"Floor Through"?? (real estate, apartments, landlords)

[kitkat826]

I have seen this a couple of times on craigslist posts and after googling it, have figured out that it means an apartment that runs the entire length of a building. So obviously, that means long and skinny.

Is it possible, however, for a floor through to NOT be a railroad? I have seen them mentioned in the same phrase in listings, such as "NO FLOOR THROUGH OR RAILROAD, REAL BLOCK ROOMS".

p.s. does anyone have any experience putting up doors on rooms that come up with them? Do landlords allow this?

[UpsonDowns]

In my experience, most floor-throughs are not railroads. If you look at floorplans of brownstones on various real estate sites (Corcoran, Elliman, Halstead, etc.) you will see how there are many ways to layout a floor-through without making the apartment a railroad.

As far as adding doors, railroads don't lack doors they lack hallways.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by kitkat826

I have seen this a couple of times on craigslist posts and after googling it, have figured out that it means an apartment that runs the entire length of a building. So obviously, that means long and skinny.

Is it possible, however, for a floor through to NOT be a railroad? I have seen them mentioned in the same phrase in listings, such as "NO FLOOR THROUGH OR RAILROAD, REAL BLOCK ROOMS".

p.s. does anyone have any experience putting up doors on rooms that come up with them? Do landlords allow this?

yes its possible for an apartment that occupies the entire floor to not be a railroad apartment. all depends on how the rooms are laid out.

putting up doors on rooms that come with what?

[quelinda]

My place is a floor through. Its shaped like two L's stuck together so its got a small room (baby's room), then next to that a big room (my BR); both together run the width of the building. Then my kitchen, laundry room and bathroom are in the middle of the apartment and also work as a hallway (the table fits without obstructing the "hallway"). Then I have a large LR and another small room (the office) to create the other L shape. So quite a large space and when I have the door shut to the LR/kitchen and also the door to my bedroom/kitchen shut (2 doors on either side of the kitchen/hallway) it is incredibly quiet, I literally cannot hear the poker games going on til 5am unless someone opens the second door to use the bathroom. So great acoustics too!

[kitkat826]

I just spoke to the landlord of the floor through I was interested in...I asked him if it was a railroad and he said "Yes, that's what floor through means". . I get a long well with my roomie and all, but we draw the line at railroads. I was asking about the door because from the photos, what looked to be a separate bedroom looked nice but just didn't have a door. In reality, the apartment looks like a one bedroom with no door that he is passing off as a 2 bedroom.

Oh well, the hunt continues!

[quelinda]

Nope, that is certainly not the only defniition of a floor through. It is one in which the apartment goes from the front all the way to the back. I think what matters is how thin your apartment is. Mine goes the whole width of the building so its not at all like a railroad. Years ago in the 1980's lots of friends lived in a railroad apartments on the upper east side in the tenements. I think the west side has wider apartments.

[Viralmd]

On Park Avenue a 'floor through' often means the entire floor...

[kitkat826]

Originally Posted by Viralmd

On Park Avenue a 'floor through' often means the entire floor...

Maybe one day I can upgrade to that type