Arizona Rooms and Tucson Homes

July 3, 2009 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Relocating, Tucson Homes Explained 

Question from my inbox from an out of town reader: What’s an Arizona Room?

an arizona room in a tucson home An Arizona room can be a wide variety of things – it is sort of a catch-all term.  Most often, an Arizona room started life as the original patio off the back of the house, usually covered, and then someone eventually closed it in.  Sometimes, a new covered patio is added off the back of the Arizona room.

Some are enclosed with just screens, some have half walls and windows, some are actual heated and cooled living space with real walls and windows and doors.  Some are attached to the main house with a door, some have a wide open entrance.

Basically, an Arizona room is just some kind of enclosed space, most often not original to the house.

Beyond that, it can be just about anything.  They’re nice spaces, usually.  Typically there’s lots of light and they add living space that can be used year round – in the evenings during the summer after the day cools off, and a good place to bask in a sunbeam during winter.

I hear people in Florida have Florida rooms.  No clue what those are. Does each state have their own room?  Is there a Nebraska room?

Comments

4 Responses to “Arizona Rooms and Tucson Homes”

  1. Chris Griffith on July 4th, 2009 3:26 pm

    Seriously, we call ours Florida Rooms. No lie.

  2. Kelley Koehler on July 5th, 2009 1:26 pm

    Chris – and what’s a Florida room? :)

  3. PJ Hansen on November 2nd, 2009 11:21 am

    We are going to be taking down our AZ room to make way for new additions. Is there a place to sell these framed windows with screens? I have 2 sliding glass doors, and 6 sliding glass windows? Thanks for your help

  4. Kelley Koehler on November 2nd, 2009 3:09 pm

    PJ – you could try craigslist. There’s a salvage place on south Park Avenue, but I’m not sure they buy things, it may just be all donation.

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