Quick answer
La fianza es de un mes de alquiler.
The deposit is one month of rent. La fianza is the legal deposit, not a fee, and you should get it back.
The words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| la mudanza | the house move |
| la caja | the box |
| el camión | the lorry |
| el piso | the flat |
| el alquiler | the rent |
| la fianza | the deposit |
| el contrato | the contract |
| el casero | the landlord |
| el inquilino | the tenant |
| la llave | the key |
| el vecino | the neighbour |
| el trastero | the storage room |
| los gastos | the bills |
| embalar | to pack |
| mudarse | to move house |
The phrases you will actually say
Worth knowing
La fianza is the one word to get right. Under Spanish tenancy law a residential let carries a legal deposit of one month of rent, which the landlord must lodge with the regional housing body and return once the tenancy ends and any damage is settled; many landlords also ask for extra guarantees on top, which are negotiated rather than fixed. Keep la fianza apart from la señal, a holding payment to reserve the flat. The verb is reflexive: me mudo el sábado, because mover means to shift an object, not to change address. El piso is a flat in Spain but the floor of a building too, and Latin America says el departamento or el apartamento. Once you have moved, the first errand at the town hall is el empadronamiento, registering on the local register, which many other procedures then ask you to prove.
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