Suit Over 109 Square Feet in Condo Shines Light on How Homes Are Measured.

Four years ago, Rishi Bhandari and his fiancee put down a deposit on Apartment 3T at 110 Livingston Street, the old Board of Education headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn, which was being converted to condominiums. The price was not exorbitant, $795,000, for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment. But just before they were to close, Mr. Bhandari noticed that the living space seemed smaller than he had expected. He returned with a measuring tape, he said, and confirmed his suspicions: the bedrooms, living room and kitchen area covered only 634 square feet, even though the floor plans said they had 743. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]