Staffel

English translation: upper floor ??

12:15 May 9, 2018
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Kaufvertrag Wohnung
German term or phrase: Staffel
Der Erwerber erwirbt das Miteigentumsanteil an der Wohnung in XY, Geb.20, Wohn-und Geschaeftshaus, Durchgang, Hofraum samt ***Staffeln***.
Sandra Suca
Croatia
Local time: 09:08
English translation:upper floor ??
Explanation:
Your term might be related to "Staffelgeschoss" which Schulte etc's Woerterbuch der Immobilienwirtschaft translates as "upper storey of a building that is set back from one of more facades with a smaller floor are than a Vollgschoss".
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transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:08
Grading comment
Thank you. It obviously did mean "Staffelgeschoss" indeed, I just initially assumed it concerned the "Hofraum".
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Summary of answers provided
2 +1upper floor ??
transatgees
3recessed floor
gangels (X)


  

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upper floor ??


Explanation:
Your term might be related to "Staffelgeschoss" which Schulte etc's Woerterbuch der Immobilienwirtschaft translates as "upper storey of a building that is set back from one of more facades with a smaller floor are than a Vollgschoss".

transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:08
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Native speaker of: English
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Grading comment
Thank you. It obviously did mean "Staffelgeschoss" indeed, I just initially assumed it concerned the "Hofraum".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: Recessed floor (areas)?
5 mins

neutral  Graeme Currie: If it is this, it seems to be called a setback (terrace): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setback_(architecture)
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3 days 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
recessed floor


Explanation:
I'd call it

gangels (X)
Local time: 01:08
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