Abstand

19:41 May 25, 2015 

Thanks, AllegroTrans. By the way, I appreciate both BE and AE feedback. Although I am from the US, it is useful for me to know what is common in the UK too.

19:34 May 25, 2015 

I as a Br EN speaker agree with you 100% and I would only use fee in relation to a service, a recurring payment, subscription, etc.

19:15 May 25, 2015 

Thanks for all your input! One thing I was wondering about while reading various suggestions though..When I hear "fee", I think of payment for a service (as opposed to payment to purchase an object). Is that just me, or do other native English speakers have that association? To me it would sound strange, for example, to refer to the price of a car, or house, or furniture as a "fee".

18:28 May 25, 2015 

No, in BE you wouldn't, which why I posted the AE variety - the asker did not specify which one she wanted.

18:11 May 25, 2015 

We would probably not use "one-time fee" in British English. Maybe "can be purchased for a separate payment/sum"

18:08 May 25, 2015 

Yes, or one-time fee/payment in US English.

16:13 May 25, 2015 

(I was preparing this while Ramey posted, but I'll still post it anyway)
Renting an apartment and buying the fitted kitchen
http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/topic/19482-renting-an-a...
Abst.: -r Abstand – money to be paid for things the previous tenant built or bought tailor-made and wants to leave in the house, like e.g. fitted carpets, built-in cupboards etc.
http://www.expatica.com/de/housing/German-housing-terms-for-...
Abstandszahlung bei neuer Wohnung: Was ist erlaubt?
http://www.express.de/geiler-wohnen/fuer-kueche-und-co--abst...
to pay the previous tenant for fixtures and fittings - etw. ablösen [Abstand an den Vormieter bezahlen
http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/[den].html
How to search for an apartment with little to no knowledge of German
Abl Ablöse (z. B. für Küche, Einbauten etc.) one-off payment to previous tenant (e.g. for kitchen, built-in appliances)
Abst Abstandszahlung compensation
https://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/scholars/services/gateway/acc...

16:12 May 25, 2015 

an explanation:
http://www.immobilienscout24.de/umzug/lexikon/abstandszahlun...
and a possible translation:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/finance_general/...

16:08 May 25, 2015 

from the previous tenant. Seems the easiest solution. This is rather common when a tenant has installed a kitchen and then chooses not to move it. Particularly here in the country, young people who have built their new homes, sell the kitchen appliances to the next tenant.

16:08 May 25, 2015 

from the previous tenant. Seems the easiest solution. This is rather common when a tenant has installed a kitchen and then chooses not to move it. Particularly here in the country, young people who have built their new homes, sell the kitchen appliances to the next tenant.

15:36 May 25, 2015 

I don't think there is a particular word for this, but either of these two words could fit depending on the context.

15:22 May 25, 2015 

the previous tenants bought or installed the built-in kitchen themselves and own it - so new tenant has to purchase it or the previous tenants will dismantle and remove it....

14:41 May 25, 2015 

is Einbauküche. And an Abstand is an amount of money, though I'm not sure why it's payable.