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safe home income plan	soil investigation
safety certificate	soil pipe
safety gate	soil stack
safety inspection	solar gain
sale	solar heating
sale and lease-back	solar panel
sale by auction	sold subject to contract
sale by tender	sold subject to survey
sale of part	sole agency
sales particulars	sole occupancy
sales tax	sole selling rights
salvage	soleplate
sand	solicitor
sandbag	solicitors’ charges
sander	solum
sanitaryware	sound level meter
SAP	soundproofing
SAP calculations	spacer block
sarking board	Spacia
sash	spanner
sash stop	spec
sash window	special conditions of sale
Sasine Register	special indorsement
saw doctor	special needs housing
sawyer	special protection area
scabbler	special rate period
scaffold	specialist report
scaffolder	specialist test equipment
scaffolding	specialist waste
scantling	specific devise
scarf	specification
schedule	spigot
scheduled ancient monument	spike
ScotLIS	spile
Scottish Building Employers Federation	spill
Scottish Civic Trust	spindle
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency	spirit level
Scottish Land Information Service	spray paint
Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman	sprig
Scottish Property Network	sprinkler
Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal	sprinkler detection system
Scottish Water	squat
scratch coat	squatter
screed	squatter’s rights
screed rail	stabilised rate mortgage
screeded floor	stage payments
screeding timber	staging
screen	stain block paint
screw	stairs
scrim	stairwell
se vende	stakeholder
seal	stamp duty
sealant	Stamp Duty (Disadvantaged Areas) Regulations
sealed bid	stamp duty exempt area
sealing	stamp duty land tax
sealing fee	stamp duty land tax certificate
searches	stamp duty land tax disadvantaged area
second charge	stamp duty land tax disadvantaged area search
second home	Standard Assessment Procedure
second mortgage	standard construction
secure tenant	standard mortgage
secured creditor	standard variable rate
secured loan	staple
security	Starter Home Initiative
security of tenure	statement of community involvement
seisin	statute of limitations
self-build	statutory
self-build mortgage	statutory body
self-certification mortgage	statutory declaration
self storage	statutory nuisance
sell	statutory periodic tenancy
seller	steel reinforced concrete
seller’s market	stepped rate
selling price	stepped rate mortgage
semi-detached	stereobate
separación de bienes	sterling board
separate property	stilt
séparation de biens	stilted
separator	stipple
sequestration	stock brick
sequestrator	stone
service charge	stone cladding
servient owner	stone-faced
servient tenement	stonework
servitude	stop bead
settle	stopcock
settled land	storage
settlement	storm drain
settlement day	stretcher
settlor	stretcher bond
several tenancy	stringer
sewer	strip
sewerage	strip lighting
share of freehold	stripper
share-to-buy mortgage	structural
shared equity	structural engineer
shared freehold	structural engineering
shared garden	structural survey
shared tenancy	structure
Sharia-compliant mortgage	strut
shell	stucco
Shelter	stud
sheriff	stud detector
sheriff officer	stud wall
shingle	student let
SHIP	study
short assured tenancy	stylobate
short-term let	subbase
shortfall	subcontract
shortfall debt	subcontractor
shorthold agreement	subdivide
shorthold tenancy	subdivision
shorthold tenant	subject to contract
show house	subject to survey
shower	sublease
shower screen	sublessee
shrinkage	sublessor
shrinkage crack	sublet
shroud	subsidence
shutter	substantial interference
sill	substructure
single bedroom	subtenancy
single-tier lease	subtenant
sink	suburb
sink waste	suburban
sinking fund	succession
site	sum assured
site inspection	summary valuation
site insurance	summer
site manager	sun deck
Site of Nature Conservation Importance	superstructure
site visit	surface
skeleton key	surface mounted lock
skim	surface water
skip	surfacing
skip permit	surrender
skirting board	surrender value
skyline	survey
slab	survey fee
slabbing	surveyor
sleeper	Surveyor Ombudsman Scheme
slippage	Surveyors’ and Valuers’ Association
slush	Surveyors’ Arbitration Scheme
small print	survivorship
smoke alarm	suspended ceiling
snagging list	suspended timber floor
snagging survey	switchboard
soakaway	synchronisation of contracts
social HomeBuy	synthetic fibre
social housing
social landlord
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
socket
soft landscaping

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