Occupation

The terms 'occupation' can mean:

• A state of affairs or a fact relating to who or what resides in, or uses, a property. Thus, a property may be, for example, in residential or commercial occupation The term is not necessarily tied up with ownership as a house may be owned by a commercial undertaking yet be rented out to a family, in which case it is occupied by a family as its residence, or put another way, the occupancy is residential, or is in residential occupancy. For more information see: Occupier.
• A period of time e.g the building was in occupation (or was occupied) for three years but is now vacant.
• The process of occupying a building or space, ie changing from unoccupied to occupied. For more information see: Occupation of completed construction site.
• The capacity of a space. For more information see: Occupant capacity of a building or space and Internal occupied space.
• A person’s employment function, ie, there occupation was 'teacher'.
• The aftermath of a military invasion, e.g France was under German occupation during the Second World War.

[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings

• Assured shorthold tenancy.
• Code of practice for letting and managing agents.
• End-user.
• Excluded occupier.
• Housing tenure.
• Internal occupied space.
• Occupier.
• Rent.
• Resident.
• Substantially occupied.
• Tenancy deposit protection.
• Tenant management organisation.
• Under-occupation.
• Users.