy if i rent another place just before the application?

[seagul]

. Would it sound fishy if i rent another place just before the application?

Sensible idea