Real estate vocabulary->
Today, let’s learn some simple vocabulary for talking about real estate.
«Real estate» means buying and selling homes, apartments, buildings, and land.
Property & Real-Estate
1 apartment(US) n. a room or group of rooms to live in, usually on one floor; flat(UK)
2 development n. a number of buildings on a large piece of land – real-estate developer n.
3 elevator(US) n. a compartment for moving people from floor to floor in a building; lift(UK)
4 en suite adv. forming one unit [eg: bedroom with bathroom en suite] – also adj.
5 estate agent(US) n. a person whose business is to sell or let land or property on behalf of others
6 first floor(US) n. storey of a building at the same level as the street or ground; gound floor(UK)
7 flat(UK) n. a room or group of rooms to live in, usually on one floor; apartment(US)
8 for sale offered for purchase; to be sold; available to be bought
9 freehold n. the holding of land or property for an unlimited period of time – also adj.
10 furnished adj. [of a house, apartment etc] let with furniture – to furnish v.
11 garden n. space or ground surrounding a building, often with flowers, trees etc; yard(US)
12 ground floor(UK) n. storey of a building at the same level as the street or ground; first floor(US)
13 landlord n. a person who owns an apartment, house, office etc and lets it to a tenant
14 leasehold n. the holding of land or property for a predetermined period of time – also adj.
15 let v. [let, let] to give the use of a building etc in return for periodic payments or rent
16 lift(UK) n. a compartment for moving people from floor to floor in a building; elevator(US)
17 rent v. to make periodic payments (monthly etc) for the use of a building etc – also n.
18 storey(UK) n. one of the levels of a building; floor; story(US)
19 tenant n. a person who rents an apartment, house, office etc from a landlord
20 yard(US) n. space or ground surrounding a building; garden
