Basement Apartment Design

[Jeremy Gwaltney]

Hello everyone,

I am looking at possible designs for finishing out my basement. The idea is that a friend will live in the unit for two years to pay the loan down. Then I plan to rent it out on AirBNB, so I do not have a long term tenant living at my personal residence. I wanted to get some thoughts from those of you who are more experienced on design/layout of the unit. It is currently cinderblock walls all the way around with two support columns that cannot be removed due to the cost. The columns are no more then 6" in diameter.  Please take a look at the photos below, and let me know your thoughts on where to put everything. Keep in mind, all of the plumbing for the unit is in the lower left hand corner left of the entrance to the unit.

Thanks in advance for any and all advice. 

Jeremy 

[Jeff Weaver]

If it's a studio ( 1 room with a bath) and you already have a exterior door going directly outside from this space, then you do not need any other egress opening the door you have meets the requirements.

If you do need a egress window Just to clarify on the 20x24 size : it's a 20wx24h clear opening of a window not a window size and to get 5.7 sq ft one of those dimensions needs to be larger.