Technically the International Residential Code does NOT mandate a bedroom to have a closet. Bedrooms can still be called bedrooms without the closet. Turn A Spare Bedroom Into A Giant Walk In Closet Obsessed Home Spare Bedroom Closet Room Safety A bedroom by code does not require a closet but it must meet a number of code requirements. Can you call a room a bedroom without a closet . Ian from Tailored Living in Markham. The room must have an escapable window and a door and have a minimum square footage with at least 6 feet in ceiling height. According to our Realtor a room without a closet cannot be advertised as a bedroom. You may have a bedroom that fits the legal definition of a bedroom. In homes built in the last 50 years or so its pretty common for bedrooms to have a closet and it would be unusual to label a closet-less room a bedroom. In a newer home a bedroom should probably have a closet to meet buyer expectations but you. Most people today would expect to...