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Mar 25, 2021 15:23
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Russian term

стройвариант

FVA Russian to English Bus/Financial Real Estate
Here's a definition given on a Russian website:

В данной статье хотелось бы затронуть тему стройварианта, как жилья. Начнем с того, что это понятие имеет два значения на языке риелтора. Первое значение – это квартира в доме который строится. Другими словами, квартира существует пока что лишь на бумаге. Даже если уже построили ваш этаж и квартира уже есть в натуральном виде, на нее еще нет права собственности. Вторым значением слова называют степень внутренней отделки жилья. На покупателя ложится вся работа по качественной отделке, чтобы помещение было пригодно для проживания.

This is something like a fixer-upper, but I'm struggling to find a good English equivalent. I need a translation for the second meaning of the word.

Discussion

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Mar 25, 2021:
The first meaning might be "apartment under construction" ,"in the construction phase," "pre-construction apartment", "planning-phase apartment", depending where along the process we are.

Proposed translations

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unfinished apartment

Proposition.

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Here you can look through the pictures and see that the apartment/residence is in an unfinished/raw state.
https://www.holprop.com/s/sale/ark_zcws-t334129/
It is not a fixer-upper because nothing has been destroyed/ruined that has to be "fixed/repaired."
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under-construction option / during construction stage option

It depends:
under-construction option / during construction stage option or finish option
For both under-construction option can be used. But you can also use "finish option" for the second - that needs to be finished (внутреняя отделка)

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or
under-construction choice

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the second is "finish upper"

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Fixer-upper is the one which is in bad state or quality.
This one is finish-upper which needs to be finished after purchase.

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finish-upper: https://www.windermere.com/listing/WA/Puyallup/918-11-St-NW-...
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