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key handover

to give the keys of a home or other residential property to the person who is taking it over

In plain English

This refers to the point when the property's keys are passed to the next person. The property is a home or other residential place, and the receiver is the person taking it over.

In context

Here, it names giving the residential property's keys to the tenant as the person taking it over.

Situation
Signing leases, communicating with property managers, and tracking tenancy administration
What it communicates
names the handover of keys or other access items to the tenant

Meaning limits

It refers only to the giving of the residential property's keys, not to every part of taking over the property.

Examples

“The lease was signed in the office, but the key handover to the new tenant took place later at the apartment.”

Core meaning

“On move-in day, the caretaker delayed the key handover because the tenant was still on the bus.”

In context