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.