This report evaluates the coordination patterns of the 5,5′-methylene-bis(oxy)diisophthalic acid and 5,5′-(ethane-1,2-diyl)-bis(oxy)diisophthalic acid ligands, bearing flexible spacers between the two isophthalic acid fragments, with a series of d-metal ions. Thirteen new binary and ternary (with additional bipyridyl components) hybrid organic–inorganic coordination-driven assemblies were investigated in detail by X-ray crystallography. In most cases they exhibit polymeric architectures of three-dimensional connectivity, the formation of which is facilitated by the conformational flexibility of the ligands.