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En plus de cette liste, l’étudiant doit s’assurer connaître le vocabulaire des éléments intérieurs (toit, mur, sol,
salon, chauffage, etc.) et extérieurs (garage, jardin, allée, etc.) d’un bien ainsi que les différents types de biens
(chalet, villa, etc.).
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administrative steps/formalities => formalités admininistratives
advertising hoarding or hoarding (GB) / billboard (US) => panneau d’affichage
agency => agence agency fees => frais d'agence
agreement of sale => accord de vente
air conditioning => climatisation
amenities => équipement
apartment (US) / flat (GB) => appartement
apartment building (US) / block of flats (GB) => immeuble
appointment / by appointment => rendez-vous / sur rendez-vous
architect => architecte
asbestos => amiante
attic => grenier
authorised representative (GB) / attorney-in-fact (US) => mandataire
available => disponible
bill (US) / invoice => facture
bill of sale / deed of sale => acte de vente
block of flats (GB) / apartment building (US) => immeuble
boiler / hot water tank => chauffe-eau
brick house => maison en briques
budget forecast => budget prévisionnel
building land => terrain constructible, terrain à bâtir
building permit => permis de construire
building permit application => demande de permis de construire
building site / construction site => chantier
building society (GB) => société d’investissement et de crédit immobilier
bungalow => bungalow, maison de plain-pied
capital gains => plus-value ≠ capital loss => moins-value
carpentry => menuiserie
ceiling => plafond
cellar / basement => cave
chalet => chalet
charming => charmant
chimney => conduit de cheminée fireplace => cheminée
city council => municipalité
city planning => urbanisme
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cladding => revêtement
client / customer => client
close to => proche de
commission => commission
common areas => parties communes
concrete => béton
contract period => durée du contrat
convenient => pratique
co-owner => co-propriétaire
co-ownership trustee / property management company => syndic de copropriété
council estate / housing project => HLM
countryside => campagne (la)
crawl space => vide sanitaire
decennal liability, decennal responsibility => responsabilité décennale
defect => défaut hidden defect => vice caché
demolition permit => permis de démolir
detached house => maison individuelle / pavillon
developer => promoteur
district / neighbourhood => quartier
dividing wall / partition => cloison
double glazing => double vitrage
down payment / advance payment / instalment => acompte
downstairs => en bas ≠ upstairs => en haut
driveway => allée
equipped => équipé
expenses => frais
fees => honoraires / charges management charges => charges de copropriété
fence => clôture
flatmate / co-tenant => co-locataire
floor => un étage
foreclosure => saisie (une)
for sale => à vendre for rent => à louer
foundation => fondation
full-equipped => tout équipé
functional => fonctionnel
furnished => meublé
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genuine => authentique
ground floor => rez-de-chausée
ground water => nappe phréatique
heating => chauffage
home loan / real estate loan => prêt immobilier
home tax => taxe d’habitation
household / home insurance => assurance d'habitation
housing estate => lotissement
in good / bad repair => en bon / mauvais état
industrial area => zone industrielle
inexpensive, cheap => bon marché ≠ expensive / costly => cher
inheritance => héritage
insulation => isolation
insurance credit => assurance crédit
interest rate => taux d’intérêt
inventory / inspection => état des lieux
investment => investissement
keys handover => remise des clés
land map => plan cadastral Land Registry => cadastre (le)
land tax => impôt foncier
large / roomy => grand / spacieux
layout => agencement (l’) / plan
leased premises => parties privatives
lease term => durée du bail
lease / rental agreement / contract => bail
leaser / lessor => bailleur
liability => responsabilité
life annuity => viager
lift (GB) / elevator (US) => ascenseur
light / bright => clair ≠ dark => sombre
lighting => éclairage
law => loi lawyer => avocat
loan => prêt
location study => étude de site
lovely => charmant
mains drainage => tout-à-l’égout
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market rental value => valeur locative
monthly repayments => remboursements mensuels
mortgage => emprunt / hypothèque
mortgage lender => société de crédit immobilier
mortgage registry => bureau des hypothèques
net surface => surface habitable
notarial certificate of purchase => attestation d'acquisition
notary's fees => frais de notaire (solicitor => notaire)
offer / bid => offre
on one floor => plain-pied
open space kitchen => cuisine américaine
outstanding => exceptionnel
owner => propiétaire
ownership => droit de propriété
parking space => place de stationnement
period of withdrawal => période de rétractation
personal possessions insurance => assurance de biens (couvre les biens matériels) (
contents insurance => biens à l’intérieur de la maison)
picturesque => pittoresque
plot / parcel => parcelle
plumbing => plomberie
premises => locaux
price range => gamme de prix
primary residence => résidence principale
provisional sales agreement / promise to purchase => compromise de vente
proof of ownership of a property => attestation de propriété
property assets => patrimoine immobilier
property broker / real estate broker => courtier en immobilier
property investment => investissement immobilier
property ownership tax => taxe foncière
property purchase => projet immobilier
property, estate => propriété (le bien)
public liability insurance => assurance responsabilité civile
public transport => transports en commun
quiet place / safe place => endroit calme ≠ busy place => endroit animé
quote / cost estimate => devis
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real estate agent (GB) / realtor (US) => agent immobilier
real estate crisis => crise de l’immobilier
real estate market => marché de l’immobilier
real state agency => agence immobilière
receipt => quittance
refined => raffiné
renewable => renouvelable
rental agreement / contract => contrat de location
rental management => gestion locative
renting / rental => location
repair work => réparation
restored => restauré
right of possession => droit de jouissance
safe => sûre
salary / wage => salaire
sales => vente
savings => économie
savings and loan association (US) => société d’investissement et de crédit immobilier
seasonal => saisonnier
secluded => isolé, retiré
security deposit => dépot de garantie
septic tank => fosse septique
selling => vente
semi-detached houses / terraced houses (GB) / row houses (US) => maisons mitoyennes
show house => maison témoin
skyscrape => gratte-ciel
slate roof => toiture en ardoise
socket => prise électrique (d’alimentation)
solar panels => panneaux solaires
square metre => mètre carré
staircase => escaliers
statement of account => relevé de compte
statutory open land => terrain non-constructible
stone house => maison en pierre
structure => édifice
stylish => élégant
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subletting => sous-location
suburb => banlieue
sunny => ensoleillé
supporting wall => mur porteur
surface area / size => superficie
surveyor => géomètre
sustainable => durable sustainability => durabilité
tasteful => de bon goût
tenant => locataire
terrace => terrasse
tiling => carrelage
timbered house => maison à colombages (à pans de bois)
transaction => transaction
underground (UK) / subway (US) => métro
unmatched => incomparable
unpaid rent => loyer impayé
upmarket place => endroit chic
usable floor area => surface de plancher
waste removal charges => taxe d’enlèvement des ordures ménagères
water / gas meter => compteur d’eau / de gaz meter reading => relevé du compteur
wood => bois
wooden floor => parquet
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to invest => investir
to look onto => donner sur
to look over a house => visiter une maison
to make an inventory => faire l'état des lieux
to refund => rembourser
to renew the lease => renouveler le bail
to renovate / to refurbish => rénover / remettre à neuf
to rent / lease / let => louer
to reorganize / retrofit => réaménager
to restore => restaurer
to sublet / sublease => sous-louer
to take out => souscrire
to terminate a lease => résilier un bail
to value => estimer