Le préavis est d’un mois, et l’état des lieux est prévu pour vendredi matin.

Préavis usually means notice or notice period.

In this context, Le préavis est d’un mois means the required notice period is one month, often in a rental or work-related situation.

So:

• un préavis = a notice period
• donner un préavis = to give notice

Because in French, de + un contracts to d’un.

So:

• de un mois → d’un mois

This is completely normal and required here.

The phrase être de + duration/amount is also very common:

• Le préavis est d’un mois = The notice period is one month
• La durée est de deux heures = The duration is two hours

L’état des lieux is a fixed expression, especially common in housing and rentals. It means the property inspection or inventory/check of the condition of the place.

Literally:

• état = state / condition
• des lieux = of the premises / of the place

So the whole phrase refers to the formal inspection of an apartment or house, often when moving in or out.

Even though the literal wording may seem strange in English, you should learn état des lieux as one set phrase.

Because prévu agrees with l’état des lieux, and état is masculine singular.

So:

• l’état = masculine singular
• therefore: prévu = masculine singular form

Compare:

• Le rendez-vous est prévu pour lundi.
• La visite est prévue pour lundi.

If the noun were feminine, you would use prévue.

Because there are two separate clauses joined by et:

• Le préavis est d’un mois
• l’état des lieux est prévu pour vendredi matin

In the first clause, est means is in the sense of equals / amounts to:

• Le préavis est d’un mois = The notice period is one month

In the second clause, est prévu means is planned / is scheduled:

• L’état des lieux est prévu pour vendredi matin = The inspection is scheduled for Friday morning

So the same verb appears twice, but it functions a little differently in each clause.

Here, pour means something like for in the sense of scheduled for.

So:

• prévu pour vendredi matin = planned/scheduled for Friday morning

This is a very common pattern:

• Le rendez-vous est prévu pour demain.
• La réunion est prévue pour 10 heures.

Using pour after prévu is natural when giving the planned date or time.

Because French drops the vowel of le before a word beginning with a vowel or silent h.

So:

• le + état → l’état

This is called elision.

The same thing happens in many common phrases:

• l’école
• l’hôtel
• l’appartement

Because état des lieux is a fixed expression. Even if it refers to one apartment, French still uses lieux here.

Historically and idiomatically, it means something like the condition of the premises. In legal or housing language, les lieux often means the property/premises as a whole.

So it is best to memorize:

• faire un état des lieux
• un état des lieux d’entrée
• un état des lieux de sortie

Roughly, it sounds like:

lay-tah day lyuh

A few useful pronunciation points:

• état sounds like ay-tah
• des here sounds like day
• lieux sounds like lyuh
• the final x in lieux is not pronounced

So the whole phrase flows together quite smoothly: l’état des lieux

It comes from the verb prévoir (to plan / to foresee), but in this sentence est prévu works like is planned or is scheduled.

You can think of it as a past participle used in a passive-style structure:

• prévoir = to schedule / plan
• est prévu = is scheduled / is planned

This structure is extremely common:

• Le départ est prévu pour 8h.
• La livraison est prévue demain.

So for learners, the easiest understanding is:

• être prévu pour... = to be scheduled/planned for...