Katsmeow
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I did in fact have trouble selling a house that had only a formal area and had no breakfast room. The Formal dining room was next to the kitchen so in a way wasn't all that formal. We did have a breakfast counter that we put in the kitchen between it and the family room but it could seat only 2 to 3 people.
I got feedback after feedback after feedback that people did in fact want a breakfast room (sort of like your nook at the very least) plus a dining room. It was by far the most consistent negative comment we received.
Now -- in the house we bought after that, it had a breakfast room and a formal dining room. We used the formal dining room for several years as DH's office and then used it as a room for your treadmill/TV after that. When we got ready to sell the house we removed all that from the room and were going to stage it as a dining room (we ended up selling the house before it went on the market with the room empty).
In our current house, we actually do use our formal dining room (it is next to the kitchen). We have converted our breakfast room (which is one end of the kitchen) to a seating area where someone can sit while conversing with the person preparing food.
Anyway, I don't know that it has to be formal but many, many, many people want two eating areas. So if you are going to use it as something else it would be better to make it something that you could convert back if you put the house on the market.
I got feedback after feedback after feedback that people did in fact want a breakfast room (sort of like your nook at the very least) plus a dining room. It was by far the most consistent negative comment we received.
Now -- in the house we bought after that, it had a breakfast room and a formal dining room. We used the formal dining room for several years as DH's office and then used it as a room for your treadmill/TV after that. When we got ready to sell the house we removed all that from the room and were going to stage it as a dining room (we ended up selling the house before it went on the market with the room empty).
In our current house, we actually do use our formal dining room (it is next to the kitchen). We have converted our breakfast room (which is one end of the kitchen) to a seating area where someone can sit while conversing with the person preparing food.
Anyway, I don't know that it has to be formal but many, many, many people want two eating areas. So if you are going to use it as something else it would be better to make it something that you could convert back if you put the house on the market.