Even if it consists of a single space, a living-dining room can be considered as two separate living rooms. This is what the Court of Cassation ruled in its decision of March 14, 2019.
A landlord applies to the court to obtain payment from his tenants for a rent recall and rent increase for insufficient occupancy. The tenants are challenging the underoccupancy. They consider their living-dining room to be a single room. The Court of Appeal considers that these are two separate parts, in particular because of the existence of a partial central separation.
The Court of Cassation confirms that a living room can constitute two separate living rooms if each of them has a ceiling height of 2.50 m, at least one opening, a heating system, and an area greater than 9 m2.
