Property / Reconstruction
French Property Renovation Glossary. www.french4u.com
The "French Property Buyer’s Glossary" should also come in handy when dealing with estate agents, documentation and notaires.
acheteur - Purchaser / Buyer
acompte - Deposit
acier inox - stainless steel
acte Authentique - Deed of Sale
Bâti (past participle from verb bâtir) - to build
Bistre - blackish-brown
Boisseaux - flue liners
carreaux de terre cuite - terracotta tiles
chantier - usually building site / place where work is being done
châtaignier - chestnut
chauffage - heating
colle - adhesive
coller / répartir- fix / spread out
comble - loft
conducteurs de chaleur - heat conductors
conduit - flue
conduit de fumée - flue
déporter - bring
des tiges où sécher serviettes ou torchons- rails to dry towels or tea towels
écarté - separated from
émaillages - enamelling
emboîter - to fit
épaisseur - thickness
fabricant du poêle - stove manufacturer
faire office - to act as
installer / emboîter - install / to fit
isolation - insulation
isolé - insulated
l'étanchéité à l'air et à l'eau - air and water tightness
l'évacuation des fumées - expulsion of smokewood burning
Le Monage d’un poêle à bois - stove
la paroi- the side / wall (of the stove)
la peintre- the paint
le mur doit être isolé sur la surface d'encombrement du poêle - the wall which the stove covers
le plancher- the floor
le poêle ne peut donc y reposer directement- the stove cannot sit on it directly
les bois du chevêtre- roof timbers / joists
les côtés et l arrière- the sides and back
les éventuelles brûlures - possible burns
maçonné en pierres apparentes - built of exposed stone
mettre en place / centrer / ajuster - position / centre / adjust
on ne se brûle pas - one doesn’t burn oneself
par rapport à - in relation to
plaque chauffante - hot plate
plaque en tôle- metal sheet
pousser - push
projeter - here mark With a plumb line, mark on the floor the centre of the flue where it goes in
propre - clean
redescendre / terminer / coller / visser - take down / finish off / fix / screw
s adosser- to be built against
s'écailler- to peel off
surélever / fixer- to raise / fix
système d'emboîtement astucieux - clever way of fitting together
visser - screw
Acte de Vente - Final sales agreement
Agent immobilier- Estate agent
Assurance décès- Life Assurance
Avocat - Solicitor
Barame des honorament- Scale of Fees
en Bonne état- In good condition
Calme - Quiet
Cession - Conveyance
Compromis/Promesse de vente - Preliminary sales agreement
Condition suspensive - Let-out clause
Contrat de réservation - Reservation contract
Cuisine aménegée - Fitted kitchen
Cuisine équipée - Equipped kitchen
Cuisine americaine - Open plan kitchen
en Deux (2) niveaux - 2 storey
Expertise - Valuation appraisal
Exposé Nord- North facing
Feuille de paie - Payslip
Frais de dossier - Mortgage arrangement fee
Frais de notaire - Notaire fees
Hypothèque - Legal charge (mortgage deed)
Juriste - Lawyer
Mandat de Vente - Contract to sell
Maison 4 pièces- 4 room house (plus kitchen and bathroom)
Multirisques Habitation- Buildings and contents insurance policy
Notaire - French notary (Solicitor/Lawyer)
Période d'anticipation - Pre-completion period
de Plain-pied- Single storey
Possesseur - Owner
Prêteur - Lender
Propriété - Property
Relevé de compte - Bank statement
a Rénover - In need of renovation
3, 4 pièces - 3 or 4 rooms (plus kitchen and bathroom)
TVA - VAT
Vendeur - Vendor
Vente en l'État Futur d'Achievement VEFA - Purchase of property not yet complete
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