Housing
EDL
AbbreviationOfficialB1Meaning
état des lieux
The document describing the state of the home, room by room, the day you move in and the day you leave. It decides whether you get your deposit back.
How it is said
état des lieux
Gender and article
l'EDL · masculine
Where you meet it
A lease, an email from the agency, a key handover appointment.
Example
EDL de sortie fixé au 30 juin à 10 h ; merci de rendre le logement propre.
Check-out inventory (EDL) set for 30 June at 10 am; please return the home clean.
In the DELF
reading B1
Watch out
In speech, people say « l'état des lieux » in full; EDL is the agencies' acronym. Take photos on the day you move in.