Help... Marina or downtown?
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Help... Marina or downtown?
Hey planing to relocate to Dubai... so looking at Dubai marina and downtown as of now... which is better a place to live in..?? also how is the traffic like...??
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
Downtown.
Marina is full of *****.
Marina is full of *****.
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
Partly depends where you'll work. Car access to/from the Marina can be awful, but can be fine (I lived in Sulafa Tower, rarely more than 5 mins to/from SZR). I liked the buzz in the Marina. Wherever you decide on, if you're going to commute by car make sure you check what the traffic's like at the times you'll be commuting. You won't be a happy bunny if you have to queue for an hour every evening to exit SZR.
Scamp, there are ****s in many parts of Dubai
Scamp, there are ****s in many parts of Dubai
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
I would always elect to live near my work if possible. Never understood people working in DIFC and living in the marina, or (less often) living in downtown and working in JLT.
Both places are basically ok.
Both places are basically ok.
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
Indeed. You're talking to one.
I lived in Business Bay and worked in JLT. It was fine and meant the good lady didn't have too far to go to Mirdif for work.
That being said, my 84 step commute now is glorious. Totally glorious.
That being said, my 84 step commute now is glorious. Totally glorious.
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
Aaahh so the traffic is the only problem? i m sorry I m just a bit lost 😳
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
I really only looked at Marina and Disco Gardens because I wanted to be Abu Dhabi-side of Dubai (for travelling to AD most days). Disco Gardens seemed too much like a slightly-run-down holiday camp, and the traffic in/out looked awful. I enjoyed living in the Marina area for 1 1/2 years: clean and modern, a few good bars / restaurants, and the apartment block I chose ticked all my boxes. I dare say if I'd been working in Dubai rather than AD I'd have looked elsewhere, but some of the downtown areas seemed far too ethnic.
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
The other consideration is cost of accommodation. Some where between the two will be a solution.
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Hope it's OK to hijack this thread...I'm coming back to Dubai in a few weeks to work on a project on the Palm, and I will be mainly site-based. My company's office is in DIP, so there will be occasional visits there. It's been suggested that I look for somewhere around Tecom. Any other suggestions? I want to minimise car usage/driving. Don't think the Metro goes onto the Palm yet...
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
Tecom's nice. Not exactly down town but has lots of outlets and is quite a new area with lots of open space.
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Depends where on the Palm you’re site is, but have you considered living on here? Me and Mrs Shed love it here and we have lived everywhere in Dubai. You’d be surprised how low the prices are now.
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
Had a quick look on propertyfinder.ae and couldn't find anything going for my criteria (under 10k/month, 1 bedroom). I've also been told build quality is bad on the Palm (by one person, to be fair). I'm not ruling it out, like.
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
The Greens and the Views?
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Build quality can be iffy in some of the units and bear in mind a lot of the units are now gett8ng on a bit by Dubai standards.
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Re: Help... Marina or downtown?
The best two pieces of advice I got were as follows;
1 - Use the tram and train when you first move here.
2 - Stay in Airb&b for 10 days when you arrive, then view properties when you get here.
I did exactly this, and love my experience and where I've ended up.
If you want any specific help, please get in touch - I'd be happy to help
1 - Use the tram and train when you first move here.
2 - Stay in Airb&b for 10 days when you arrive, then view properties when you get here.
I did exactly this, and love my experience and where I've ended up.
If you want any specific help, please get in touch - I'd be happy to help