Hi Armen
I admire your efforts to make fancy pages on the web site at www.jacksonheightslistings.com. Somehow, the trick of misleading information or stretching the facts too much turns me away immediately. For example, you have listed the apartment 35-36 76th Street, #323 as a two bedroom apartment. Anybody looking at the floor can only consider it as "ONE" bedroom apartment. The dinning area can not be considered a separate bedroom (the flex room is such a fancy word). Even for a junior 4 in most jackson heights coop buildings, the dinning room that can be also served as a bedroom has its own walls and its closet and the kitchen has its own window.
The floor plan is attached here so other people may examine it. I am hoping the reply does not get eliminated and you may revise your list to make my claim sounds unfounded and this is the last post I will comment on you web listing.
It's actually a fairly common practice to advertise a converted one bedroom as a flex2 bedroom, or 2 bedroom apartment.
And in this instance it actually looks like the conversion of the dining area in to a separate "room" was very well done.
While I'm sure that the sellers are asking a premium on this, it's not like they're trying to charge $400K + for it calling a "true 2BR."
The word "flex" is something you'll see often. I particularly used this idea a lot in Manhattan when I had college roommates who couldn't afford a true 2br.
They would take a 1br, put a wall in the living room and turn it into a 2br.
And I think the intention is similar here. I know of a lot of families in JH that use this layout with the dining "room" as a baby room. It's a great option for people who may want some of the benefits of a 2br (separate room, some added privacy for guests, baby room) but can't afford a true 2br.
Does that make sense?
I too have often seen clients feel like this was misrepresentation, and I can certainly understand how it comes across that way. But by listing it as a 2br, it opens up options that some people might not have initially considered if it was listed as a straight 1br.