Buildings Vocabulary

Useful Vocabulary

Places Where We Live

cottage(s)	detached house(s)	semi-detached house(s)	bungalow(s)	block of flats
	terraced house(s)		high-rise flat(s)

!Note - no matter what kind of building you live in, it's your home.

Places Where We Work

	office(s)	factory (factories)	skyscraper(s)

Miscellaneous Places

	tower(s)	mill(s)	windmill(s)	castle(s)

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Build Up

Special Buildings

	Airport
	Art Gallery
	Bank
	Bus Station
	Church
	Cinema
	Fire Station
	Garage
	Hospital
	Hotel
	Mosque
	Museum
	Police Station
	Railway Station
	Restaurant
	School
	Synagogue
	Theatre

Naturally Speaking

Talking to a builder / developer.

Can you provide references and examples of your previous work?	(Here references are comments on the abilities and character of a candidate organisation for a position or job.)
Are you able to provide a bank reference?	(Here a bank reference is a statement regarding the financial standing of an individual or organisation.)
Will you provide a list of all the materials you'll use and provide samples?	(Here a sample is an amount of something that shows you what the rest is or should be like.)
Do you use sub contractors?	(A subcontractor is a person or organization that performs work for the main contractor, but is not on their payroll and does not receive company benefits.)
What warranty do you offer, and what is the time period of this warranty?	(A warranty is a written guarantee of the integrity of a product and of the maker's responsibility for the repair or replacement of defective parts. In the UK the NHBC is the UK's leading warranty provider for new homes. 'Buildmark' is the name of their 10-year warranty.)
We will be using a snagging company. Is this ok?	(Here snagging means to write a list of defects at the end of a build process/phase/stage (a "Snag List" or "Snagging List"). A snagging company goes through a house to find faults and ensures the developer puts them right within a reasonable time.)