42.boarding house

43.(AmE: rooming house)

44.decorate (v)

45.interior designer (decorator)

46.furnish (v) smth

47.well furnished

48.arrange(v)

49.furniture rearrange

50.set (v) smth

Renting and Buying Property

1.let

2.take in lodgers

3.rent (n)/ rent (v)

4.full board/ half board

5."В & B" (bed and breakfast)

6.purchase (n)/ purchase (v)

7.mortgage

8.downpayment

9.pay (v) interest

10.lend (v)

11.borrow (v)

12.real estate agency

13.estate agent

14.advertise (v) for a house

15.ad (advertisment)

16.property

17.heritage

18. inherit (v)

19.freehold

20.lease (n)

Types of Dwellings

1.detached house

2.mansion

3.semidetached house

4.duplex house

5.terraced house

6.country house

7.cottage

8.housing estate (development)

9.bungalow

10.log-cabin

11.hut

12.weekend house

13.block of flats (AmE: apartment building)

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14.multi-storey block of flats (multi-storey apartment building) 15.high-rise block of flats (AmE: apartment building) 16.sky-scraper

17.palace

18.castle

19.barracks

20.flat (AmE: apartment)

21.penthouse

22.studio

House Parts

1.roof

2.gable roof (saddleback roof)

3.pent (shad, lean-to)

4.roof

5.hip(ped) roof

6.flat roof

7.tiled roof

8.slate roof

9.shingle roof

10.roofless

11.penthouse

12.loft

13.basement

14.gutter

15.ridge

16.chimney

17.rainwater pipe

18.balcony parapet

19.flower box

20.window

21.French window (opening on to the balcony)

22.window frame

23.double casement window/ single casement window

24.window shutter rolling shutter folding shutter

25.dormer (window)

26.door

27.front door

28.back door

29.door frame

30.door lock

31.door handle

32.spyhole/peephole

33.step front steps

34.porch

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35.canopy

36.staircase

37. flight of stairs

38.Staircase

39. landing

40.stair light

41.handrail

42.veranda (n)

43.patio

Premises and Outhouse

1.at the front of the house

2.at the back (rear) of the house

3.front garden

4.open space yard

5.plot

6.lawn (grass-plot)

7.orchard

8.garden

9.kitchen garden

10.gardener

11.flower-bed

12.sward

13.parterre

14.park

15.fence wooden fence fenced

16.hedge

17.path flagstone path

18.pond

19.fountain

20.summer house

21.arbour

22.court

23.green-house

24.hot-house

25.garage

26.two-car garage

27.tool shed

28.driveway

29.pavement (AmE: sidewalk)

30.outside tap (AmE: faucet) for the hose

31.garden hose

32.lawn sprinkler

33.padding pool

34.litter bin

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