Jargon

Don’t know your Abstract Title from your Deeds of Sale? Then use our jargon buster for a simple explanation of all the weird and wonderful phrases affecting your nest.

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Sublet
The action of a tenant in letting the accommodation to be occupied by another person for a lesser term.
Superior Landlord
This means the person for the time being who owns the interest in the Premises which gives him the right to possession of the Premises at the end of the Landlord's lease of the Premises.
Surveyor / Valuer
The person qualified by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or the Incorporated Society of the Valuers and Auctioneers to carry out valuations and surveys of properties.