storey – a level of a building
- The three-storey house with an extra bedroom in the attic was perfect for Milek,
Edyta and their four children.
fireplace – a space in the wall at the base of a chimney for a fire to burn
- When people renovate Victorian properties they often remove the old fireplaces but
some keep them as decorative features.
For the vocabulary related to the different rooms in a house see my
Buildings Vocabulary Set 10: Other vocabulary
blueprint – a design plan or other technical drawing
- Bruno and Claudia were so excited when the architect rang to say that
the blueprints of their new house were ready for them to look at.
design – a plan or drawing produced to show the look of something, e.g. a building,
before it is created
- Rahul worked closely with his clients to create a design that perfectly matched their
idea of their dream home.
planning permission – formal permission from a local authority for the erection or
alteration of a building
- It’s very difficult to get planning permission to make alterations to a historic
building.
building site – an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the
process of being built or altered
- It was fascinating watching the muddy building site gradually transformed into a
smart new housing estate.
to construct – to build
- It took five years to construct the Buri Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai.
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