Buying house. Is this a good control room?

I'm house shopping and am looking for a house that will allow me to mix in a good control room. Recording/studio spaces may follow later but are not yet a concern. I'm looking at a house that has an already finished room with dimensions: W 11.5 ft L 19.29 ft H 9 ft I want to know if this will acoustically be a good choice. I mix largely symphonic music as well as rock. My primary concern is having a good mix room. I'm not as concerned about disrupting neighbors, family, etc. I don't anticipate outside noise leaking in to be a large concern either. It's mostly about how the room affects my mix decisions. I know I will need to treat the room acoustically for early reflections, and with bass traps and the like. I believe walls and ceiling are 5/8 or 1/2" gypsum board. It's reasonable to assume that it's 2X4 wood stud construction so let's assume that. Floor is carpet but is something I may later upgrade to hardwood. One long wall--the right wall--has about three windows that are approximately 3ft X 4 ft. (I should have measured them!) And the back wall (the short one) has one window centered that is also about 3ft by 4ft. I realize that with three windows in the right wall and none in the left that I'll need to treat the windows and the opposite wall symmetrically. I assume this isn't a huge problem as at least one of them is where side wall acoustic treatment would need to be placed anyway. Budget. Originally I was going to strive for an unfinished basement and build it there. (In fact, I built my previous home and had ten foot ceilings in the basement but was unable to finish due to long hours working and commuting. And now I must move.) I planned to allocate at least $6,000 to it and would gladly add to that budget in years to come. The same budget applies here. But now I'm looking at modifying a finished room. And if I don't get this house, I may be asking here about another house soon. Oh yeah, I'm mixing stereo. No surround yet. Only the slight possibility of surround in the future; but it's not a design concern yet. So the big quesiston is this: do you think this could be a good mix room? How do I qualify "good?" Well, I'm a full time professional sound engineer and this will be used for paying clients. So it needs to be good but I realize it won't be world-class. Thanks, everyone. Grant Colorado, USA.

Yes it can be made good. The biggest thing as it is, is one window will have to blocked internally, to make a RFZ zone. Andre

Andre, when you say, "blocked," you refer to some sort of absorbant panel* (like a broad band absorber) that could be simply placed in front of the window (and opposite it for symmetry)? To clarify, you don't necessarily mean that splayed walls would be necessary that would permanently block the window, right? Thanks, Grant *Or heavy, pleated curtains, or the like...

grant wrote:

Andre, when you say, "blocked," you refer to some sort of absorbant panel* (like a broad band absorber) that could be simply placed in front of the window (and opposite it for symmetry)? To clarify, you don't necessarily mean that splayed walls would be necessary that would permanently block the window, right? Thanks, Grant *Or heavy, pleated curtains, or the like...

Not permanent splayed walls. Yes to left/right symmetry. The big question mark is how much isolation you want/need. Andre