Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hungarian term or phrase:
Az öröklakás két szobás, komfortos ingatlan...
English translation:
Two roomed flat for sale with all mod cons
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Gabrielle Weatherhead
Jul 12, 2013 22:42
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Hungarian term
Az öröklakás két szobás, komfortos ingatlan...
Hungarian to English
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Real Estate
öröklakas
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Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | Two roomed flat for sale with all mod cons | amanda solymosi |
4 | the condominium is a 2-room property, conveniences included | Katarina Peters |
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Two roomed flat for sale with all mod cons
I notice you are from the UK, so I suggest this wording.
Note from asker:
Thank you! I was going with 'flat' anyway' but was confused by the term"örök" and was thinking maybe it's one of those council flats given for life, that's when I knew I needed help, to be sure. |
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the condominium is a 2-room property, conveniences included
or, a 2-1/2 apartment-condominium (the half indicates kitchen and bathroom)
Discussion
Council flats can be sold by the council to the tenants on a maximum 125 years lease.
If it is sold to the tenant, the ex tenant becomes the "owner" and the flat becomes "ex council flat". The freeholder is still likely to be the council, or a housing association, or a group owners of the flats.
Houses are more likely to be sold by the council as freehold and they are then wholly owned by the ex tenant.
The reason for them being called "ex council flats" is because that's what they are and let's face it, you can spot a council development from a mile. In any case, by now some of them are in mixed ownership, because not all the flats were bought up by the ex tenants.
As the law stands at the moment, ex council property can only be sold by the new owner - if he bought it as a council tenant - after 5 years of ownership, to stop profiteering.
The history of the council flats and ex council flats has little relevance to the "öröklakás". That is "önálló ingatlan" and that applies to any property which can be sold individually at any time by the present owner.
You could be a council tenant for life, but it doesn't mean that you will be living in the same accommodation for life.
What you are looking for is a "freehold", or "privately owned" two roomed flat.