Word-list

abandoned

accommodation

amenities

apartment hunter / seeker

a rent of $50 a month

a suite of furniture

at a reasonable rent

attic

basement

bay/bow window

bedside table

bedspread

blanket

blinds

block of flats

boarding house

(built-in) furniture

bulletin board

bungalow

bunk beds

burglar alarm

capital-city

caravan

carpet / mat / rug

castle

ceiling

cellar

chalet

chest of drawers

chimney

coffee table

condominium

conveniences

convent

cottage

curtains

doorway

dormitory

double bed

downtown/uptown

drawing room

dressing table

drive

duster

duvet

dweller

entrance

fan

farmhouse

fast-paced urban lifestyle

(flowery-patterned) wall paper

French windows

front/back door

guest house

hamlet

handy for sth

Hi-Fi system / stereo

homeless beggars

home-town

hostel

hovel

hut

igloo

industrial estate

in the / this country

maisonettes

manor(house)

mansion

metropolis

mixed tap

monastery

old-people’s home

open-plan

palace

patio yard

penthouse

pillow (case / slip)

porch

posh

power point

premises

purpose-built

quarter

radiator chute

ranch

real estate agent

registration

remote controller

remote village

removal men

resident

residential area / district

roommate

rural

rustic

screen doors

secluded

self-contained flat

(semi) detached house

shed

sheet

shutters

sill

single bed

skyscraper

slated roof

sliding door

slum

spacious

stairs

steps

storey

study

switch

tablecloth

tapestry

tenant

tent

tepee

terrace

terraced house

twin bed

upholstery

utility room

villa

walkman

want ad section

washbasin

washing machine

well-proportioned

window pane

to be home and dry

to be laid with asphalt

to be lined (up) with trees

to be on the house

to be poorly/well furnished

to brighten sth up

to bring home the bacon

to bring home to sb

to bring the house down

to carry out structural alterations

to come across sth

to drop in/on sb

to dwell

to eat sb out of house and home

to equip with sth

to evict from

to fit the (double/triple) glazing

to furnish with

to get on like a house on fire

to give/have a house warming party

to inhabit

to knock down

to knock out the wall

to let

to look out onto sth / to face sth

to look through the ads

to lower/raise rent

to move (in/out of)

to occupy

to paper/stucco the walls

to put up with sth/sb

to (re-)decorate the interior

to rent

to reside

to rip out installations

to settle

to share a room with sb

to squat

to stay in a private house

to take sth out

until the cows come home

in the suburbs / on the outskirts

intermediary

iron

ladder

landing, staircase

landlord(lady)

lane

lavatory

lawn

letter-box

lino

living/lounge/sitting room

lodger

loft