We are looking at buying a newly constructed home that the floor plans allow for 2 bedrooms in the basement but each room has the egress to get out which in my opinion (not counting the event of fire) are ugly and concern me about safety with people being able to break in. The basement has an exit to the outside that is inside the basement i.e., door etc...

My question is if you put an office/room that is used for working do you require the egress? While I understand (in some some small way why the egress) I think they are unsafe due to theft break in. However, if I put an office in basement am I required to put an egress for the office?