Net Rental – Base rental excluding operating costs and rates
Operating Costs – An amount recovered by the landlord from the tenant for the running costs of the property (security, rates, insurance, maintenance etc)
Gross Rental – Net rental plus operating costs, but excludes consumables such as water and electricity.
Escalation – Annual percentage increase in rental
GLA – Gross lettable area
GBA – Gross Building Area
TI– Tenant installation allowance
Triple Net Lease – A lease that requires the tenant to pay all the running costs for the property ie: maintenance, security, rates, insurance etc
Common Area – Areas of the building that are for the communual use of all tenants such as entrance foyers, stairs, toilets, passages etc.
FAR – Floor Area Ratio
Sub-Lease – A lease given by a tenant of the leased premises
SAPOA – South African Property Owners Association
EAAB – Estate Agency Affairs Board
Agricultural Holding – In terms of the act,8565m² minimum
Plot, Lot, Erf, Stand – other names for township sites
Leasehold – Ownership title restricted to leasing
Freehold – Ownership can be full title or sectional title
Deed of sale – agreement of sale
Floodline – 1:100 year floodline building restriction
SG Diagram – surveyor general diagram of land dimensions and co ordinates
Pan Handle – stand behind a stand with long access driveway
Geotechnical study – soil analysis with foundation recommendations
Coverage – maximum land area that can be built on
Footprint – same as coverage
Bulk/FAR – maximum permissible lettable/building area under roof
Height Restriction – maximum floors or height of building in metres
Density – Number of dwellings per hectare
EIA – environmental impact assessment
EMP – environmental management plan
Zoning – land rights (business,industrial,residential,farm)
Earmarked – potential land rights supported by council
Proclaim – government gazette notice
Farm Portion – Agricultural sub-division of any kind