{"id":1029,"date":"2011-10-27T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T21:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohr\/?page_id=1029"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:06:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:06:52","slug":"abbreviations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohr\/housingsearch\/abbreviations\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbreviations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00bd bath: <\/strong>Toilet and sink only<\/p>\n

a\/c: <\/strong>Air-conditioned<\/p>\n

appl:<\/strong> Appliances<\/p>\n

avail:<\/strong> Available<\/p>\n

balc:<\/strong> Balcony<\/p>\n

bb: <\/strong>Baseboard heat<\/p>\n

br: <\/strong>Bedroom<\/p>\n

bkyd:<\/strong> Backyard <\/span><\/p>\n

bldg:<\/strong> Building<\/p>\n

brk: <\/strong>Brick<\/p>\n

bsmt: <\/strong>Basement<\/p>\n

d\/d: <\/strong>Dishwasher and Disposal<\/p>\n

d\/w:<\/strong> Dishwasher<\/p>\n

da:<\/strong> Dining Area<\/p>\n

den: <\/strong>Room without closets<\/p>\n

dr: <\/strong>Dining Room<\/p>\n

dup: <\/strong>Duplex, a two-floor apartment\/unit<\/p>\n

dep: <\/strong>Deposit<\/p>\n

eff:<\/strong> Studio apartment (sometimes called an efficiency unit)<\/p>\n

eik: <\/strong>Eat-in-kitchen: a kitchen large enough to hold a table and chairs.<\/p>\n

elec:<\/strong> Electricity<\/p>\n

elev: <\/strong>Elevator<\/p>\n

fmr: <\/strong>First month\u2019s rent<\/p>\n

flr: <\/strong>Floor<\/p>\n

fp: <\/strong>Fireplace<\/p>\n

furn:<\/strong> Furnished<\/p>\n

hw:<\/strong> Hardwood Floors<\/p>\n

hse: <\/strong>House<\/p>\n

ht, htd: <\/strong>Heated<\/p>\n

imm occ:<\/strong> Immediate Occupancy<\/p>\n

inc: <\/strong>Includes or Including<\/p>\n

landlord:<\/strong> A person who owns the apartment and to whom rent is paid<\/p>\n

lease: <\/strong>A legal document signed by both landlord and tenant specifying details of tenancy<\/p>\n

lg:<\/strong> Large<\/p>\n

lnd, lndr: <\/strong>Laundry<\/p>\n

loft: <\/strong>Open floor plan, often adaptive reuse building<\/p>\n

lr: <\/strong>Living Room<\/p>\n

lmr: <\/strong>Last month\u2019s rent<\/p>\n

mo: <\/strong>Monthly<\/p>\n

mod:<\/strong> Modern<\/p>\n

no fee: <\/strong>No charge by a real estate agent or broker<\/p>\n

no pts:<\/strong> No pets<\/p>\n

non-smo: <\/strong>A person who does not smoke cigarettes, cigars, etc.<\/p>\n

nr: <\/strong>Near<\/p>\n

nwly ren: <\/strong>Newly Renovated<\/p>\n

owner: <\/strong>Owner manages the building<\/p>\n

owner\/occ: <\/strong>Owner occupied: the owner lives in the building<\/p>\n

prof: <\/strong>Professional<\/p>\n

pvt bath: <\/strong>Private Bathroom<\/p>\n

pvt rm: <\/strong>Private room<\/p>\n

ref: <\/strong>Refrigerator<\/p>\n

refs reqd: <\/strong>References required<\/p>\n

ren: <\/strong>Renovated<\/p>\n

rm: <\/strong>Room<\/p>\n

sec: <\/strong>Security Deposit<\/p>\n

sf: <\/strong>Square Feet<\/p>\n

svc: <\/strong>Service<\/p>\n

sl alcov: <\/strong>Sleeping alcove: an area large enough for a bed, not a separate room<\/p>\n

studio: <\/strong>One-room apartment with a separate bathroom<\/p>\n

split: <\/strong>1 bedroom split, considered a 2 bedroom without a living room (or could be used as a 1 bedroom with living room)<\/p>\n

sublet: <\/strong>An arrangement whereby a legal tenant of an apartment rents to someone else.<\/p>\n

T: <\/strong>Near public transportation.<\/p>\n

tenant: <\/strong>A person who rents an apartment from the landlord<\/p>\n

twnhse: <\/strong>Townhouse style, several floors<\/p>\n

util incl: <\/strong>Utilities are included in the monthly rent<\/p>\n

util: <\/strong>Utilities (gas and electricity)<\/p>\n

w\/d: <\/strong>Washer\/Dryer<\/p>\n

w\/w: <\/strong>Wall to wall carpeting<\/p>\n

yd: <\/strong>Yard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n