Accommodation
[edit] Accommodation noun
The term ‘accommodation’ (noun) refers to the facilities (usually of a spatial/functional nature) offered by properties and other installations. For example, the accommodation offered by a semi-detached house might be described by an estate agent as comprising:
- Hallway
- Two reception rooms
- Kitchen
- Three bedrooms (one with en-suite)
- Family bathrooms
- Garden.
- Off-street, parking space, etc
The accommodation provided for individual guests at a hotel might include a double bedroom with en-suite, TV, coffee-making facilities etc.
An office block may offer 10,000m2 fully-serviced office space, six lifts, kitchens on each floor, main canteen, two reception areas, etc.
[edit] To accommodate (verb)
The verb ‘to accommodate’ can mean making allowances for a certain state of affairs that has happened or is expected to happen. So, an architect may accommodate the wide-ranging sizes of hand-made bricks by including a larger than usual element for tolerances in their design.
Providing someone with a place to live might be described as 'accommodating' them.
[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki
- Accommodation stair
- Cluster accommodation
- Conveyancing.
- Core and cluster accommodation
- Estate agent fees.
- Freehold.
- Land Registry.
- Leasehold.
- Property chain.
- Property valuation.
- Real estate.
- Sanitary accommodation
- Schedule of accommodation
- Semi.
- Student accommodation
- Types of building.
- Types of place.
- Types of space.
- Use class.
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