Don’t be timid – ask for as many upgrades and additions to your Mifrat Techni as you think you can get – you’re entitled to a Zikui for any you don’t end up using. If you don’t ask for them now, and later discover that you need them, it is likely to cost you a pretty penny.
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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.
| Adrichal | Architect | | Ambatya | Bathtub | | Arnona | Municipal monthly property tax | | Asla | Toilet | | Balatot | Floor tiles | | Bank L'mashkantaot | Mortgage bank | | Bne Beitcha | Literally, 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 Darom | Southern Buchman | | Buchman Tzafon | Northern Buchman | | Chalonot Bidud | Double-glazed windows | | Chashmela'i | Electrician | | Chatzer | Backyard or garden | | Chok HaMecher | The Real Estate Sales Law | | Dira | Apartment | | Dirat Gan | Garden apartment | | Dirot | Apartments | | Du-Mishpachti | Semi-detached house | | Dunam | One thousand square meters | | Duplex | A two-floor apartment | | Geves | Dry walling | | Gina | Garden | | Ginot | Gardens | | Hatza'at Mechir | Price quote | | Instelator | Plumber | | Irya | Municipality | | Ishur Ekroni | Confirmation in principle | | Kablan | Building contractor | | Kablanim | Building contractors (singular - Kablan) | | Keramica | Ceramics - usually refers to ceramic tiles in the context of building | | Keren Hishtalmut | Monthly 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 | | Kiyor | Sink | | Kolet | Stove ventilation hood | | Lo Tzamud | Not linked | | Machsan | Storage room | | Mamad | Apartment 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 | | Mamadim | Apartment 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 | | Martef | Basement | | Mas Mechira | Sales tax | | Mas Rechisha | Property acquisition tax | | Mas Shevach | Appreciation or capital gains tax | | Mashkanta | Mortgage | | Mechiron | Price listing | | Mediach Kelim | Dishwasher | | Medurag | Terraced home | | Meduragim | Terraced homes | | Mehandes | Engineer | | Mekarer | Refrigerator | | Mifrat Shinu'im | Document 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 Techni | The document detailing every material that will be/has been used in the process of the building of the home | | Mirpasot | Balconies | | Mirpeset | Balcony | | Mitbach | Kitchen | | Nadlan | Real estate | | Orech Din | Lawyer | | Pinat Mishpacha | Family area | | Reebit Kavua | Fixed interest rate | | Reebit Mishtana | Floating interest rate | | Ritzuf | Flooring | | Salon | Living room | | Shayish | Counter top - usually granite | | Sherutim | Bathroom | | Shetach Banui | Livable area witihin a home | | Shlav | Phase | | Shlicht | Stucco | | Tiach | Plaster | | Tikra | Ceiling | | Tzamud L'dollar | Linked to the dollar | | Tzamud L'Madad | Linked to the CPI | | Yechidat Horim | Master bedroom | | Zakaut | Literally, eligibility – refers to government subsidized mortgages to eligible borowers | | Zichron Devarim | In 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 | | Zikui | Credit | | Ziku'im | Credits |
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