Abu Dhabi and its Fcking stupid rent
Aug 3rd 2009, 4:14 pm
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Re: Abu Dhabi and its Fcking stupid rent
see reply above; some of these houses are in a really bad state, i know the ones up at rahba are over 12 years old but they look older. some of the owners have built in their garden if they have used private money then you can rent those, but if you are renting the original houses then no, they are all the same sort of design, and there were usually one main house, an outside kitchen and then they would have the majilis etc.
Aug 3rd 2009, 4:17 pm
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Re: Abu Dhabi and its Fcking stupid rent
Thanks for the advice, I will keep looking at other places and see what HR do to help when we finally make it over there.
Aug 3rd 2009, 5:00 pm
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you need to check if they have the correct permits if they have built their own extensions etc to these houses.... !
Aug 4th 2009, 6:43 am
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Aug 4th 2009, 6:45 am
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Re: Abu Dhabi and its Fcking stupid rent
expats are not allowed to rent in such areas, this is samkha, sahama, bahia, fahal, rahba and so on ...... these areas are local housing areas, they are all the same, they were given to the locals and they are not allowed to rent them out, if they do, and you are caught then they could loose their house, and you would loose your money etc. you would find that most of these "houses" come including water/elec so that they keep it in the nationals name, as they get it for a fraction of the cost compared to an expat, and also it doesnt indicate that expats are living there. those are the rules, obviously a lot of people do rent them, because its cheaper etc.
Aug 4th 2009, 6:55 am
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Aug 4th 2009, 7:38 am
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Aug 4th 2009, 8:27 am
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Re: Abu Dhabi and its Fcking stupid rent
i did put down etc etc etc etc. the majority of houses in those areas are gifted and so if they are gifted they cannot be rented out, if the owner decides to use his own money and build something else then he needs to have correct permits from municiplaity etc and then those could be rented to an expat etc etc. is that a better explanation. so recap 99.999999% houses there are not allowed to be rented because they are local gifted housing.
Aug 4th 2009, 8:28 am
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Aug 4th 2009, 8:28 am
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i did put down etc etc etc etc. the majority of houses in those areas are gifted and so if they are gifted they cannot be rented out, if the owner decides to use his own money and build something else then he needs to have correct permits from municiplaity etc and then those could be rented to an expat etc etc. is that a better explanation. so recap 99.999999% houses there are not allowed to be rented because they are local gifted housing.
Aug 4th 2009, 8:41 am
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Re: Abu Dhabi and its Fcking stupid rent
i did put down etc etc etc etc. the majority of houses in those areas are gifted and so if they are gifted they cannot be rented out, if the owner decides to use his own money and build something else then he needs to have correct permits from municiplaity etc and then those could be rented to an expat etc etc. is that a better explanation. so recap 99.999999% houses there are not allowed to be rented because they are local gifted housing.
