Daily Life - Looking for an Apartment(0086)
Daily Life - Looking for an Apartment(0086)
A:
Hi! We are the Christianson's! We are here to see the apartment.
B:
Oh, hi! Sure, come on in! Well, as you can see, the place has just been renovated. The previous tenants left a huge mess here, so the landlord has redone everything.
A:
It looks great. It's so bright and airy! What great light! I really like these hardwood floors. What's the square footage of this place?
B:
Well, it's about 120 square meters, or 1300 square feet, more or less. Oh, the landlord has also installed new kitchen appliances. There's a new dishwasher, and a professional-grade gas range. Really, at this price, this place is an amazing deal!
A:
I love it! But what are the payment terms?
B:
First and last month rent as deposit and rent is due on the 1st of every month. Considering the amount of money invested into the apartment, it's a very good deal!
A:
Yes, it is! Too good to be true...
B:
The living room and dinning room are quite spacious as you can see, and down this hall, here's the master bedroom. It has a huge walk-in closet and an en suit bathroom. We can't go in there yet as the police... I mean the clean up crew hasn't finished.
A:
What do you mean? What's in here?
Key Vocabulary
come on in
phrase
please come in
tenant
common noun, plural
the person that rents a house
mess
common noun, singular
disorder, unorganized
landlord
common noun, singular
the owner of the apartment
airy
Adjective
spacious so that air moves freely
square footage
common noun, non-variable
showing how big one space is measured in feet
appliance
common noun, plural
electric equiptment found in a house
professional-grade
Adjective
good enough to satisfy professional use
gas range
common noun, singular
a stove that uses gas to cook
spacious
Adjective
large; having lots of space
walk-in closet
common noun, singular
a room contained in a bedroom for storing clothes
en suit bathroom
common noun, singular
a bathroom within the main bedroom
Supplementary Vocabulary
attic
common noun, singular
a room or space that is just below the roof of a building and that is often used to store things
basement
common noun, singular
the part of a building that is entirely or partly below the ground
lawn
common noun, singular
an area of ground (such as the ground around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with short grass
real estate
common noun, singular
the business of selling land and buildings
lease
verb
to allow someone to use (something) for a period of time in return for payment