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CEFR B1 Real Estate and Housing

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➡ Across 15 Words

4. The person who owns a property and rents it to tenants
6. Adverb: The house was too expensive; ___, they didn't buy it
8. Preposition: There are shops ___ the street where the house is located
9. Describes a rented flat that already has furniture in it
13. Adverb: The lease ___ says no pets are allowed
17. Past tense of buy: They ___ their first house last year
18. A set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building
19. A building where you keep your car, often attached to a house
20. A person who shares a rented house or flat with you
21. A long-term loan from a bank used to buy a house
23. A person who lives next to you or near your home
24. A machine that carries people up and down floors in a building
27. Preposition: There is a storage room ___ the stairs
28. Past tense of appeal: The landlord ___ against the council's decision
29. Money paid at the start of a rent agreement as security

⬇ Down 15 Words

1. Preposition: The flat is ___ the roof, on the top floor
2. A British word for an apartment, a set of rooms to live in
3. The covering on top of a building that protects it from rain
5. A service such as water, gas, or electricity supplied to a home
7. A building where people live, usually for one family
10. The area around your home, with streets and other buildings
11. A written legal agreement between a buyer and a seller
12. Past tense of decrease: House prices ___ last year in that area
13. An area outside a city where many people live and commute
14. Third person singular of contain: The contract ___ all the rules for tenants
15. A legal contract for renting a property for a fixed period
16. A room with a toilet, sink, and usually a shower or bath
22. A person whose job is to help buy, sell, or rent property
25. A building or land that someone owns
26. A person who pays rent to live in a house or flat

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