What exactly is an SRO? What about floor thru?
Hi, Kind of new to this, could someone tell me exactly what an SRO is? I gather it stands for “Single Room Occupancy”? But what are the effects of that? Does it mean it is rent controlled? Why is it bad? Also, what do they mean when someone says an apartment is a “floor-thru”? Does…
Hi,
Kind of new to this, could someone tell me exactly what an SRO is? I gather it stands for “Single Room Occupancy”? But what are the effects of that? Does it mean it is rent controlled? Why is it bad?
Also, what do they mean when someone says an apartment is a “floor-thru”? Does that mean it is the whole floor?
Thanks
No offense, but why not google it and do your research instead of having the information served to you on a silver platter?
Well the SROS I have seen had one bathroom and one kitchenette per floor.Sros are usually not kept in such good condition.
Most SRO’s do not have that many bathrooms, although they usually do have way too many kitchens. All of the ones I’ve seen have one full bathroom on each floor, which all of the tenants on that floor share. Each room usually has a kitchenette, which is usually where the dressing rooms and closets were on the bedroom floors (in the middle), and tucked into alcoves on the parlor floor, and tucked away, and/or using the original kitchen on the ground floor.
Because SRO owners were more about getting roomers, and not about aesthetic concerns, often the original detail is still there, or just covered with sheetrock or partition walls. Unfortunately, there is usually a LOT of damage where the bathrooms and kitchens are/were. They were usually put in cheaply and haphazardly, and not maintained at all by the owner, or taken care of by tenants.
I could be wrong but i was always under the impression a floor thru meant the apartment went the length of the building. So no it wouldn’t necessarily take up the entire floor but it would have windows facing the front of the building and the back.
Actually, the designation *is* a huge issue. If the owner of the building does not have a Certificate of No-Harassment, then nothing can be done with the building–which most importantly means that NO permits can be obtained to do ANY work.
The problem with SRO homes is not the designation, but more what it typically indicates. The previous owner wanted to get as many people in there as possible, and get as much money as he could from them. It also tends to indicate the condition that the building is in because if it. Also, if a building is an SRO and has 8 apartments. that’s 8 kitchens, bathrooms, etc. that you will ultimately have to remove to get the building in the condition you want.
Floor-thru means the “entire Floor ” from front to back.