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Inaccurate description

Started by INTBuyer
over 3 years ago
Posts: 150
Member since: Apr 2013
Discussion about 111 Hicks Street #15J
Where’s the “private outdoor space” and “central air conditioning?” I see a common roof deck and thru-wall ac units.
Response by truthskr10
over 3 years ago
Posts: 4088
Member since: Jul 2009

The lobby looks like it has central air conditioning and maybe "roof rights" now means just "right to enter" lol.

Some definitions change over time.

Precovid , a vaccine used to provide " immunity" to a disease, now its reduced to "protection."
Dont get me wrong, I would have just as anxiously received a Covid shot called a " therapeutic" instead, but would have appreciated its correct classification more.

Sadly, reclassification only foments the flat earthers' suspicions and understandably so.

"Public roof deck" still conveys the shortest distance to the truth

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Response by front_porch
over 3 years ago
Posts: 5316
Member since: Mar 2008

So to defend the listing broker (who I don't know): her listing copy isn't inaccurate. What's inaccurate are the pictographs, which, honestly, SE seems to come up with on their own.

For example, I have a great starter apartment (plug!) on the UWS
https://streeteasy.com/building/244-riverside-drive-new_york/1h

If you look at the SE pictographs for the building, it says "Dogs and Cats Allowed."

But 244 is a no-dog building -- that's even part of the co-op application. (And, FWIW, it's in my listing copy.)

But the pictograph info? Who knows where it comes from....

ali r.
{upstairs realty}

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Response by 300_mercer
over 3 years ago
Posts: 10570
Member since: Feb 2007

Ali, "Listing Amenities" are controlled by the listing agent but not building amenities. In this case, the former mention "Private Outdoor Space", which is clearly wrong of Listing Agent to pick.

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Response by 300_mercer
over 3 years ago
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Member since: Feb 2007

Listing Amenities and Highlights are controlled by the listing agent.

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Response by INTBuyer
over 3 years ago
Posts: 150
Member since: Apr 2013

It’s incredibly frustrating when these are attributes one is actually searching for and then apartments like this one clog up the search.

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Response by KeithBurkhardt
over 3 years ago
Posts: 2986
Member since: Aug 2008

If you send a note to Streeteasy they will correct that. We've had a few issues with the preloaded data. Just start a service ticket.

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Response by stache
over 3 years ago
Posts: 1298
Member since: Jun 2017

fp you're listing this as a 2BR?

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Response by front_porch
over 3 years ago
Posts: 5316
Member since: Mar 2008

@stache, yup. The smallest room has no closet, but was sold as a bedroom by the last broker, and used as a bedroom by the seller for 10+ years. I'm not a real estate attorney, but given size and light it s/b a bedroom by old code.

FWIW the offering plan for the co-op says nothing about the number of bedrooms for any of the units. It just gives room count, and for this unit it says "four rooms."

ali r
{upstairs realty}

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Response by 300_mercer
over 3 years ago
Posts: 10570
Member since: Feb 2007

Ali, If the buyer moves the wall by 15 inches, it will be legal bedroom by even the current code.

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Response by stache
over 3 years ago
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Member since: Jun 2017

That's what I was thinking.

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Response by front_porch
over 3 years ago
Posts: 5316
Member since: Mar 2008

h/t to Keith -- I put in a service ticket and 244 RSD is now listed as "no dogs" on the SE level.

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