Housing
Calling an Estate Agent
You've found a piso advertised online and the ad leaves out everything that matters.
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Practice Reporting a Broken Boiler in Spanish
La caldera no funciona
The caldera in your piso has stopped and there's no hot water. Work out whether this one is for the casero or the administrador de fincas, and get a day when somebody is actually coming.
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You're talking to: un casero
You: un inquilino
saying what is wrong and since when
La caldera no enciende desde el domingo.
getting a specific day
¿Cuándo puedes mandar a alguien?
establishing who pays
¿Esto lo pagas tú o lo pago yo?
Your goal
Get a specific day for the repair, establish who's paying for it, and get something to manage with until then.
You'll practice
- Explain what's stopped working and since when
- Get a specific day for somebody to come
- Establish who pays — the propietario or you
Phrases you'll actually use
Six lines that carry most of this conversation. You'll hear them, and you'll need them.
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La caldera no enciende desde el domingo.
— saying what is wrong and since when
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¿Cuándo puedes mandar a alguien?
— getting a specific day
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¿Esto lo pagas tú o lo pago yo?
— establishing who pays
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Ya he mirado la presión y está bien.
— heading off the obvious question
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¿Es cosa del administrador de fincas o tuya?
— working out whose problem it is
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Estoy en casa toda la mañana, cuando quieras.
— making yourself available
Level-up expressions
estropearse algo
to break down / stop working
Se ha estropeado la caldera y no hay agua caliente.
echar un vistazo a algo
to have a look at something
¿Puede venir alguien a echarle un vistazo?
llevar sin algo
to have gone a length of time without something
Llevo sin agua caliente desde el domingo.
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