Building with a regional builder, semi custom. I proposed something like: in the basement, a hallway off the family room opens up to unfinished space. Builder is saying they can't do it because mortgage will not be approved if there is no clear delineation between finished and unfinished space.

First of all, does anyone know if this is true? Secondly, how will the lender know?

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Why wouldn’t you want a door? Would the unfinished space be insulated? Seems like that wouldn’t be great for your heating bills.

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Make sure you’re aligned on definition of finished vs unfinished.

Put a door/doorway at end of hallway - problem solved

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