Below is the recommended method of residential room count found in the Residential Guide devised by REBNY's Residential Brokerage Division. (Real Estate Board of New York)
1
room
Studio with pullman kitchen
1½
rooms
Studio with pullman kitchen and alcove or dining area
2
rooms
Studio with separate kitchen
2½
rooms
Studio with separate kitchen and sleeping alcove
2½
rooms
1 bedroom with Pullman kitchen and living room
3
rooms
1 bedroom, living room, kitchen
3½
rooms
1 bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining area
4
rooms
1 bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining room - or -2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen
4½
rooms
2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining area
5
rooms
2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room
5½
rooms
3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining area
6
rooms
2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room, maid's room
7
rooms
2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room, maid's room - or -2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room, 2 maid's rooms
8
rooms
3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room, 2 maid's rooms
9
rooms
Typically 3 bedrooms, library, living room, dining room, kitchen, 2 maid's rooms
10
rooms
Typically 3 bedrooms, library, living room, dining room, kitchen, 3 maid's rooms
11
rooms
Typically 4 bedrooms, library, living room, dining room, kitchen, 3 maid's rooms
12
rooms
Typically 4 bedrooms, library, living room, dining room, kitchen, either 4 maid's rooms or servant hall and 3 maid's rooms
13
rooms
4 bedrooms, library, living room, dining room, kitchen, 4 maid's rooms and servant's hall
14
rooms
5 bedrooms, library, living room, dining room, kitchen, 4 maid's rooms and servant's hall
2 Comments on Apartment Room Count: A Consumer Buyers Guide
FEB
13
2007
Love your definition posts, Mitchell. I already have a question, the pullman kitchen. Is that what we might call a galley kitchen, or not? To us, a galley kitchen is rectangular, and narrow. Am I close?
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