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Count the number of electrical points, phone jacks and light switches you have in your current home. Then sit down and make a list of any additional ones you wish you had. This should help you determine how many you will need for your future home.
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Glossary

Here is a list of Hebrew terms and their definitions that should help you during the buying, selling, building, renovating and repair process. These terms will also appear within the articles, so you will be able to see how to use them in their correct context.

AdrichalArchitect
AmbatyaBathtub
ArnonaMunicipal monthly property tax
AslaToilet
BalatotFloor tiles
Bank L'mashkantaotMortgage bank
Bne BeitchaLiterally, build your own house - refers to the option which allows a private individual to purchase a bare plot of land and then design and build a home on it based on his or her personal needs and preferences
Buchman DaromSouthern Buchman
Buchman TzafonNorthern Buchman
Chalonot BidudDouble-glazed windows
Chashmela'iElectrician
ChatzerBackyard or garden
Chok HaMecherThe Real Estate Sales Law
DiraApartment
Dirat GanGarden apartment
DirotApartments
Du-MishpachtiSemi-detached house
DunamOne thousand square meters
DuplexA two-floor apartment
GevesDry walling
GinaGarden
GinotGardens
Hatza'at MechirPrice quote
InstelatorPlumber
IryaMunicipality
Ishur EkroniConfirmation in principle
KablanBuilding contractor
KablanimBuilding contractors (singular - Kablan)
KeramicaCeramics - usually refers to ceramic tiles in the context of building
Keren HishtalmutMonthly allocation from salary by both employee and employer (usually 2.5% and 7.5% of salary, respectively), intended to be used for further education, the total of which can be collected tax free after six years. Annual allocation is restricted to approximately NIS 14,000
KiyorSink
KoletStove ventilation hood
Lo TzamudNot linked
MachsanStorage room
MamadApartment Protected Space - a room in the apartment, the walls of which are made of reinforced concrete, which is blast-proof and which, after closing the door and the window, is impermeable to chemical and biological substances. Required in all Israeli homes following the Gulf War in 1991
MamadimApartment Protected Spaces - a room in the apartment, the walls of which are made of reinforced concrete, which is blast-proof and which, after closing the door and the window, is impermeable to chemical and biological substances. Required in all Israeli homes following the Gulf War in 1991 - Mamad, singular
MartefBasement
Mas MechiraSales tax
Mas RechishaProperty acquisition tax
Mas ShevachAppreciation or capital gains tax
MashkantaMortgage
MechironPrice listing
Mediach KelimDishwasher
MeduragTerraced home
MeduragimTerraced homes
MehandesEngineer
MekarerRefrigerator
Mifrat Shinu'imDocument listing the changes that a new home buyer requests of the Building contractor which are unique to their home. May also include additions and upgrades to the document
Mifrat TechniThe document detailing every material that will be/has been used in the process of the building of the home
MirpasotBalconies
MirpesetBalcony
MitbachKitchen
NadlanReal estate
Orech DinLawyer
Pinat MishpachaFamily area
Reebit KavuaFixed interest rate
Reebit MishtanaFloating interest rate
RitzufFlooring
SalonLiving room
ShayishCounter top - usually granite
SherutimBathroom
Shetach BanuiLivable area witihin a home
ShlavPhase
ShlichtStucco
TiachPlaster
TikraCeiling
Tzamud L'dollarLinked to the dollar
Tzamud L'MadadLinked to the CPI
Yechidat HorimMaster bedroom
ZakautLiterally, eligibility – refers to government subsidized mortgages to eligible borowers
Zichron DevarimIn the context of a real-estate transaction - a pre-contractual document summarizing the essential terms of the real-estate property agreement which is signed by the parties with the purpose of serving as the foundation for the contract to be signed by the parties at a later date and to ensure that both parties are committed to the purchase
ZikuiCredit
Ziku'imCredits
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