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mikewot Sep 22nd 2013 8:47 am

Renting in Dubai FAQs
 
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I've written an FAQ for rental questions which often come up on another site I'm admin for. Be very grateful for some feedback :D

Thanks

Blue Cat Sep 22nd 2013 11:19 am

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make it a sticky :)

LaLaLayla Sep 22nd 2013 12:27 pm

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That's great, Mike. Spread the word. We would have lost our home if it wasn't for you and your knowledge of the law :wub:

Robajob Sep 30th 2013 6:15 pm

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Originally Posted by mikewot (Post 10912192)
I've written an FAQ for rental questions which often come up on another site I'm admin for. Be very grateful for some feedback :D

Thanks

Utterly Brilliant - Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou - I shall look forward to giving the agent a proper talking to tomorrow.

P.S. I would give you more karma Mikewot, but it won't let me give you any more!

Blazeaway Sep 30th 2013 7:54 pm

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Excellent, my landlord has asked for 5% increase to renew at end of first year. Will use article.

Meow Oct 5th 2013 10:48 am

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Very useful for people. There is still so much confusion regarding these issues and every week I get several emails from readers about tenancy problems.

mikewot Dec 11th 2013 7:54 am

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Sorry I just learnt that DIFC is exempt these laws. They have their own system and 'courts'.

scrubbedexpat141 Dec 11th 2013 8:42 am

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Rumour has it that the rent cap will be abolished in Dubai as per AD?

mikewot Dec 11th 2013 8:45 am

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Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11030825)
Rumour has it that the rent cap will be abolished in Dubai as per AD?

Yes rumours. Lot more difficult to change royal decrees in Dubai than AD and the rent 'capping' cuts across several laws.

scrubbedexpat141 Dec 11th 2013 8:48 am

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Originally Posted by mikewot (Post 11030829)
Yes rumours. Lot more difficult to change royal decrees in Dubai than AD and the rent 'capping' cuts across several laws.

OK, cool. Thanks.

mikewot Dec 21st 2013 2:40 pm

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Changes to the maximum rent increases allowed in Dubai. It's actually just a sharpening up of decree number 2 of 2011, which is what the current increases are based on.
Old - No increase if up to 25% less. New no increase up to 10% less.
Old - 26% - 35% less, increase max 5%. New 11% - 20% less, increase max 5%
Old - 35% - 45% less, increase max 10%. New 21% - 30% less, increase max 10%
Old - 46% - 55% less, increase max 15%. New 31% - 40% less, increase max 15%
Old - Greater than 55% less, increase max 20%. New Greater than 40% less, increase max 20%.

I wonder when the decree will be published and when RERA will update the rental calculator though?

http://gulfnews.com/business/propert...acts-1.1269593

mikewot Jan 2nd 2014 2:24 pm

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Rental calculator updated as at today. At 31st Dec my rent was due to go up 5%. Today it's a 20% increase. Lucky I had agreed an increase prior to the 90 days as per the law :-)

MrShawn Mar 3rd 2014 7:16 am

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hi all. I have a question regarding section 2.12 Eviction at Contract Expiry (Article 24 (2))...the third note regarding the date of eviction is 12 months after the expiry of your current contract. I have contacted RERA to ask about this and they said that it is one year after the date of the letter from the Public Notary. I also asked a lawyer through a local media channel and they did not know about this and gave the same answer as RERA. It is also not mentioned on the official Law 33 document from the dubailand.gov website so my question is, how can one implement an argument for something like this when it is not available in written form (except ofcourse from the brilliantly written/produced document available here). Thanks !

mikewot Mar 3rd 2014 8:43 am

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Interesting point because if you read the actual law it says "Landlord may demand eviction of tenant upon expiry of tenancy contract " I interpret the crucial word as "expiry". Now if you're LL gives you 12 months notice when you're 6 months into your contract then your contract has not expired until the 12 months is up. And when it expires you should expect a standard renewal for 12 months (because you must have a contract as per article 4), hence the point about it being 12 months from expiry.
However as you rightly point out some legal experts disagree (I'm not a legal expert) so this is a very grey area. One which will hopefully be cleared up in the rewrite of the law expected this year.

mikewot Mar 20th 2014 1:18 pm

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Now at V2, sorry it's a PDF and the hyperlinks won't work but I can't get the Word version to upload.


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